摘要:
A suitable substrate is provided to which is applied a metal electrically conductive film electrode. The substrate and electrically conductive electrode film are then exposed to ion beam implantation of O+ or N+ ions to impregnate the surface of the metal electrode with O+ or N+ ions. Thereafter, the substrate and electrically conductive film having implanted O+ or N+ ions is annealed so as to stabilize the oxide structure which has been implanted into the surface of the electrically conductive film to provide an ultra-thin dielectric film.
摘要:
Thin film structures comprising a layer of aluminum and a material having a tendency to interact with aluminum are separated by an intermediate layer of aluminum having a high aluminum oxide content. The intermediate layer prevents said interaction by acting as a diffusion barrier.Preferred embodiments are directed to silicon semiconductor metallization structures, including Schottky barrier contacts, which comprise a bottom layer of tantalum, or other transition metal, or a metal silicide in contact with a silicon substrate, an intermediate layer of aluminum having a high aluminum oxide content and a top layer of aluminum. The intermediate layer functions as a diffusion barrier between aluminum and the metal, metal silicide or silicon. The preferred embodiments of the invention also includes the process for forming such structures preferably comprising: depositing pure tantalum under high vacuum in evaporation apparatus, substituting aluminum for tantalum in the evaporation apparatus and bleeding-in water, air or oxygen to form the aluminum oxide-rich intermediate aluminum layer and then returning to the high vacuum to deposit pure aluminum. The invention is also applicable to FET or CCD structures where a diffusion barrier for aluminum is required.
摘要:
Thin film structures comprising a layer of aluminum and a material having a tendency to interact with aluminum are separated by an intermediate layer of aluminum having a high aluminum oxide content. The intermediate layer prevents said interaction by acting as a diffusion barrier.Preferred embodiments are directed to silicon semiconductor metallization structures, including Schottky barrier contacts, which comprise a bottom layer of tantalum, or other transition metal, or a metal silicide in contact with a silicon substrate, an intermediate layer of aluminum having a high aluminum oxide content and a top layer of aluminum. The intermediate layer functions as a diffusion barrier between aluminum and the metal, metal silicide or silicon. The preferred embodiments of the invention also includes the process for forming such structures preferably comprising: depositing pure tantalum under high vacuum in evaporation apparatus, substituting aluminum for tantalum in the evaporation apparatus and bleeding-in water, air or oxygen to form the aluminum oxide-rich intermediate aluminum layer and then returning to the high vacuum to deposit pure aluminum. The invention is also applicable to FET or CCD structures where a diffusion barrier for aluminum is required.
摘要:
Methods for fabricating metal nano-particle embedded enhancement substrates used for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) including ion implanting metal nano-particles into the substrate and etching the substrate to partially expose the metal nano-particles. The resulting material is useful as a SERS substrate for detection of molecules adsorbed on it by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy.
摘要:
Vacancies and dopant ions are introduced near the surface of a semiconductor wafer. The dopant ions which diffuse by an interstitialcy mechanism have diffusivity greatly reduced, which leads to a very low resistivity doped region and a very shallow junction.
摘要:
A method of preparing nanorod arrays using ion beam implantation is described that includes defining a pattern on a substrate and then implanting ions into the substrate using ion beam implantation. Next, a thin film is deposited on the substrate. During film growth, nanotrenches form and catalyze the formation of nanorods through capillary condensation. The resulting nanorods are aligned with the supporting matrix and are free from lattice and thermal strain effect. The density, size, and aspect ratios of the nanorods can be varied by changing the ion beam implantation and thin film growth conditions resulting in control of emission efficiency.
摘要:
A method of forming a stable unction on a microelectronic structure on a semiconductor wafer having a silicon surface layer on a substrate includes the following steps: implanting dopant ions into the surface layer; cleaning and oxidizing the surface layer, and twice annealing the wafer to recover a damaged silicon crystal structure of the surface layer resulting from the low energy ion implantation. The first annealing process uses a temperature range of 800° C. to 1200° C. for a duration from about a fraction of a second to less than about 1000 seconds, with a ramp-up rate of about 50° C./second to about 1000° C./second. The second annealing process uses a temperature range of 400° C. to 650° C. for a time period of from about 1 second to about 10 hours, and more preferably, from about 60 seconds to about 1 hour. Both annealing processes include cooling processes.
摘要:
An isolation system for isolating a first object from vibrations from a second object. Such vibrations will have three orthogonal components, one oriented along a line between the objects, and two oriented 90.degree. apart in a plane normal to that line. The system includes three superconductor/magnet stages, each stage designed to extinguish one of the orthogonal components.
摘要:
A portable and/or mobile detector for highly enriched uranium (HEU) and weapon grade plutonium (WGPu) is disclosed the detects HEU and/or WGPu based on neutron induced fission of a portion of the HEU and/or WGPu and detecting delayed neutron and/or γ-rays emission from delayed neutron emitters formed from the induced fission reactions.