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Ion-assisted Sputter Deposition of Microcrystalline Silicon Films with Pulsed-DC Plasma Excitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

P. Reinig ,
F. Fenske ,
B. Selle  and
W. Fuhs
P. Reinig
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Abt. Silizium-Photovoltaik, Kekuléstr.5, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
F. Fenske
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Abt. Silizium-Photovoltaik, Kekuléstr.5, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
B. Selle
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Abt. Silizium-Photovoltaik, Kekuléstr.5, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
W. Fuhs
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Abt. Silizium-Photovoltaik, Kekuléstr.5, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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Abstract

We have applied a novel Ion-Assisted Sputter Deposition (IASD) method to deposit microcrystalline silicon (µc-Si) thin films with high deposition rates. An unbalanced magnetron sputter source together with an asymmetrical bipolar pulsed-DC plasma excitation operating in the frequency range 50-250 kHz was used for realizing high ion fluxes to the growing film. µc-Si films of high crystallinity are obtained at T > 400 °C with growth rates of up to 90 nm/min. The crystallinity of the films is characterized by the thickness-independent ratio of the optical thickness n·d determined by FTIR measurements and the atomic area density N·d as given by RBS analysis.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 664: Symposium A – Amorphous and Heterogeneous Silicon-Based Films-2001 , 2001 , A5.7
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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