Vertically stacked silicon nanowire : fabrication and characterization

Abstract

In this study, a method to fabricate vertically stacked SiNW from bulk-Silicon technology is demonstrated. Multiple stacked SiNW with diameters down to 10nm are successfully fabricated by utilizing the 0.5um process at the Nano Fabrication Facility combined with the Bosch cycle-Inductively Couple Plasma (ICP) etch system and time-controlled thermal oxidation. It is shown that the silicon pillar with sub-100nm scalloped sidewall roughness after ICP etch and oxidation conditions are the major processing parameters in forming successful stacked SiNW. A physical based stress analytical study combined with Deal-Grove model based simulation is performed to extend the optimization and process repeatability on the cross-section evolution stacked SiNW. A process characterization on ICP etching on scalloped pillar which control the final core shapes also performed to model the sidewall on the effect. Based on the analytical and empirical results, a method to fabricate vertically stacked SiNW transistor is proposed by using the available equipments at HKUST.

Date of Award	2008
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology