American Institute of Physics, Applied Physics Letters, 23(55), p. 2402
DOI: 10.1063/1.102292
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A new technique for the reduction of the interface‐state density N ss of a metal‐oxide‐semiconductor (MOS) diode has been developed. The SiO 2 film was deposited on Si from Si 2 H 6 and O 2 by direct photochemical vapor deposition (CVD) using vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) light of a D 2 lamp. The new technique is a F 2 treatment of the Si surface prior to the deposition of SiO 2 film. Typically, 5% F 2 gas diluted in He was introduced into the CVD chamber at 20 Pa for 5 min under UV light irradiation. The minimum value of the N ss was ∼5×109 cm-2 eV-1 at the Si midgap for the film deposited at 180 °C.