Surface Characterisation of Silicon Based MEMS

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摘要 PolysiliconMicroelectromechanicalsystems(MEMS)arethesubjectofintensiveresearches.SurfacechemistryandtopographyofaMEMSteststructurefabricatedatSandiaNationalLaboratory,USA,werestudiedbymeansofscanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM),X-rayphotoelectronspectroscopy(XPS)andatomicforcemicroscopy(AFM).XPSC()andSi2,spectrafromthepolysilieoncomponents,siliconnitridesubstrateandareferencesiliconwaferwerecompared.Theresultsconfirmthepresenceofaself-assembledmonolayer(SAM)ontheMEMSsurface.Anisland-likemorphologywasfoundonbothpolysiliconandsiliconnitridesurfacesoftheMEMS.Theislandstaketheformofcaps,beingupto0.5μmindiameterand20nminheight.Itisconcludedthattheco-existenceofcolumnargrowthandequiaxedgrowthduringthelowpressurechemicalvapordeposition(LPCVD)oftheselayersleadstotheobservedmorphologyandtheislandsarecapstothecolumnarstructures.
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出版日期 2004年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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