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`A Study on Modified Silicon Surface after
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`CH F3/C2F6 Reactive Ion Etching
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`Hyung-Ho Park, Kwang-Ho Kwon, Sang-Ewan Lee, Byung-Hwa Koak, Sahn Nahm,
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`Hee-Tae Lee, Kyoung-Ik Cho, Oh-Joon Kwon and Young-II Kang
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`CONTENTS
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`ABSTRACT
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`ll
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`'NTRODUCT‘ON
`EXPERIMENTAL
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`III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
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`lV- CONCLUSIONS
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`The effects of reactive ion etching (RIE)
`of sro2 layer in CHF3 / czrfi on the un—
`deriying Si surface have been StUdlEd by X-
`ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), sec-
`0ndary ion mass spectrometer, Rutherford
`backscattering spectroscopy, and high res-
`olutiOn tranSmissiOn electron microscopy.
`We found that two distinguishable modi—
`fied layers are formed by RlE :
`(i) a uni—
`form residue surface layer of 4 nm thick-
`ness composed entirely of carbon, fluo-
`rine, oxygen, and hydrogen with 9 different
`kinds of chemical bonds and (ii) a contam-
`inated silic0n layer of about 50 nm thick-
`ness with carbOn and fluorine atoms with—
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`out any observable crystalline defects. To
`search the removal condition of the sil—
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`icon surface residue, we monitored the
`changes of surface compositions for the
`etched silicon after various post treatments
`as rapid thermal anneal, Oz, NF3, SF5, and
`Cl; plasma treatments. XPS analysis re-
`vealed that NF3 treatment is most effec-
`tive. With 10 seconds exposure to NF3
`plasma, the fluorocarbon residue film de-
`composes. The remained fluorine com-
`pletely disappears after the following wet
`cleaning.
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`Hyung-Ho Park, et al.
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`ETRI journal, volume 16, number 1, April 1994
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`II. EXPERIMENTAL
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`Reactive ion etching (RIB) of SiOz on Si
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`A layer of 600 nm thick oxide was de-
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`in a fluomcarbon plasma is a standard process
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`posited on a chemically cleaned 0.85-1.15
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`in the production of very large scale integrated
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`ohm-cm, B doped (100) silicon wafer by low
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`devices. But it can cause damage and contam-
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`pressure chemical vapor deposition method.
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`ination effects in exposed materials [1,2].
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`RIE process were performed in QUAD 484
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`In fact, plaSma species can be trapped in the
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`silicon matrix, and residue layers can be made
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`Dryteck system using a CHF3 / C2F5 gas mix-
`ture. RF power density was 1.203 W/cmz. The
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`up of reactant species and reaction products.
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`gas flow was 100 sccrn and the chamber pres-
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`Various fluorocarbon plasma treatments
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`sure was 700 mTorr.
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`In this experiment, 80
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`and their interaction with the Si or SiOz sur-
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`seconds of silicon overetching was performed
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`faces have been analyzed in recent years [3-5].
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`after reaching the Si02/Si interface. The etch
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`For removal of silicon surface residue re-
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`end point was detected by laser interferome-
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`sulting from the RIE, oxygen plasma ashing
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`or downstream soft etching treatments have
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`try. 02 plasma treatment was effectuated with
`PR stripper of Barrel type. NF3, SF5, and C12
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`been studied [6,7]. Although oxidizing pro-
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`plasma treatments were carried out after RIE
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`cess is used for removing the surface residue
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`using Applied Materials Precision 5000 sys-
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`at present, this approach presents a problem of
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`tem without applying a magnetic field. The
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`consuming the silicon substrate due to oxida-
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`gas pressure was 100 mTorr and RF power was
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`tion and changing in the physical dimension
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`150 watts. Post etch treated samples were im-
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`for a cell.
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`mersed in H2804 / H202 (4/ 1) and in 1 / 20
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`In this study, a modified silicon surface af-
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`buffered HF successively to investigate the wet
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`ter RIE in CHF3 / C2F5 plasma has been inter-
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`cleaning effect. Rapid thermal anneal (RTA)
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`preted in detail using X-ray photoelectron Spec-
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`treatments were carried out at nitrogen atmo—
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`troscopy (XPS), secondary ion mass spectrom-
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`Sphere for 1 minute. Prior to RTA treatments,
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`eter (SIMS), Rutherford backseattering spec-
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`the wafers were given a wet cleaning.
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`troscopy (RBS), and high resolution transmis—
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`The XPS experiments were performed on a
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`sion electron microscopy (HRTEM).
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`V. G. Scientific ESCALAB 200R spectrometer
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`And as post etch treatments to remove sili-
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`using Mg kor (1253.6 eV) operating at 300 W
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`con surface residue resulting from the RIB, the
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`radiation. Narrow scan Spectra of all regions of
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`effects of 02, NF3, SF6, and C12 plasma treat-
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`interest were recorded with 20 eV pass energy
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`ments have been studied. Rapid thermal anneal
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`in order to quantify the surface composition
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`treatment has been also carried out.
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`and identify the elemental bonding states. The
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`klZ
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`Counts
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`96
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`104
`102
`100
`98
`Binding Energy/9V
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`105
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`230 282 284 236 233 290 292 294 296
`Binding Energy/eV
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`(a)
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`(b)
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`684
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`692
`690
`688-
`686
`Binding Energy/av
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`694
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`(d)
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`8000
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`6000
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`2000 H—L _|—l—I_
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`M a
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`:3
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`63 4000
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`528
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`536
`534
`532
`530
`Binding EnerEY/ev
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`538
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`(C)
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`E-‘f 9;. 2. Deconvolutions of narrow scan spectra with pass energy of 20 (N for reactive ion etched sample; (a) Si 2p, (b) C
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`Is, (c) 0 Is, and (d) F 15.
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`SIMS results were obtained with CAMECA
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`[MS-4F by monitoring the negatively charged
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`secondary ions using oxygen ions bombard-
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`ment. The oxygen primary beam current was
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`30'nA with net bombarding energy of 8 keV.
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`For ion channeling experiments, He+ ions of
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`The XPS analysis shows that the residue
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`film due to exposure of silicon surface to CHF3
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`/ C2F6 reactive ion plasma consists mainly of
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`carbon and fluorine.
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`1 MeV were used and backseattered ions were
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`Fig. 1 represents narrow scan spectra of
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`collected at the detection angle of 110 degrees
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`Si, C, O, and F. No considerable peak shape
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`with NBC 3SDH. The cross-sectional HRTEM
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`change due to X-ray irradiation has been ob-
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`analysis was carried out with Philips CM20T/
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`STEM and operating voltage was 200 kV.
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`served during the measurement. Their peak
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`attributions, binding energy, full width at half
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`maximum (FWHM), and percent of total area
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`(contributiOns of several bonds to the integrated
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`peak) are listed in Table 1. The Si 2p spectrum
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`to Si with a binding energy of 532.6 eV. The
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`0 Is binding energy of 534.8 eV seems to be
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`resulted from the bond with a high electrOneg-
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`ative element as fluorine. In the F Is spectrum,
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`we also find the presence of the bond with oxy-
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`gen at 692.1 eV.
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`10_’
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`10‘
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`105 I
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`V. ’
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`10‘.
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`10‘
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`103
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`SecondaryIonCounts
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`Table l. Decompositions of the Si 2p, C is, O ls, and F
`ls core level distributions.
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`0
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`200
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`400
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`600
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`800
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`1000
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`1200
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`Depth ( angstrom)
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`"5,12. 2. SIMS depth profile after reactive ion etching.
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`Fig. 2 represents the depth profile of vari-
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`ous elements measured by SIMS. It is shown
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`can be resolved into Si-Si, Si—C, and Si—O/F.
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`that the impurities in the ~50 nm thick sili-
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`The binding energy of Si as 102.8 eV for Si-O
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`con substrate mainly consists of carbon and
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`bond means that incomplete oxidation of sili—
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`fluorine. RBS / channeling spectra are given
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`con occurs [8] because 103.4 eV binding en-
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`in Fig. 3 for reactive ion etched silicou and
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`ergy is observed for normal Si-O bond in Si02 .
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`control samples. The control sample has been
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`And the Si—O boud contains a small quantity of
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`cleaned with a buffered HF solution before
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`Si-F bond because a few fluorine is revealed
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`RBS measurement. At 183, 236, and 273 chan-
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`to bind to silicon in F ls spectrum. The C ls
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`nels, peaks due to C, O, and F contaminants
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`spectrum can be resolved into 6 chemical com-
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`are shown for the reactive ion etched silicon.
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`ponents which can be attributed to C—Si, C-C
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`Increase in the silicon surface peak intensity
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`or H, C-CF,r (x E 3), GE, C-Fz, and C—F3,
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`for the reactive i0n etched sample may result
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`TCSPCClively. The majority of O atoms bind
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`from the existence of the fluorocarbon residue
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`150
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`950
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`Fig. 3,
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`Ion channeling spectra of central sample and
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`reactive ion etched sample.
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`film on the reactive ion etched silicon surface
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`or frorn silicon crystalline defects which can be
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`produced by carbon and fluorine contaminants.
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`The position of the silicon surface peak for the
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`reactive ion etched sample has been shifted by
`about 2.4 keV relative to the control sample due
`to the energy loss of He+ beain during the pas-
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`sage through the residue layer. To check any
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`
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`Fig. 4, Cross-sectional HRTEM image of reactive ion
`etched silicon.
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`possible crystalline damage in the silicon sub-
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`strate containing the impurities, cross-sectional
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`HRTEM irriages have been taken for the re-
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`active ion etched silicon. About 40 nm thick
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`gold is deposited to distinguish the fluorocar-
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`bon residue layer from epoxy which is used for
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`cross-sectional TEM specimen preparation.
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`Fig. 4 represents the image. The residue
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`layer is continuous and uniform. The thickness
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`of the residue layer is measured as ~ 4 nm using
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`a spacing of Si (111) planes of 0.313 nm as an
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`internal magnification standard. The interface
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`between the residue layer and silicon substrate
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`is sharply defined and smooth. In the substrate
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`silicon lattice image, we can find neither point
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`defect cluster nor distinct planar defect. From
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`these results,
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`the relatively high intensity of
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`silicon Surface peak for the reactive ion etched
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`sample compared to the control sample in ion
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`channeling spectra (Fig. 3) can be attributed to
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`the residue layer. Therefore we can conclude
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`that under our experimental conditions the ma-
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`jor modifications by RIE are the formation of
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`a 4 nm thick fluorocarbon residue layer on the
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`silicon surface and a ~ 50 nm thick contami-
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`nated silicon layer which contains carbon and
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`fluorine atoms but no crystalline defect.
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`Angle resolved XPS has been carried out
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`for analyzing the distribution of chemical
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`bonds in the residue film. The angle between
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`sample surface and detector (take—off angle)
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`varies from 15 to 75 degree. For the decon-
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`volution of the spectra, the binding energies
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`and the FWHMs in Table 1 are used.
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`I5
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`30
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`45
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`60
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`75
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`Take-Off Angle ( °)
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`15
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`30
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`45
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`60
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`75
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`Take-off Angle (~°)
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`(b)
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`Take-off angle dependencies of observed bonding
`species; (a) Si and (b) C.
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`decrease and those of C-Si and C-C/H increase.
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`Si substrate
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`impurities penetrated
`region
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`I Si-C
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`Schematic diagram of reactive ion etched silicon
`surface.
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`This implies that C—Si and C—C/H bonds exist
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`under the C-F polymer layer. Since the sample
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`is exposed to air for transfer to analyze, we have
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`to always consider the physisorbed 1~2 mono-
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`layer (ML) of carbOn on the top of the sample.
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`This physisorbed carbon causes a decrease in
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`Fig. 5 represents the variations of chemical
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`slope with take-off angle. Then although the
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`contributions to silicon and carbon with take—
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`off angle. As the angle decreases, the contribu
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`SlOpe change of C-Si is larger than C-C/H, we
`cannot say that the C-Si bond exists under the
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`ti0n of the surface bonding state to the observed
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`C-C/H bonds. With oxygen and fluorine, from
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`peak intensity increases. From the comparison
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`the cempariSOn of the slope changes for the area
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`of slope changes of bonding contributions with
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`% of each bond constituents, it can be said that
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`take-off angle,
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`the distribution of bondings
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`can be defined. For silicon (Fig. 5(a)), Si-C
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`O-F bond exists on the O-Si one and F-C bond
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`exists between F-O and F-Si ones.
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`bonding is found to be under the 81-0 bond,
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`From these results, the schematic descript
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`but above the silicon substrate.
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`In Fig. 5(b),
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`i0n of silicon Surface after RIE can be given
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`area % of C—CFJr and C-Fy (y=1, 2, 3) slightly
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`in Fig. 6. The physisorbed 1-2 ML of extra
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`Atomic%
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`Temperature ( 0C )
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`. Composition change of the reactive ion etched
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`silicon surface after rapid thermal anneal.
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`Area%
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`Temperature ( 0C)
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`The variation of chemical contributions for C 15
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`with anneal temperature.
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`carb on has not been considered. At the surface,
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`O-F bond over C-F polymer which mainly
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`800°C. Decrease of C-C/H bond is faund due
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`compo ses residue layer is found. Between the
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`to the formation of Si-C bond between carbon
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`C—F polymer layer and the Si substrate, C—C/H,
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`and substrate silicon above 900°C.
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`Si-C, Si-O, and Si-F bonds exist.
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`Depth profile results using SIMS for the
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`Fig. 7 shows a composition change of the
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`annealed samples at 600°C and 800°C are pre-
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`reactive ion etched silicon surface using XPS
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`sented in Fig. 9. In Fig. 2, we have found that
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`after RTA treatment under nitrogen atmosphere
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`for 1 minute. After anneal above 800°C, flu—
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`the thickness of contaminated silicon layer is
`~ 50 nm. RTA treatment at 600°C is revealed
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`orine remains under 1 atomic percent. This
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`to induce in-diffusion of C and F species to ~
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`means that above 800°C, thermal decomposi-
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`100 nm depth, but no in-diffusion phenomenoa
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`tion of residue layer is completed.
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`is observed for the 800°C treated specimen.
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`Fig. 8 shows the variation of chemical con-
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`This seems due to the fast decomposition of the
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`tributions for C ls with annealing temperature.
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`C—F residue film which remains on the surface
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`As shown in Fig. 7, area percents of C-CFx and
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`till 600°C and plays an important role of diffu-
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`C—Fy bonds remain constant after anneal above
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`sion source. With 800°C annealed sample, the
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`silicon surface by XPS analysis after the treat-
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`ments. And wet cleaning process has been ap-
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`plied to all of the post etch treated samples.
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`The remained fluorocarbon residue after every
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`post etch treatments can be estimated from the
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`changes of the fluorine and silicon composi*
`tions.
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`Fig. 11 shows C Is (a) and F ls (b) peaks
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`obtained after the 02 treatment. With the first
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`1 minute exposure, the liberation of fluorine
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`from fluorocarbon residue layer proceeds. For
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`the C Is spectrum, the peaks corresponding
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`to the C-Fy bondings continuously decrease
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`and almost disappear after 10 minutes exPo—
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`sure. The C- CFx contribution also decreases
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`but after 2 minutes exposure, it becomes con-
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`stant. It seems to be due to the appearance of
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`C-0 bond which has nearly the same binding
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`energy as C-CFX. With fluorine, according
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`Fig.
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`9.". Depth profile analysis using SIMS for annealed
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`samples at (a) 600°C and (b) 800° C, for 1 minute,
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`slightly increases and that of F-Si severely in—
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`creases. The F—C bond is almost completely
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`converted into F-Si bond above 20 minutes ex-
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`posure to the 02 plasma. Above 10 minutes
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`of exposure to the 02 plasma, the atomic %
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`remains almost constant and the formation of
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`secondary ion counts profile of carbon remains
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`Si02 is almost saturated with 3-4 nm thickness.
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`higher than that of fluorine. This may result
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`These bonding states of the polymer film as
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`from the almost remained carbon with C-C/H
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`F—Si, C—0, and Si-O after the 02 treatment
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`or Si-C bonds after anneal above 800°C.
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`are found to be easily eliminated by succes-
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`02, NF3, SF5, and C12 plasma treatments
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`sive cleaning prooess. Through NF3, SF6, and
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`have been carried out to remove the residue
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`C12 treatments, no additional elements such
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`layer as post etch treatments. Fig. 10 shows a
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`as nitrogen, sulfur, and chlorine are detected.
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`cumposition changes of the reactive ion etched
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`Surface compositions drastically change after
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`+wet
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`Si
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`Si
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`Composition changes of the reactive ion etched silicon surface after (a) 02, (b) NF3, (c) C12, and (d) SF6
`treatments.
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`the treatments for 10 seconds, but maintain al-
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`treatment, no fluorine is detected in the sample
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`most constant with exposure times of 10 to 30
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`treated using NF3 plaSma. With SF6 plasma,
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`seconds. The effects of post etch treatments
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`the atomic % of fluorine decreases to an half
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`seem to be saturated within 10 seconds expo-
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`value after the wet treatment, but with C12
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`sure. AmOng the above three treatments, NF3
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`treatment (Fig. 10 (b)) results in the smallest
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`plasma it does not change.
`Fig. 12 represents the photoelectron Spec-
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`fluorine atomic %. And after successive wet
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`tra of fluorine after NF3, SF5, and C12 plasma
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`10min
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`689
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`697
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`Binding Energy / eV
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`Photoelectron spectra of fluorine after (a) NF3,
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`(b) SF6 and (c) C1; plasma exposures for 10 sec-
`onds, respectively.
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`20min
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`same with that of just reactive ion etched sam-
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`10min
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`2min
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`1 min
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`689
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`697
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`ple. Fluorine mainly binds to carbon with a
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`binding energy of ~ 689 eV. With SF5 plasma
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`treatment, fluorine peak enlarges and peak po~
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`sition moves to a low binding energy value
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`comparing to that of C12 plasma treated sam-
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`ple. This is due to the increase of F-Si bond
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`contribution with a binding energy of 686.9
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`eV. Increase of F-Si bond is clearly seen with
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`NF3 plasma treated sample. Area of F-Si
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`bond is nearly two times larger than that of
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`Influence of 02 plasma treatment on (a) C Is and
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`F—C bond. This chemical state change means
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`(b) F 15.
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`the decomposition of the residue layer and in-
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`duces the easy removal of residue by succes-
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`exposures for 10 seconds, respectively. The
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`sive wet cleaning. These results show that NF3
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`shape and bonds distributiOn of the fluorine
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`plasma treatment is most effective to remove
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`peak for C12 plasma exposure is almost the
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`the residue layer on the reactive ion etched sil-
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`icon surface.
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`CGNCiUSlONS
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`By cross-sectional HR’I‘EM analysis, about
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`4 nm thick residue layer is observed on the re-
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`active ion etched silicon surface in the CHF3
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`/ C2F5 plasma.
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`It is found that carbon in the
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`neling, and HRTEM works show that ~ 50 nm
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`Hyung-Ho Park received
`the 8.8. degree from Han-
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`yang University
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`in
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`1981,
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`the M.S. degree from Korea
`Advanced Institute of Science
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`
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`. . degreeinmaterialscience from
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`and Technology and the PhD.
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`University of Bordeaux 1, France in 1988. Since 1989 he
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`has been with the Semiconductor Technology Division
`of Electronics
`and Telecommunication Research
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`Institute. His research areas of interest are surface
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`.......
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`Sang—Hwan Lee
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`received
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`the BS.
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`and MS. degree
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`from Kyungpook National
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`University in 1981 and 1987,
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`respectively. He joined in the
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`
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`Technology
`Semiconductor
`_
`Division of Electronics and
`'I .a
`Telecommunication Research Institute in 1987. His
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`research areas were ion MeV beam analysis and ion
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`implantatiOn damage until 1993.
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`He is currently
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`re5ponsible person of. opto-electronic device packaging
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`and interface analysis of semiconducting materials and
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`in Semiconductor Packaging Research Section.
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`characterization of unit process for the preparation of
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`semiconducting devices. He is currently responsible
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`person of X—ray photoelectron spectrosc0py, Auger
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`electron spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy
`in Materials and Characterization Section.
`
`received
`Kwang-Ho Kwon
`the B.S., MS. and PhD. de-
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`a senior member of technical Staff in the Process DeveloP-
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`grees in electrical engineering
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`from Korea University in 1985,
`1987, and 1993. He is currently
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`ment Section of Electronics and Telecommunication Re-
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`search Institute. His research field includes semiconduc-
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`tor processing of application specific integrated circuits.
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`His current interests are dry etching technologies.
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`Byung-Hwa Koak received
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`the B.S.(1980) and M.S.(1982)
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`degrees
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`in
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`physics
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`from
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`Kyunghee University.
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`Since
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`Electronics and Telecommuni-
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`1985 he joined in the Semicon—
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`ductor Technology Division of
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`catiOn Research Institute. His research areas of interest
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`are surface and interface analysis of semiconducting
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`materials and characterization of unit process for the
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`preparation of semiconducting devices. He is currently
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`responsible person of secondary ion mass spectrometer
`in Materials and Characterization Section.
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`
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`ETRI lournal, volume 16, number 1, April 1994
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`Hyung—Ho Park, at al.
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`
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`Sahn Nahm received the BS.
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`degree from Korea University
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`in 1983, and the PhD. degree in
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`material engineering from Uni-
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`versity of Maryland, USA in
`1990. He worked as Post Doc—
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`toral Researcher in University
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`Kyoung—Ik Cho received the
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`BS. degree in materials sci-
`ence from Ulsan Institute of
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`Technology in 1979, and the
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`M.S. and PhD. degrees in ma- terials science and engineering
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`In‘ ,3. \
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`from Korea Advanced Institute
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`of Maryland from Jan. 1991 to Dec. 1991. Since 1992
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`of Science and Technology, in 1981 and 1991, respec-
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`he has worked in the Semiconductor Technology Divi-
`sion of Electronics and Telecommunication Research In-
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`tively. He joined the Electronics and Telecommunica—
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`tion Research Institute (ETRI), Taejon in 1981. He is
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`stitute. His interesting field of research is structural anal—
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`currently a head of Materials and Characterization Sec-
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`ysis of semiconducting materials, especially thin film and
`hetero-epitaxial multilayers. Now he is in charge of trans—
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`mission electron microscope, X—ray diffraction and TEM
`Sample preparation labs in Mate rials and Characterization
`Section.
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`tion in Semiconductor Technology Division at ETRI. His
`research interests include characterization of semiann-
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`ducting materials, heteroepitaxy of semiconductor thin
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`films, and structural analyses of heterointerfaces,
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`flee-Tee Lee
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`received the
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`B.S. degree from National Cen-
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`tral Vocational Training Insti-
`tute in 1978. Since 1981 he
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`Technology Division of Elec- tronics and Telecommunica—
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`has joined the Semiconductor
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`tion Research institute. His research area of interest is
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`
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`Young-II Kang received the
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`BS. degree in Electrical En-
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`gineering from Seoul National
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`University in 1966 and the M.S.
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`degree from Fairleigh Dickson
`University in 1989. He joined
`Fairchild Semiconductor Ko-
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`rea as a process engineer in 1969 and moved to Semicon-
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`ductor Technology Division of. Electronics and Telecom—
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`optical semiconducting device fabrication. He is cur—
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`munication Research Institute.(ETRI) in 1979. He has
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`rently working on optical device package.
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`
`
`Oh-Joon Kwon
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`received
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`the 8.5. and M.S. degrees
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`in electronic engineering from
`Kyungpook National Univer-
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`sity in 1977 and 1989, respec—
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`lively. He joined the Elec-
`tronics and Telecommunica—
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`tion Research institute in 1977. He has worked in the
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`areas of semiconductor process integration and character—
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`izatiOn of semiconducting materials. He is now working
`on the development of microwave devices.
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`worked in semiconductor process integration area for
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`the most of his working time in both of Fairchild and
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`ETRI. His current interests are failure analysis, new de-
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`vice structure and process integratiOn. He is now working
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`for the new antifused programmable read only memory
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`device that can be implemented easily in the conventional
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`c0mplementary metal oxide semiconduct0r process and
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`can be easily integrated in the application specific inte—
`grated circuit families.
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