Method of fabricating silicon nitride nanodots
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1. A method for the formation of silicon nitride nanodots on a semiconductor substrate, the method comprising the steps of:
- forming silicon nanodots on the semiconductor substrate; and
nitriding the silicon nanodots by exposing the silicon nanodots to a nitrogen containing gas.
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Abstract
A method of forming silicon nitride nanodots that comprises the steps of forming silicon nanodots and then nitriding the silicon nanodots by exposing them to a nitrogen containing gas. Silicon nanodots were formed by low pressure chemical vapor deposition. Nitriding of the silicon nanodots was performed by exposing them to nitrogen radicals formed in a microwave radical generator, using N2 as the source gas.
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33 Claims
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1. A method for the formation of silicon nitride nanodots on a semiconductor substrate, the method comprising the steps of:
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forming silicon nanodots on the semiconductor substrate; and nitriding the silicon nanodots by exposing the silicon nanodots to a nitrogen containing gas. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for forming a memory device, comprising:
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depositing a discontinuous silicon layer on a substrate; and nitriding the discontinuous silicon layer. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A non-volatile memory device comprising:
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a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of silicon nitride nanodots across an area of the substrate, the silicon nitride nanodots having an average size between about 1 nm and 100 nm and covering between about 10% and 50% of the area of the substrate. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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- 28. An integrated circuit, comprising a substrate having a plurality of silicon nitride nanodots, wherein a core region of at least some of the nanodots has a lower nitrogen concentration than a surface region of the at least some of the nanodots.
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