Argon Influence in the PETEOS Silicon Oxide Deposition Process

Carlos Eduardo Viana, Ana Neilde R. da Silva and Nilton Itiro Morimoto

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ceviana@lsi.usp.br - neilde@lsi.usp.br - morimoto@lsi.usp.br

ABSTRACT

In this work, we present the first results on the argon influence in the PETEOS silicon oxide deposition process. It was observed that adding a argon flow in the gas mixture can improve the quality and the uniformity of deposited silicon oxide thin films.