Thin film characterization by total reflection x-ray fluorescence

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• 作者：Adrien Danel ; Emmanuel Nolot ; Marc Veillerot ; Sé ; golè ; ne Olivier ; Tifenn Decorps ; Maria-Luisa Calvo-Mu&#xf1 ; oz ; Jean-Michel Hartmann ; S ; rine Lhostis ; Hiroshi Kohno ; Motoyuki Yamagami ; Charles
• 关键词：TXRF ; Silicon wafer ; Thin film ; Composition analysis
• 刊名：Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：December 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：63
• 期：12
• 页码：1365-1369
• 全文大小：585 K

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Sensitive and accurate characterization of films thinner than a few nm used in nanoelectronics represents a challenge for many conventional production metrology tools. With capabilities in the 10¹⁰ at/cm², methods usually dedicated to contamination analysis appear promising, especially Total-reflection X-Ray Fluorescence (TXRF). This study shows that under usual configuration for contamination analysis, with incident angle smaller than the critical angle of the substrate, TXRF signal saturation occurs very rapidly for dense films (below 0.5 nm for HfO₂ films on Si wafers using a 9.67 keV excitation at 0.5°). Increasing the incident angle, the range of linear results can be extended, but on the other hand, the TXRF sensitivity is degraded because of a strong increase of the measurement dead time. On HfO₂ films grown on Si wafers, an incident angle of 0.32° corresponding to a dead time of 95 % was used to achieve linear analysis up to 2 nm. Composition analysis by TXRF, and especially the detection of minor elements into thin films, requires the use of a specific incident angle to optimize sensitivity. Although quantitative analyses might require specific calibration, this work shows on Co–based films that the ratio between minor elements (W, P, Mo) and Co taking into account their relative sensitivity factors is a good direct reading of the composition.