Papers by Author: A.N. Vorob'ev

Abstract: This work focuses on computational analysis of SiC High Temperature Chemical Vapor Deposition (HTCVD) from silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4) and propane (C3H8) precursors supplied separately and diluted by argon and hydrogen, respectively. It is aimed at verification of the technological parameters providing complete precursor decomposition in the growth chamber, the optimal gas composition for SiC growth, and the required silicon-to-carbon ratio in the wafer region, as well as suppression of parasitic deposits at the reactor walls and inlet unit via the optimization of the reactor geometry and temperature distributions. As a result, a high growth rate and maximal yield are expected to be achieved due to minimal precursor losses.

Abstract: A fully-comprehensive three-dimensional simulation of a CVD epitaxial growth process has been undertaken and is reported here. Based on a previously developed simulation platform, which connects fluid dynamics and thermal temperature profiling with chemical species kinetics, a complete model of the reaction process in a low pressure hot-wall CVD reactor has been developed. Close agreement between the growth rate observed experimentally and simulated theoretically has been achieved. Such an approach should provide the researcher with sufficient insight into the expected growth rate in the reactor as well as any variations in growth across the hot zone.