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| !style="background:silver; color:black;" align="left"|Purpose
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| |style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Deposition of dielectrica
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| *Silicon oxide
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| *Silicon nitride
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| *Silicon oxynitride
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| *PBSG (Phosphorous Boron doped Silica Glass)
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| *Silicon oxide doped with Germanium
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| !style="background:silver; color:black" align="left"|Performance
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| |style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Film thickness
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| *~10nm - 30µm
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| |style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Index of refraction
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| *~1.4-2.1
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| |style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Step coverage
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| *In general: Not so good
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| *PBSG: Floats at 1000<sup>o</sup>C
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| |style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Film quality
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| *Not so dense film
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| *Hydrogen will be incorporated in the films
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| |style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Process Temperature
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| *300 <sup>o</sup>C
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| |style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Process pressure
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| *~200-900 mTorr
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| |style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Gas flows
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| *SiH<math>_4</math>:0-60 sccm
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| *N<math>_2</math>O:0-3000 sccm
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| *NH<math>_3</math>:0-1000 sccm
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| *N<math>_2</math>:0-3000 sccm
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| *GeH<math>_4</math>:0-6.00 sccm
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| *5%PH<math>_3</math>:0-99 sccm
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| *5%B<math>_2</math>H<math>_6</math>:0-1000 sccm
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| |style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Batch size
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| *1-3 4" wafer per run
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| *1 6" wafer per run
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| *Or several smaler pieces
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| *Deposition on one side of the substrate
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| *Silicon wafers
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| *Aluminium
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| *All metals < 5% of the substrate coverage (ONLY PECVD3!)
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