期刊
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
卷 42, 期 2, 页码 2642-2647出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2015.10.070
关键词
TiN films; Magnetron sputtering; Thickness; Microstructure; Resistivity
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC 51272034]
- Open Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices [KFJJ 201101]
Titanium nitride (TiN) thin films were prepared by direct current (DC) reactive magnetron sputtering with a pure Ti target in a N-2 and Ar mixed atmosphere at 350 degrees C on Si (100) substrates. The aim of the present work was to clarify the influence of thickness on film properties systematically. Results indicated that all the films were stoichiometric. The evolution of film roughness during growth process could be divided into two stages. In the early stage, surface roughness decreased with increasing thickness related to the presence of particles diffusion and smoothing the underlying Si substrates. In the later growth process, film surface was roughening with increasing thickness due to the shadowing effect and change of surface morphologies with different orientations. Moreover, film grain sizes and density monotonically increased with increasing film thickness, and preferred orientation also varied as a function of thickness. It was found that all the films had low resistivity (<7.5 x 10(-7) Omega m) and the lowest value of 5.4 x 10(-7) Omega m was obtained at about 140 nm thick. Then the effect of film thickness on resistivity was discussed based on grain boundary and surface scattering. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. All rights reserved.
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