FIZIKA A 4 (1995) 2, 337-342

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INVESTIGATION OF REACTIVELY SPUTTERED NbN FILMS

IVAN HOTOVY, JOZEF BRCKA and JOZEF HURAN*
Department of Microelectronics, Slovak Technical University, Ilkovicova 3, 812 19 Bratislava, Slovakia
*Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska 9, 842 39 Bratislava, Slovakia

Received 7 April 1995
Revised manuscript received 11 June 1995

We have investigated the structural properties of thin films of reactively magnetron sputtered niobium nitride (NbN) under high-temperature annealing (with annealing temperatures ranging 850 to 950 ° C) and with different nitrogen contents in the working gas mixture. Prepared NbN films were characterized by Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The influence of rapid thermal annealing (RTA) on a change of the structure properties and surface morphology was investigated. The correlation between technological parameters and film properties, structure and composition were established.

UDC 538.975
PACS 68.55.Jk, 81.15.Cd
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