A robust 0.25pm double-poly SiGe HBT structure using non selective epitaxy has been developed. The device features 70/90GHz fT/fmx with pure SiGe base in 0.25pm BiCMOS technology. Performances up to 120/100GHz fT/fmax are demonstrated for SiGe:C base transistors.
We describe an x-ray microprobe measurement of selectively grown heteroepitaxial Si1−xGex on Si. The experiment was conducted at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility of Grenoble at the ID13 Microfocus beamline. The Si1−xGex layers were deposited by a standard chemical vapor deposition process on patterned 200 mm wafers of monocrystalline Si substrate. The uniformity of the pseudomorphic layers, in terms of Ge content and thickness, is evaluated by double crystal x-ray diffraction with the use of a novel microgoniometer and with a spatial resolution of ∼5×7.5 μm2. The results show the good uniformity of the SiGe layers and indicate the possibility of evaluating the strain fields near the shallow trench isolation structures.
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