Calendar

Lec # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction to 6.774

CMOS Process Flow
2 Crystal Growth, Wafer Fabrication, and Basic Properties of Si Wafers Homework 1 out
3 Crystal Growth, Wafer Fabrication, and Basic Properties of Si Wafers (cont.)

Wafer Cleaning and Gettering
4 Wafer Cleaning and Gettering (cont.) Homework 1 due
5 Wafer Cleaning and Gettering - Contamination Measurement Techniques

Oxidation and the Si/SiO2 Interface - Uses of Oxides and CV Measurement Techniques
Homework 2 out
6 Oxidation and the Si/SiO2 Interface: Deal/Grove Model, Thin Oxide Models
7 Oxidation and the Si/SiO2 Interface: 2D Effects, Doping Effects, Point Defects Homework 2 due
8 Dopant Diffusion - Need for Abrupt Profiles, Fick's Laws, Simple Analytic Homework 3 out
9 Dopant Diffusion - Numerical Techniques in Diffusion, E Field Effects
10 Dopant Diffusion - Fermi Level Effects, I and V Assisted Diffusion
11 Dopant Diffusion - Review Atomic Scale Models, Profile Measurement Techniques Homework 3 due
12 Ion Implantation and Annealing - Analytic Models and Monte Carlo
13 Ion Implantation and Annealing - Physics of E Loss, Damage, Introduction to TED Homework 4 out
14 Transient Enhanced Diffusion (TED) - +1 Model, (311) Defects and TED Introduction
15 Transient Enhanced Diffusion (TED) - Simulation Examples, TED Calculations, RSCE in detail
16 The SUPREM IV Process Simulator Homework 4 due
17 Thin Film Deposition and Epitaxy - Introduction to CVD, Si Epitaxial Growth Homework 5 out
18 Thin Film Deposition and Epitaxy - CVD Examples and PVD
19 Thin Film Deposition and Epitaxy - Modeling Topography of Deposition Homework 5 due
20 Etching - Introduction
21 Etching - Poly Gate Etching, Stringers, Modeling of Etching
22 Silicides, Device Contacts, Novel Gate Materials
23 Growth and Processing of Strained Si/SiGe and Stress Effects on Devices
24-26 Report Presentations