Self heating diminishes the reliability of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistors, particularly those that must withstand electrostatic discharge (ESD) pulses. This problem is alleviated by lateral thermal conduction in the silicon device layer, whose thermal conductivity is not known. The present work develops a technique for measuring this property and provides data for layers in wafers fabricated using bond-and-etch-back (BESOI) technology. The room-temperature thermal conductivity data decrease with decreasing layer thickness, ds, to a value nearly 40 percent less than that of bulk silicon for ds = 0.42 μm. The agreement of the data with the predictions of phonon transport analysis between 20 and 300 K strongly indicates that phonon scattering on layer boundaries is responsible for a large part of the reduction. The reduction is also due in part to concentrations of imperfections larger than those in bulk samples. The data show that the buried oxide in BESOI wafers has a thermal conductivity that is nearly equal to that of bulk fused quartz. The present work will lead to more accurate thermal simulations of SOI transistors and cantilever MEMS structures.
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Temperature-Dependent Thermal Conductivity of Single-Crystal Silicon Layers in SOI Substrates
M. Asheghi,
M. Asheghi
Mechanical Engineering Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-3030
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M. N. Touzelbaev,
M. N. Touzelbaev
Mechanical Engineering Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-3030
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K. E. Goodson,
K. E. Goodson
Mechanical Engineering Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-3030
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Y. K. Leung,
Y. K. Leung
Electrical Engineering Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-3030
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S. S. Wong
S. S. Wong
Electrical Engineering Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-3030
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M. Asheghi
Mechanical Engineering Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-3030
M. N. Touzelbaev
Mechanical Engineering Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-3030
K. E. Goodson
Mechanical Engineering Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-3030
e-mail: goodson@vk.stanford.edu
Y. K. Leung
Electrical Engineering Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-3030
S. S. Wong
Electrical Engineering Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-3030
J. Heat Transfer. Feb 1998, 120(1): 30-36 (7 pages)
Published Online: February 1, 1998
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Received:
August 21, 1996
Revised:
September 23, 1997
Online:
January 7, 2008
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Asheghi, M., Touzelbaev, M. N., Goodson, K. E., Leung, Y. K., and Wong, S. S. (February 1, 1998). "Temperature-Dependent Thermal Conductivity of Single-Crystal Silicon Layers in SOI Substrates." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. February 1998; 120(1): 30–36. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2830059
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