Chloride-Based SiC Epitaxial Growth

Some aspects of the chloride-based CVD growth process have been investigated by using both the approach to add HCl to the standard precursors or/and by using the single molecule precursor methyltrichlorosilane (MTS). The efficiency of the process for different precursors, the growth rate stability and the effect that the Cl/Si-ratio has on the growth have been studied. MTS is showed to be the most efficient precursor; the growth can be hindered by to much chlorine in the gas mixture. The Cl/Si-ratio is also found to be a process parameter that affects the amount of incorporated nitrogen in the epilayers.