Real-time acoustic sensing and control of metalorganic chemical vapor deposition precursor concentrations delivered from solid phase sources
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We have investigated the performance and potential benefit of acoustic sensing for real-time monitoring and closed loop control of binary gas mixture compositions delivered from low vapor pressure metalorganic sources. Two solid phase sources were investigated in the presence of H2 as a carrier gas: (1) trimethylindium (TMI) and (2) bis(cyclopentadienyl) magnesium sCp2Mgd, which have room temperature s25°Cd vapor pressures of 2.5 and 0.04 Torr, respectively. An acoustic sensor was implemented on the gas feed line to measure the concentration-dependent speed of sound in the gas mixture. This enabled sensitivity and control at precursor levels as low as 0.6 ppm in H2. Closed loop process control was implemented to maintain TMI and Cp2Mg concentration target in the presence of intentionally introduced long term temperature drifts. Despite induced variations of the precursor vapor pressure up to 50%, the delivered composition was controlled to within ±0.15% for TMI (at 0.5 mol% set point) and ±0.3% for Cp2Mg (at 0.01 mol% set point). Short term variability could also be substantially reduced by the control scheme. This work demonstrates the feasibility of sensor-driven control systems for stable delivery of low vapor pressure, normally problematic precursor materials. In turn, this opens the door to utilization of a broader range of species which can be synthesized as chemical precursors. © 2004 American Vacuum Society. [DOI: 10.1116/1.1776180]
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