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Last name: KHAZAKA
First name: Rami
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The cubic polytype of silicon carbide is an interesting candidate for Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) applications due to its tremendous physico-chemical properties. The recent development of multi-stacked Si/SiC heterostructures has demonstrated the possibility to obtain a (110)-oriented 3C–SiC membrane on a 3C–SiC pseudo-substrate,...
In this contribution, we performed the growth of a 3C-SiC/Si/3C-SiC layer stack on a Si(001) substrate by means of chemical vapor deposition. We show that, by tuning the growth conditions, the 3C-SiC epilayer can be grown along either the [111] direction or the [110] direction. The key parameter for the growth of the desired 3C-SiC orientation...
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We present an epitaxy-based approach for designing a 3C-SiC Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (CMUT). The design requires to consider a 3C-SiC/Si/3C-SiC heterostructure on a Si substrate. This implies to address different growth steps of SiC on Si and Si on SiC. We present some specific growth related issued, namely the control of...
Structural and morphological characterization of a Si(110) film heteroepitaxied on 3C-SiC(001)/Si(001) on-axis template by chemical vapor deposition has been performed. An antiphase domain (APD) free 3C-SiC layer was used showing a roughness limited to 1 nm. This leads to a smooth Si film with a roughness of only 3 nm for a film thickness of...