4.3.5. Specify the Operating Conditions

Table 4.9: SPECIFY THE OPERATING CONDITIONS Keyword Phrases

Keyword Phrase

Description

SPECIFY THE OPERATING CONDITIONS

Title of keyword sub-block that provides the operating conditions of the reactor. Part of the DEFINE A MODEL or CHANGE THE MODEL keyword blocks. Requires END statement to close keyword sub-block.

PRESSURE =

Provides the operating pressure in the reactor. Constant pressure is assumed in the reactor, which is appropriate for slowly-moving, low-density gases. Part of the SPECIFY THE OPERATING CONDITIONS keyword sub-block.

Example: PRESSURE = 0.300

Units: Torr

Default: None, this is a required input.

TEMPERATURE =

Provides the operating temperature of the reactor for the isothermal case where all surfaces in the reactor have the same temperature. In this case, the gas temperature is the same as that of the reactor walls and the wafers. Part of the SPECIFY THE OPERATING CONDITIONS keyword sub-block.

Example: TEMPERATURE = 873.0

Units: K

Default: None, either a TEMPERATURE or a TEMPERATURE FILE NAME is required input.

TEMPERATURE FILE NAME =

Provides the file name containing detailed information on surface temperature profiles, for the case where surface temperatures vary with position in the reactor. This file can be generated by hand from experimental data, or automatically by the LPCVD Thermal Analyzer. Part of the SPECIFY THE OPERATING CONDITIONS keyword sub-block. The temperature file is formatted input that has five parts.

  1. A line with (I3) format that gives the number of sample points, , that will be in the temperature profile for the reactor sidewall.

  2. lines of data, each containing a pair of numbers giving an axial position and the wall temperature at that point in Kelvin, with (E14.7, 1x, E14.7) format. The wall positions must increase from zero at the "near end" of the reactor and ending at the total length.

  3. A line with 2(I3) format that gives the number of axial and radial sample points, and , that will be in the temperature profiles for the wafers.

  4. Lines giving the axial positions followed by lines giving the radial positions, with (E14.7) format. Axial positions increase from the near-end wafer to the far-end wafer; radial positions increase from zero to the wafer edge.

  5. lines of data, each containing a wafer temperature in Kelvin, with (E14.7) format, corresponding to the positions in part four. These temperatures must be ordered correctly with radial position changing most rapidly, that is, the points should correspond to , , , , , , , etc.

Sample Temperature File

  2
  0.0              900.0
  100.0            905.0
   2  3
  30.0
  90.0
  0.0
  5.0
  10.0
  901.4
  901.5
  901.6
  904.4
  904.5
  904.6

Example:TEMPERATURE FILE NAME = Tprofile.dat

Units: None

Default: None, either a TEMPERATURE or a TEMPERATURE FILE NAME is required input.