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Title: Vacancy-type defects induced by grinding of Si wafers studied by monoenergetic positron beams

Abstract

Vacancy-type defects introduced by the grinding of Czochralski-grown Si wafers were studied using monoenergetic positron beams. Measurements of Doppler broadening spectra of the annihilation radiation and the lifetime spectra of positrons showed that vacancy-type defects were introduced in the surface region (<98 nm), and the major defect species were identified as (i) relatively small vacancies incorporated in dislocations and (ii) large vacancy clusters. Annealing experiments showed that the defect concentration decreased with increasing annealing temperature in the range between 100 and 500°C. After 600–700°C annealing, the defect-rich region expanded up to about 170 nm, which was attributed to rearrangements of dislocation networks, and a resultant emission of point defects toward the inside of the sample. Above 800°C, the stability limit of those vacancies was reached and they started to disappear. After the vacancies were annealed out (900°C), oxygen-related defects were the major point defects and they were located at <25 nm.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2];  [3];  [2];  [3]; ;  [4]
  1. Division of Applied Physics, Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573 (Japan)
  2. Devices and Materials Labs Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Atsugi, Kanagawa 243-0197 (Japan)
  3. ICE Cube Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503 (Japan)
  4. Research Institute of Instrumentation Frontier, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568 (Japan)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22305769
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 116; Journal Issue: 13; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; ANNEALING; ANNIHILATION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CZOCHRALSKI METHOD; DISLOCATIONS; DOPPLER BROADENING; EMISSION; GRINDING; LIFETIME; OXYGEN; POSITRON BEAMS; POSITRONS; SILICON; SPECTRA; STABILITY; SURFACES; VACANCIES

Citation Formats

Uedono, Akira, Yoshihara, Nakaaki, Mizushima, Yoriko, ICE Cube Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Kim, Youngsuk, Disco Corporation, Ota, Tokyo 143-8580, Nakamura, Tomoji, Ohba, Takayuki, Oshima, Nagayasu, and Suzuki, Ryoichi. Vacancy-type defects induced by grinding of Si wafers studied by monoenergetic positron beams. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4896829.
Uedono, Akira, Yoshihara, Nakaaki, Mizushima, Yoriko, ICE Cube Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Kim, Youngsuk, Disco Corporation, Ota, Tokyo 143-8580, Nakamura, Tomoji, Ohba, Takayuki, Oshima, Nagayasu, & Suzuki, Ryoichi. Vacancy-type defects induced by grinding of Si wafers studied by monoenergetic positron beams. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4896829
Uedono, Akira, Yoshihara, Nakaaki, Mizushima, Yoriko, ICE Cube Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Kim, Youngsuk, Disco Corporation, Ota, Tokyo 143-8580, Nakamura, Tomoji, Ohba, Takayuki, Oshima, Nagayasu, and Suzuki, Ryoichi. 2014. "Vacancy-type defects induced by grinding of Si wafers studied by monoenergetic positron beams". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4896829.
@article{osti_22305769,
title = {Vacancy-type defects induced by grinding of Si wafers studied by monoenergetic positron beams},
author = {Uedono, Akira and Yoshihara, Nakaaki and Mizushima, Yoriko and ICE Cube Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503 and Kim, Youngsuk and Disco Corporation, Ota, Tokyo 143-8580 and Nakamura, Tomoji and Ohba, Takayuki and Oshima, Nagayasu and Suzuki, Ryoichi},
abstractNote = {Vacancy-type defects introduced by the grinding of Czochralski-grown Si wafers were studied using monoenergetic positron beams. Measurements of Doppler broadening spectra of the annihilation radiation and the lifetime spectra of positrons showed that vacancy-type defects were introduced in the surface region (<98 nm), and the major defect species were identified as (i) relatively small vacancies incorporated in dislocations and (ii) large vacancy clusters. Annealing experiments showed that the defect concentration decreased with increasing annealing temperature in the range between 100 and 500°C. After 600–700°C annealing, the defect-rich region expanded up to about 170 nm, which was attributed to rearrangements of dislocation networks, and a resultant emission of point defects toward the inside of the sample. Above 800°C, the stability limit of those vacancies was reached and they started to disappear. After the vacancies were annealed out (900°C), oxygen-related defects were the major point defects and they were located at <25 nm.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4896829},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22305769}, journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
issn = {0021-8979},
number = 13,
volume = 116,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}