The effect of boron implant energy on transient enhanced diffusion in silicon

Journal Article · Sat Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1997 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.364022· OSTI ID:450251

Liu, J; Krishnamoorthy, V ^[1]; Gossman, H ^[2]; Rubin, L ^[3]; Law, M E ^[4]; Jones, K S ^[1]

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1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida 32611 (United States)
2. Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974 (United States)
3. Eaton Corporation, Semiconductor Equipment Division, 108 Cherry Hill Drive, Beverly, Massachusetts 01915 (United States)
4. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida 32611 (United States)

Transient enhanced diffusion (TED) of boron in silica after low energy boron implantation and annealing was investigated using boron-doping superlattices (DSLs) grown by low temperature molecular beam epitaxy. Boron ions were implanted at 5, 10, 20, and 40 keV at a constant dose of 2{times}10{sup 14}/cm{sup 2}. Subsequent annealing was performed at 750{degree}C for times of 3 min, 15 min, and 2 h in a nitrogen ambient. The broadening of the boron spikes was measured by secondary ion mass spectroscopy and simulated. Boron diffusivity enhancement was quantified as a function of implant energy. Transmission electron microscopy results show that {l_angle}311{r_angle} defects are only seen for implant energies {ge}10 keV at this dose and that the density increases with energy. DSL studies indicate the point defect concentration in the background decays much slower when {l_angle}311{r_angle} defects are present. These results imply there are at least two sources of TED for boron implants (B-I): short time component that decays rapidly consistent with nonvisible B-I pairs and a longer time component consistent with interstitial release from the {l_angle}311{r_angle} defects. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}

• OSTI ID: 450251
• Journal Information: Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 81; ISSN JAPIAU; ISSN 0021-8979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ANNEALING
BORON
BORON IONS
CRYSTAL DOPING
CRYSTAL GROWTH
DIFFUSION
ENERGY DEPENDENCE
ION IMPLANTATION
KEV RANGE 10-100
MASS SPECTRA
MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY
POINT DEFECTS
SILICON
SUPERLATTICES
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY