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Anomalous migration of fluorine and electrical activation of boron in BF/sup +//sub 2/-implanted silicon

Journal Article · · Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.89961· OSTI ID:5280665

Fluorine distribution profiles for silicon implanted with 150-keV 1 x 10/sup 15/-cm/sup -2/ BF/sup +//sub 2/ at room temperature or at -110 /sup 0/C have been measured by SIMS as a function of anneal temperature. Anomalous migration of fluorine during annealing is observed, and is explained in terms of recrystallization and impurity-gettering effects. Electrical carrier distribution profiles of room-temperature BF/sup +//sub 2/-implanted silicon, measured by differential Hall effect methods, demonstrate that boron is electrically activated by epitaxial recrystallization during 550 /sup 0/C annealing. However, a damaged region near the crystalline-amorphous interface remains after recrystallization. This damaged layer is apparently responsible for the fluorine gettering.

Research Organization:
Coordinated Science Laboratory and Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
OSTI ID:
5280665
Journal Information:
Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 32:3; ISSN APPLA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English