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Ultra-shallow junction formation using very low energy B and BF{sub 2} sources

Conference ·
OSTI ID:621291
 [1];  [2]; ;  [3]
  1. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
  2. Varian Ion Implant Systems, Gloucester, MA (United States)
  3. Varian Ginzton Research Center, Palo Alto, CA (United States)

Ultra-shallow junctions were formed using 0.5 - 8.9 keV B and BF{sub 2} ion implantation and plasma doping (PLAD) in conjunction with rapid thermal annealing, RTA, or furnace annealing. The effect of pre-amorphization and solid phase epi (SPE) regrowth on dopant retention, sheet resistance, and junction depth was quantified. The PLAD junctions were comparable to those formed by BF{sub 2} ion implantation. After a 550{degrees}C SPE anneal, preamorphized PLAD junctions had nearly 100% dopant activation. Using 0.5 kV PLAD, junction depths less than 40 nm deep were obtained for 10 sec annealing at 950{degrees}C. In preamorphized PLAD junctions, transient enhanced diffusion (TED) and dopant trapping at end-of-range damage was seen at very low temperature (550{degrees}C). Preamorphization eliminated channeling but enhanced diffusion such that when the boron energy was 0.5 keV or less, preamorphized junctions were deeper after annealing for 10 seconds at 850{degrees}C or higher. A 48 nm deep PLAD junction was successfully incorporated in a 0.18/0.25 {mu}m PMOS technology.

OSTI ID:
621291
Report Number(s):
CONF-9606110--; CNN: Grant CDR 8721505
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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