Precipitation of Antimony Implanted into Silicon

Antimony was implanted into silicon, followed by a rapid thermal annealing step to recrystallize the substrate. Post-activation annealings were made at 800 and 900 °C with increasing time, to study the deactivation of antimony using a combination of SIMS, MEIS and TEM analyses. It was found that the...

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Published in:ECS transactions 2012-05, Vol.41 (34), p.9-17
Main Authors: Koffel, Stephane, Pichler, Peter, Reading, Michael A., Van den Berg, Jakob, Kheyrandish, Hamid, Hamm, Silke, Lerch, Wilfried, Pakfar, Ardechir, Tavernier, Clement
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Language:English
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Summary:Antimony was implanted into silicon, followed by a rapid thermal annealing step to recrystallize the substrate. Post-activation annealings were made at 800 and 900 °C with increasing time, to study the deactivation of antimony using a combination of SIMS, MEIS and TEM analyses. It was found that the antimony profile does not broaden for moderate thermal budgets. However, during thermal treatments, antimony atoms continuously move towards the surface. There, they pile-up in non-substitutional positions and form precipitates. It was also confirmed that this phenomenon happens after solid phase epitaxy. Possible explanations are discussed.
ISSN:1938-5862
1938-6737
DOI:10.1149/1.3697457