Low Temperature Dopant Activation Using Variable Frequency Microwave Annealing

2010 ◽  
Vol 1245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry L. Alford ◽  
Karthik Sivaramakrishnan ◽  
Anil Indluru ◽  
Iftikhar Ahmad ◽  
Bob Hubbard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Thermal Annealing ◽  
Rapid Thermal Annealing ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Variable Frequency ◽  
Dopant Activation ◽  
Ion Channeling ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Limited Diffusion ◽  
Ion Implanted

AbstractVariable frequency microwaves (VFM) and rapid thermal annealing (RTA) were used to activate ion implanted dopants and re-grow implant-damaged silicon. Four-point-probe measurements were used to determine the extent of dopant activation and revealed comparable resistivities for 30 seconds of RTA annealing at 900 °C and 6-9 minutes of VFM annealing at 540 °C. Ion channeling analysis spectra revealed that microwave heating removes the Si damage that results from arsenic ion implantation to an extent comparable to RTA. Cross-section transmission electron microscopy demonstrates that the silicon lattice regains nearly all of its crystallinity after microwave processing of arsenic implanted silicon. Secondary ion mass spectroscopy reveals limited diffusion of dopants in VFM processed samples when compared to rapid thermal annealing. Our results establish that VFM is an effective means of low-temperature dopant activation in ion-implanted Si.

Shallow Junction Formation in As-Implanted Si by Low-Temperature Rapid Thermal Annealing

1989 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. K. El-Ghor ◽  
S. J. Pennycook ◽  
R. A. Zuhr
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Annealing ◽  
Rapid Thermal Annealing ◽  
Dislocation Loops ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Dopant Activation ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Shallow Junctions ◽  
Surface Image ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Short Time

AbstractShallow junctions were formed in single-crystal Si(100) by implantation of As at energies between 2 and 17.5 keV followed by conventional furnace annealing or by rapid thermal annealing (RTA). Cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM) showed that defect-free shallow junctions could be formed at temperatures as low as 700 °C by RTA, with about 60% dopant activation. From a comparison of short-time and long-time annealing, it is proposed that surface image forces are responsible for the efficient removal of end-of-range (EOR) dislocation loops

Junction Formation in Silicon by Rapid Thermal Annealing

1993 ◽  
Vol 300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard B. Fair
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Annealing ◽  
Rapid Thermal Annealing ◽  
Defect Formation ◽  
Annealing Process ◽  
Dopant Activation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Silicon Devices ◽  
Transient Diffusion ◽  
Junction Formation ◽  
Ion Implanted

ABSTRACTThe feasibility of using isothermal RTA in annealing ion implanted layers for forming junctions has been investigated for the past 10 years. While many of the scientific details surrounding defect formation, transient diffusion and dopant activation remain to be clarified, RTA intrinsically is a viable annealing process which is essential for fabricating advanced silicon devices.

Boron Diffusion in Fluorine Preamorphized Silicon During Rapid Thermal Annealing

1993 ◽  
Vol 303 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Kinoshita ◽  
T. H. Huang ◽  
D. L. Kwong ◽  
P. E. Bakeman
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Annealing ◽  
Rapid Thermal Annealing ◽  
Annealed Sample ◽  
Transmission Electron Micrograph ◽  
Boron Diffusion ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Dopant Activation ◽  
Enhanced Diffusion ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Secondary Ion

ABSTRACTThe effect of fluorine preamorphization on boron diffusion and activation during rapid thermal annealing (RTA) has been investigated. Compared with low energy B or BF2 implant into crystalline Si, F preamorphization suppressed the transient enhanced diffusion of B and increased dopant activation. Results show that the tail diffusion was absent, and thus the junction depth of the RTA annealed sample was established by the as-implanted B profile. Secondary ion mass spectroscopy and cross-sectional transmission electron micrograph results show F accumulation near the surface and at end-of-range defects. The interaction of F with defects is believed to reduce the B diffusion during RTA.

Dopant activation and ultralow resistance ohmic contacts to Si-ion-implanted GaN using pressurized rapid thermal annealing

2004 ◽  
Vol 85 (22) ◽  
pp. 5254-5256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haijiang Yu ◽  
L. McCarthy ◽  
H. Xing ◽  
P. Waltereit ◽  
L. Shen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Annealing ◽  
Rapid Thermal Annealing ◽  
Ohmic Contacts ◽  
Dopant Activation ◽  
Ion Implanted

Junction Formation in Silicon by Rapid Thermal Annealing

1993 ◽  
Vol 303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard B. Fair
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Annealing ◽  
Rapid Thermal Annealing ◽  
Defect Formation ◽  
Annealing Process ◽  
Dopant Activation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Silicon Devices ◽  
Transient Diffusion ◽  
Junction Formation ◽  
Ion Implanted

ABSTRACTThe feasibility of using isothermal RTA in annealing ion implanted layers for forming junctions has been investigated for the past 10 years. While many of the scientific details surrounding defect formation, transient diffusion and dopant activation remain to be clarified, RTA intrinsically is a viable annealing process which is essential for fabricating advanced silicon devices.

Formation mechanism of a new emission band in Si-ion-implanted GaAs after rapid thermal annealing

1996 ◽  
Vol 15 (17) ◽  
pp. 1545-1547
Author(s):  
D. Y. Kim ◽  
Y. T. Oh ◽  
T. W. Kang ◽  
T. W. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Annealing ◽  
Rapid Thermal Annealing ◽  
Formation Mechanism ◽  
Emission Band ◽  
Ion Implanted

Impact of rapid thermal annealing and hydrogenation on the doping concentration and carrier mobility in solid phase crystallized poly-Si thin films

2011 ◽  
Vol 1321 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kumar ◽  
P.I. Widenborg ◽  
H. Hidayat ◽  
Qiu Zixuan ◽  
A.G. Aberle
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Electronic Properties ◽  
Thermal Annealing ◽  
Rapid Thermal Annealing ◽  
Carrier Mobility ◽  
Crystalline Silicon ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Dopant Activation ◽  
Hall Effect Measurements ◽  
Probe Measurements

ABSTRACTThe effect of the rapid thermal annealing (RTA) and hydrogenation step on the electronic properties of the n+ and p+ solid phase crystallized (SPC) poly-crystalline silicon (poly-Si) thin films was investigated using Hall effect measurements and four-point-probe measurements. Both the RTA and hydrogenation step were found to affect the electronic properties of doped poly-Si thin films. The RTA step was found to have the largest impact on the dopant activation and majority carrier mobility of the p+ SPC poly-Si thin films. A very high Hall mobility of 71 cm2/Vs for n+ poly-Si and 35 cm2/Vs for p+ poly-Si at the carrier concentration of 2×1019 cm-3 and 4.5×1019 cm-3, respectively, were obtained.

Effect of rapid thermal annealing on carrier lifetimes of arsenic‐ion‐implanted GaAs

1996 ◽  
Vol 69 (7) ◽  
pp. 996-998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gong‐Ru Lin ◽  
Wen‐Chung Chen ◽  
Feruz Ganikhanov ◽  
C.‐S. Chang ◽  
Ci‐Ling Pan
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Annealing ◽  
Rapid Thermal Annealing ◽  
Carrier Lifetimes ◽  
Ion Implanted
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