Effect of the oxidation of a silicide layer on dopant diffusion in the underlying silicon

1999 ◽  
Vol 568 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Kappius ◽  
A. K. Tyagi ◽  
U. Breuer ◽  
H. L. Bay ◽  
S. Manti

ABSTRACTWe have studied the influence of an epitaxial silicide layer on the diffusion of B and Sb in silicon. B and Sb doping superlattices have been grown by molecular beam epitaxy. They were then covered with a 20 nm thick CoSi2 layer. Test samples were also grown without silicide. Samples were oxidized at various temperatures ranging from 800°C to 1200°C for times that ensured sufficient broadening of the spikes. Another set of samples was annealed at the same times and temperatures in N2. Dopant depth profiles were measured before and after diffusion by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). At the test samples we observed thermal diffusion of B and Sb, oxidation enhanced diffusion of B and oxidation retarded diffusion of Sb, all in accordance with the literature. In contrast to this, oxidized silicide capped samples showed a retardation of B diffusion by a factor of 2 - 10 as compared to thermal diffusivity and an enhancement of Sb diffusion by a factor of 1 - 2.


1992 ◽  
Vol 262 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.W. Honeycutt ◽  
J. Ravi ◽  
G. A. Rozgonyi

ABSTRACTThe effects of Ti and Co silicidation on P+ ion implantation damage in Si have been investigated. After silicidation of unannealed 40 keV, 2×1015 cm-2 P+ implanted junctions by rapid thermal annealing at 900°C for 10–300 seconds, secondary ion mass spectrometry depth profiles of phosphorus in suicided and non-silicided junctions were compared. While non-silicided and TiSi2 suicided junctions exhibited equal amounts of transient enhanced diffusion behavior, the junction depths under COSi2 were significantly shallower. End-of-range interstitial dislocation loops in the same suicided and non-silicided junctions were studied by planview transmission electron microscopy. The loops were found to be stable after 900°C, 5 minute annealing in non-silicided material, and their formation was only slightly effected by TiSi2 or COSi2 silicidation. However, enhanced dissolution of the loops was observed under both TiSi2 and COSi2, with essentially complete removal of the defects under COSi2 after 5 minutes at 900°C. The observed diffusion and defect behavior strongly suggest that implantation damage induced excess interstitial concentrations are significantly reduced by the formation and presence of COSi2, and to a lesser extent by TiSi2. The observed time-dependent defect removal under the suicide films suggests that vacancy injection and/or interstitial absorption by the suicide film continues long after the suicide chemical reaction is complete.



1998 ◽  
Vol 527 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Hanrahan ◽  
S. P. Withrow ◽  
M. Puga-Lambers

ABSTRACTClassical diffusion measurements in intermetallic compounds are often complicated by low diffusivities or low solubilities of the elements of interest. Using secondary ion mass spectrometry for measurements over a relatively shallow spatial range may be used to solve the problem of low diffusivity. In order to simultaneously obtain measurements on important impurity elements with low solubilities we have used ion implantation to supersaturate a narrow layer near the surface. Single crystal NiAl was implanted with either 12C or both 56Fe and 12C in order to investigate the measurement of substitutional (Fe) versus interstitial (C) tracer diffusion and the cross effect of both substitutional and interstitial diffusion. When C alone was implanted negligible diffusion was observed over the range of times and temperatures investigated. When both Fe and C were implanted together significantly enhanced diffusion of the C was observed, which is apparently associated with the movement of Fe. This supports one theory of dynamic strain aging in Fe alloyed NiAl.



2010 ◽  
Vol 82 (19) ◽  
pp. 8291-8299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan M. Piwowar ◽  
John S. Fletcher ◽  
Jeanette Kordys ◽  
Nicholas P. Lockyer ◽  
Nicholas Winograd ◽  
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1983 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence E. Lapides ◽  
George L. Whiteman ◽  
Robert G. Wilson

ABSTRACTQuantitative depth profiles of impurities in LPE layers of HgCdTe have been determined using relative sensitivity factors calculated from ion implantation profiles. Standards were provided for Li, Be, B, C, F, Na, Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cl, Cu, Ga, As, Br, and In. Relative sensitivity factors as a function of ionization potential for O2+ primary ion SIMS and electron affinity for Cs+ primary ion SIMS have been calculated in order to extend quantitation to elements not yet implanted. Examples of depth profiles for implant standards and unimplanted layers are given.



2005 ◽  
Vol 237-240 ◽  
pp. 998-1003
Author(s):  
Mudith S.A. Karunaratne ◽  
Janet M. Bonar ◽  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Peter Ashburn ◽  
Arthur F.W. Willoughby

Boron diffusion in Si and strained SiGe with and without C was studied. Using gassource molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), B containing epitaxial layers of: (i) Si, (ii) Si containing 0.1% C, (iii) SiGe with 11% Ge and (iv) SiGe with 11% Ge and with a 0.1% C, were grown on substrates. These samples were then rapid thermal annealed (RTA) at 940, 1000 and 1050°C in an O2 ambient. Self-interstitial-, vacancy- and non-injection conditions were achieved by annealing bare, Si3N4- and Si3N4+SiO2-coated surfaces, respectively. Concentration profiles of B, Ge and C were obtained using Secondary-Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS). Diffusion coefficients of B in each type of matrix were extracted by computer simulation. We find that B diffusivity is reduced by both Ge and C. The suppression due to C is much larger. In all materials, a substantial enhancement of B diffusion was observed due to self-interstitial injection compared to non-injection conditions. These results indicate that B diffusion in all four types of layers is mediated primarily by interstitialcy type defects.



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