Correlation Between Ti-Silicided Shallow Junction Diode Leakage and Titaniun Diffusion during TISI2 Fornation

Deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) in conjunction with other analytical techniques was used to establish a correlation between the leakage current in the TiSi2/p+/n-Si shallow diodes (0.25 micron) and the Ti-related Ec - 0.23 eV deep trap. It was found that Ti diffused into the junction region durin the TiSi2 formation and caused leakage currents with values up to 2 × 10−8 A/cm2. Further increases of the leakage current were related to the formation of a TiSi2/n-Si Schottky barrier.