Formation of the Irradiation Zone for Neutron Transmutation Doping Using the Pool-Type Research Reactor

2015 ◽  
Vol 1084 ◽  
pp. 309-312
Author(s):  
Valery A. Varlachev ◽  
Alexey V. Golovatsky ◽  
Evgeny G. Emets ◽  
Yana A. Butko

The neutron transmutation doping (NTD) of silicon is usually used for producing different electronic devices like thyristors, VLSI, detectors, etc. This article focuses on the formation of the radiation field to create the technology for silicon NTD implementing a pool-type nuclear reactor. The works includes the analytical consideration of the conditions for achieving the high radial irradiation uniformity of silicon ingots.

1980 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Meese

ABSTRACTNeutron transmutation doping (NTD) has become the preferred method of phosphorus doping of float zone silicon for the Si power device industry. This doping process is accomplished by thermal neutron irradiation in a nuclear reactor. One of the stable isotopes, 30Si, is transmuted to the desired dopant, 31p, by thermal neutron capture and beta decay. This transmuted product becomes electrically active only after suitable annealing of the accompanying radiation damage which is the result of a number of different displacement mechanisms. This paper will present a review of our present understanding of the production and annealing of these displacement defects.


2014 ◽  
Vol 575 ◽  
pp. 195-200
Author(s):  
Usman Sudjadi

Study on resistivity changes of local material silicon wafer, doped with Neutron Transmutation Doping (NTD) using Multi Purpose Nuclear Reactor (MPR-30) was carried out. Two kinds of local material of intrinsic silicon wafer were used as samples for this experiment. These local silicon wafers have no shallow doping. The first have resistivity of between (0.7960 – 0.8010) Ω cm (sample 1). The second have resistivity of between (18.6000 – 33.0000) Ω cm (sample 2). The samples were cleaned with distilled water, and acetone. The samples were sprayed with high pure nitrogen gas. The natural oxide layer on the surface of the local silicon wafer was etched with HF for 1 until 3 minutes. The local silicon wafer was inserted into the aluminum tube. The diameter of aluminum tube was 7 inch. High of aluminum tube was 40 cm. The position of the sample 1 was in the aluminum tube 4 cm that was lower than in the sample 2. The local silicon wafers were irradiated with thermal neutron, in Neutron Transmutation Doping (NDT) facility, in research nuclear reactor MPR-30 (Multi Purpose Reactor-30), Indonesia. The power reactor for the experiment was 15 Mega Watt (MW). The thermal neutron flux was 1012 neutron cm-2 s-1. The irradiation time was 264 hours. After irradiated samples, the local silicon wafers were annealed at a temperature of 700 0C, for one hour. The resistivity of local silicon wafers before and after irradiated, measured by four-point probe. The results showed that average resistivity of sample 1 before the irradiated was 0.8120 Ω cm, and after irradiation its resistivity decreased to 0.0673 Ω cm. The average resistivity of sample 2 before the irradiated was 20.4890 Ω cm, and after irradiation its resistivity decreased to 0.9730 Ω cm. The resistivity of sample 1 and sample 2 after irradiation were homogeneous, it means that the doped phosphorus concentrations also homogeneous.


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