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Point Defect Detector Studies of Ge+ Implanted Silicon upon Oxidation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

H. L. Meng
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
S. Prusstn
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
K. S. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
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Abstract

Previous results [1] have shown that type II (end-of-range) dislocation loops can be used as point defect detectors and are efficient in measuring oxidation induced point defects. This study investigates the interaction between oxidation-induced point defects and dislocation loops when Ge+ implantation was used to form the type II dislocation loops. The type II dislocation loops were introduced via Ge+ implants into <100> Si wafers at 100 keV to at doses ranging from 2×1015 to l×1016/cm2. The subsequent furnace annealing at 900 °C was done for times between 30 min and 4 hr in either a dry oxygen or nitrogen ambient. The change in atom concentration bound by dislocation loops as a result of oxidation was measured by plan-view transmission electron microscopy (PTEM). The results show that the oxidation rate for Ge implanted Si is similar to Si+ implanted Si. Upon oxidation a decrease in the interstitial injection was observed for the Ge implanted samples relative to the Si implanted samples. With increasing Ge+ dose the trapped atom concentration bound by the loops actually decreases upon oxidation relative to the inert ambient implying oxidation of Ge+ implanted silicon can result in either vacancy injection or the formation of an interstitial sink.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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