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Trace Contamination Measurements Using Heavy Ion Backscattering Spectrometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

J.A. Knapp ,
J.C. Banks  and
D.K. Brice
J.A. Knapp
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
J.C. Banks
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
D.K. Brice
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
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Abstract

Heavy Ion Backscattering Spectrometry (HIBS) is a tool for measuring surface contamination at levels much lower than previously achievable with ion beam analyses. Many areas of materials research and development require very low levels of impurities, with advanced microelectronics as the best example. HIBS uses low-energy, heavy ions for analysis, taking advantage of the increased backscattering yield which can be obtained from high Z ion beams at low energy. Background due to increased yield from the substrate is eliminated by a thin carbon foil as part of the detector, with a thickness chosen to range out ions scattered from the substrate and allow only ions scattered from impurities heavier than the substrate to reach the detector. Our research system, using 150-200 keV N+ beams and a single time-of-flight detector optimized for large solid angle, has achieved a sensitivity ranging from ∼5×1010 atoms/cm2 for Fe to ∼1×109 atoms/cm for Au on Si, without preconcentration. A stand-alone HIBS prototype which we have developed for SEMATECH is expected to reach detection limits of -5×10 atoms/cm for Fe and -1×10 atoms/cm for Au on Si. In this paper we discuss in detail the factors which affect sensitivity for HIBS.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 354: Symposium A – Beam Solid Interactions for Materials Synthesis and Characterization , 1994 , 389
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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