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Phosphorus diffusion in silicon; influence of annealing conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

J. S. Christensen ,
A. Yu. Kuznetsov ,
H. H. Radamson  and
B. G. Svensson
J. S. Christensen
Affiliation:
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Department of Electronics, Electrum 229, SE-164 40 Kista-Stockholm, Sweden
A. Yu. Kuznetsov
Affiliation:
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Department of Electronics, Electrum 229, SE-164 40 Kista-Stockholm, Sweden
H. H. Radamson
Affiliation:
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Department of Electronics, Electrum 229, SE-164 40 Kista-Stockholm, Sweden
B. G. Svensson
Affiliation:
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Department of Electronics, Electrum 229, SE-164 40 Kista-Stockholm, Sweden University of Oslo, Physics Department/Physical Electronics, P. B. 1048 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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Abstract

Phosphorus diffusion has been studied in both pure epitaxially grown silicon and Cz silicon, with a substantial amount of impurities like oxygen and carbon. Anneals have been performed in different atmospheres, N2 and dry O2, as well as in vacuum, at temperatures between 810 – 1100°C. Diffusion coefficients extracted from these anneals show no difference for the P diffusion in the epitaxially grown or the Cz silicon. The diffusion coefficients follow an Arrhenius dependence with the activation energy Ea=2.74±0.07 eV and a prefactor D0 = (8±5)×10−4 cm2/s. These parameters differ considerably from the previously reported and widely accepted values (3.66 eV and 3.84 cm2/s, respectively). However, vacuum anneals of the same samplesresult in values close to this 3.6 eV diffusion mode. Furthermore, control anneals of boron doped samples, with similar design as the phosphorus samples, suggest the same trend for boron diffusion in silicon – lower versus higher values of activation energies for nitrogen and vacuum anneals, respectively. These results are discussed in terms of the concentration of Si self-interstitials mediating the diffusion of phosphorus and boron.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 669: Symposium J – Si Front-End Processing–Physics and Technology of Dopant-Defect Interactions III , 2001 , J3.9
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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