Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
The lattice diffusion of boron in bulk cobalt disilicide has been studied at temperatures between 450 and 950°C. Two different diffusion sources, a deposited surface layer of boron and an implanted boron distribution, were used. The lattice diffusion coefficient has been deduced from the boron profiles measured by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS); in the studied temperature range the coefficient varies between 6.2×10−17 and 3.0× 10−11 cm2/s with an activation energy of 2.0 eV. These values reveal a very rapid lattice diffusion and agree with results reported previously in the literature concerning redistribution of boron implanted in thin films of CoSi2, and it also emphasizes the important role played by interfaces during the boron redistribution.