Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
A general relation between the implanted dose and the processing time for plasma immersion ion implantation (PHI) can be established through the dynamic sheath model. In practice, etching and charging effects have to be taken into account in PIII dose estimation.
Plasma immersion ion implantation (PII) has been tested in fabrication of semiconductor devices with shallow junctions and in hydrogénation of poly-Si thin film transistors (TFT). PIII doping is more suitable than conventional implantation for such applications because of its high dose rate at lower energy. Since the dose rate in PIII does not depend on the area being treated, the effective current will be higher if a larger implanted area is involved. However, the relation between dose and time is not always straightforward. During PIII processing possible etching and charging will affect the total accumulated doses. This paper presents a model for each which allows a proper compensation to be performed.