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The Local Structure of Antimony in High Dose Antimony Implants in Silicon by XAFS and SIMS.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

M. Alper Sahiner
Affiliation:
Evans East, East Windsor, New Jersey 08520
Steven W. Novak
Affiliation:
Evans East, East Windsor, New Jersey 08520
Joe C. Woicik
Affiliation:
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
Yayoi Takamura
Affiliation:
Center for Integrated Systems, Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
Peter B. Griffin
Affiliation:
Center for Integrated Systems, Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
James D. Plummer
Affiliation:
Center for Integrated Systems, Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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Abstract

One of the important challenges in semiconductor industry is to sustain high concentration of dopant atoms electrically active in very small areas. In investigating the optimum post implantation treatment methods that will help to attain these conditions, the local structural information around the dopant atom is crucial. In this study, we have used secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) and x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (XAFS) to obtain the concentration depth profiles and the local structural information around the Sb atom in laser thermal annealed (LTA) Sb implants in Si wafers. The Sb implant doses used in this work are 6.4x1015/cm2 and 2.0x1016/cm2. The XAFS results for the 6.4x1015/cm2 Sb dose sample do not exhibit any rhombohedral-Sb precipitation as the Fourier Transformed (FT) data can be fit successfully using only substitutional-Sb in the Si lattice sites. However, a multi-shell analysis of the Fourier Transformed (FT) data for the 2.0x1016/cm2 Sb dose sample clearly indicates there is a substantial contribution from the Sb-Sb scattering, which is a signature of precipitated form of Sb.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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