Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2011
Oxygen thermal donor formation under stress and following various pre-heat treatments was investigated by resistivity measurements. Thermal donor formation at 450°C, with and without bending stress, is monitored in p-type Cz-silicon following various heat-treatments. As has been shown by others, the thermal donor formation rate depends upon the pre-treatment of the samples. We find that the rate also depends on the stress, being faster, or slower, on the tensile side than on the compressed side depending on the pre-treatment.
Supported in part by the DOE-JPL Flat Solar Array Program and the Mobil Foundation.