Interstitials in silicon can be produced by hydrogen ions through chemical action and physical impact. To establish the relative importance of the two processes, wafers of single crystal silicon kept at a temperature of 250 degrees C were exposed to a hydrogen plasma, with and without an accelerating voltage (500 V). As gettering centers interstitial-type dislocation loops were made, before H exposure, by implanting 1.9 x 10(15) at. cm(-2) 110 keV P atoms and annealing at 1000 degrees C for 30 s. The analysis was performed using MeV ion channeling, elastic recoil detection analysis and cross-section transmission electron microscopy. The results suggest that H is captured by the defects: in the case of unbiased plasma, H goes in the region of the extrinsic defects, while in the case of biased plasma, H is trapped near the surface where the defects are produced by the energetic H ions themselves. In both cases the data are consistent with the formation of hydrogen nanoblisters with the subsequent breaking of silicon bonds and injection of silicon interstitials. The migration of interstitials occurs at a temperature as low as 250 degrees C.

Silicon interstitials generation during the exposure of silicon to hydrogen plasma / Tonini, Rita; Monelli, A; Corni, Federico; Frabboni, Stefano; Ottaviani, Giampiero; Queirolo, G.. - In: MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-SOLID STATE MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 0921-5107. - STAMPA. - 36:(1996), pp. 158-161. [10.1016/0921-5107(95)01285-0]

Silicon interstitials generation during the exposure of silicon to hydrogen plasma

TONINI, Rita;CORNI, Federico;FRABBONI, Stefano;OTTAVIANI, Giampiero;
1996

Abstract

Interstitials in silicon can be produced by hydrogen ions through chemical action and physical impact. To establish the relative importance of the two processes, wafers of single crystal silicon kept at a temperature of 250 degrees C were exposed to a hydrogen plasma, with and without an accelerating voltage (500 V). As gettering centers interstitial-type dislocation loops were made, before H exposure, by implanting 1.9 x 10(15) at. cm(-2) 110 keV P atoms and annealing at 1000 degrees C for 30 s. The analysis was performed using MeV ion channeling, elastic recoil detection analysis and cross-section transmission electron microscopy. The results suggest that H is captured by the defects: in the case of unbiased plasma, H goes in the region of the extrinsic defects, while in the case of biased plasma, H is trapped near the surface where the defects are produced by the energetic H ions themselves. In both cases the data are consistent with the formation of hydrogen nanoblisters with the subsequent breaking of silicon bonds and injection of silicon interstitials. The migration of interstitials occurs at a temperature as low as 250 degrees C.
1996
36
158
161
Silicon interstitials generation during the exposure of silicon to hydrogen plasma / Tonini, Rita; Monelli, A; Corni, Federico; Frabboni, Stefano; Ottaviani, Giampiero; Queirolo, G.. - In: MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-SOLID STATE MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 0921-5107. - STAMPA. - 36:(1996), pp. 158-161. [10.1016/0921-5107(95)01285-0]
Tonini, Rita; Monelli, A; Corni, Federico; Frabboni, Stefano; Ottaviani, Giampiero; Queirolo, G.
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