Efficiency of Boron Gettering for Iron Impurities in p/p+ Epitaxial Silicon Wafers
- 1 April 1997
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 36 (4A) , L380
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.36.l380
Abstract
The evaluation of B gettering for Fe impurities in p/p+ Si epitaxial wafers was carried out, after intentional Fe contamination, by measuring the Fe concentration in the epitaxial layer using deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS). As the surface [Fe] before diffusion was increased, [Fe] in epitaxial layer also increased. As B concentration in the p+ substrate was raised, B gettering efficiency became higher. On comparison of the experimental results with the segregation gettering model, it was concluded that B gettering for Fe does not occur at a high temperature such as 800° C or 1100° C. B gettering for Fe can be inferred to occur below 600° C during the cooling process.Keywords
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