Abstract
A combined cross‐sectional and plain‐view transmission electron microscope study of residual defects in 110‐keV 5×1015/cm2 BF+2 ‐implanted (111) Si has been carried out. The samples were annealed isothermally in N2 ambient at 600–1100 °C with 100 °C increments. The distribution, density, and size of point defect clusters, twins, equiaxial loops, elongated loops, and bubbles were analyzed in detail. The origin and evolution of the residual defects are discussed.