Depth dependent carrier density profile by scanning capacitance microscopy
- 15 September 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 71 (11) , 1546-1548
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.119961
Abstract
The depth dependent carrier density was measured on an arsenic implanted silicon sample using scanning capacitance microscopy (SCM). The capacitance versus voltage scan was performed by applying dc biases with a dither ac signal. A strong dc bias dependence was observed at the interface of an abrupt junction between and The bias dependent SCM images show good agreement with quasi-three dimensional simulations, suggesting that they can be used to map a device structure.
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