Impurity dependence of film-edge-induced dislocations in silicon
- 15 July 1989
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 66 (2) , 531-535
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.343569
Abstract
An experimental study is designed to reveal the generation of dislocations resulted from the interaction of discontinuous low-pressure chemical-vapor-deposited (LPCVD) nitride/thermal pad oxide window edge and atomic misfit stress. The results show that atomic misfit has a very strong effect on the dislocation generation along the film edges. Boron exhibits a misfit factor of (−)0.254, while arsenic has almost zero misfit factor in silicon. Hence the ratio of LPCVD nitride/thermal pad oxide thickness to generate film edge dislocations for boron-doped silicon is at least three times lower compared with arsenic doped silicon. The increase of boron concentration reduces the thickness ratio of LPCVD nitride/pad oxide required to the generation of dislocations. This study shows that film-edge-induced dislocation is strongly dependent on impurity species and concentration.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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