General trends in integrated circuit technology toward smaller device dimensions, lower thermal budgets, and simplified processing steps present severe physical and engineering challenges to ion implantation. These challenges, together with the need for physically based models at exceedingly small dimensions, are leading to a new level of understanding of fundamental defect science in Si. In this article, we review the current status and future trends in ion implantation of Si at low and high energies with particular emphasis on areas where recent advances have been made and where further understanding is needed. Particularly interesting are the emerging approaches to defect and dopant distribution modeling, transient enhanced diffusion, high energy implantation and defect accumulation, and metal impurity gettering. Developments in the use of ion beams for analysis indicate much progress has been made in one-dimensional analysis, but that severe challenges for two-dimensional characterization remain. The breadth of ion beams in the semiconductor industry is illustrated by the successful use of focused beams for machining and repair, and the development of ion-based lithographic systems. This suite of ion beam processing, modeling, and analysis techniques will be explored both from the perspective of the emerging science issues and from the technological challenges.
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15 May 1997
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May 15 1997
Ion beams in silicon processing and characterization Available to Purchase
E. Chason;
E. Chason
Sandia National Laboratories, Post Office Box 5800, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185
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S. T. Picraux;
S. T. Picraux
Sandia National Laboratories, Post Office Box 5800, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185
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J. M. Poate;
J. M. Poate
New Jersey Institute of Technology, College of Science and Liberal Arts, 504 Cullimore Hall, University Heights, Newark, New Jersey 07102
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J. O. Borland;
J. O. Borland
Genus Corporation, 4 Muliken Way, Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950
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M. I. Current;
M. I. Current
Applied Materials, Implant Division, 9020-I Capital of Texas Highway North, Austin, Texas 78759
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T. Diaz de la Rubia;
T. Diaz de la Rubia
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Post Office Box 808, Livermore, California 94550
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D. J. Eaglesham;
D. J. Eaglesham
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, 700 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974-0636
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O. W. Holland;
O. W. Holland
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Post Office Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6057
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M. E. Law;
M. E. Law
University of Florida, Department of Electrical Engineering, 339 Larsen Hall, Gainesville, Florida 32611-6200
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C. W. Magee;
C. W. Magee
Evans East Incorporated, 666 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536
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J. W. Mayer;
J. W. Mayer
Arizona State University, Center for Solid State Science, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1704
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J. Melngailis;
J. Melngailis
University of Maryland, Energy Research Building, College Park, Maryland 20742-3511
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A. F. Tasch
A. F. Tasch
University of Texas, BRC-MER Building, Austin, Texas 78712
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E. Chason
S. T. Picraux
J. M. Poate
J. O. Borland
M. I. Current
T. Diaz de la Rubia
D. J. Eaglesham
O. W. Holland
M. E. Law
C. W. Magee
J. W. Mayer
J. Melngailis
A. F. Tasch
Sandia National Laboratories, Post Office Box 5800, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185
J. Appl. Phys. 81, 6513–6561 (1997)
Article history
Received:
June 12 1996
Accepted:
January 23 1997
Citation
E. Chason, S. T. Picraux, J. M. Poate, J. O. Borland, M. I. Current, T. Diaz de la Rubia, D. J. Eaglesham, O. W. Holland, M. E. Law, C. W. Magee, J. W. Mayer, J. Melngailis, A. F. Tasch; Ion beams in silicon processing and characterization. J. Appl. Phys. 15 May 1997; 81 (10): 6513–6561. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.365193
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