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Confining P diffusion in Si by an As-doped barrier layer

  • Lugang Bai*
  • , Decai Yu
  • , Guang Hong Lu
  • , Feng Liu
  • , Q. Wang
  • , Hamza Yilmaz
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The miniaturization of Si-based devices requires control of doping profile, which makes the understanding of dopant interaction and diffusion in Si critical. The authors have studied the effect of As doping on P diffusion in Si using first-principles calculations. The authors found a form of As-vacancy complex is energetically favorable, allowing As to consume the vacancy so as to prohibit the vacancy-mediated P diffusion. Also, in the vicinity of As, the vacancy-mediated P diffusion barrier is increased, decreasing further the P mobility. The results provide useful guidance for designing As-doped barriers to block P diffusion in Si wafer processing and metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor device fabrication.

Original languageEnglish
Article number061926
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume91
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

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