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durat<strong>ion</strong>s with higher thermal budgets. The extra amount <strong>of</strong> diffused As seen in the<br />

SIMS pr<strong>of</strong>iles accounts for the variat<strong>ion</strong> in the amount <strong>of</strong> segregated As seen in MEIS.<br />

Concentrat<strong>ion</strong> (at/cm 3 )<br />

1E22<br />

1E21<br />

1E20<br />

1E19<br />

1E18<br />

1E17<br />

1keV As, 2E15, PAI <strong>and</strong> NoPAI<br />

0 10 20 30 40 50 60<br />

PAI NoPAI<br />

Depth (nm)<br />

With respect to device product<strong>ion</strong> this experiment shows that a reduct<strong>ion</strong> in<br />

beam <strong>energy</strong> is less important in determining the junct<strong>ion</strong> depth than the diffus<strong>ion</strong>. The<br />

depths <strong>of</strong> the 3 <strong>and</strong> 1 keV <strong>implants</strong> only vary by a few nm. This becomes much less<br />

significant when compared to the amount <strong>of</strong> diffus<strong>ion</strong>, which in some cases was<br />

approximately 40nm. Note that the final junct<strong>ion</strong> depths <strong>of</strong> the 1 <strong>and</strong> 3 keV spike<br />

samples are not directly comparable in this study as they are at different temperatures.<br />

Using a 1 keV beam could be detrimental from the point <strong>of</strong> view <strong>of</strong> <strong>low</strong>er throughput,<br />

since <strong>low</strong>er beam currents are usually obtained with a 1 keV beam compared with 3keV<br />

due to space charge beam b<strong>low</strong> up effects. Solely changing anneal temperatures for<br />

spike <strong>annealing</strong> may result in less diffus<strong>ion</strong> at the <strong>low</strong>er temperatures, but this doesn’t<br />

necessarily lead to an increased device performance due to overall processing effects (3).<br />

Returning to the results discussed in this sect<strong>ion</strong>, a small growth in the oxide<br />

layer thickness to 2 nm occurs fol<strong>low</strong>ing implantat<strong>ion</strong>. As with previous experiments,<br />

the growth in thickness <strong>of</strong> the oxide layer, with increasing anneal temperature <strong>and</strong>/or<br />

137<br />

as-implanted<br />

600C 20m<br />

1000C 5s<br />

1025C 10s<br />

1050C spike<br />

10 20 30 40 50 60<br />

Figure 6.9 SIMS pr<strong>of</strong>iles for 1 keV As implanted samples, as-implanted <strong>and</strong> fol<strong>low</strong>ing<br />

various anneals.

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