IRON AND ITS DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON THE NUCLEATION AND GROWTH OF OXYGEN PRECIPITATES DURING INTERNAL GETTERING PROCESSES

HACKL, B and RANGE, KJ and GORES, HJ and FABRY, L and STALLHOFER, P (1992) IRON AND ITS DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON THE NUCLEATION AND GROWTH OF OXYGEN PRECIPITATES DURING INTERNAL GETTERING PROCESSES. JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, 139 (11). pp. 3250-3254. ISSN 0013-4651, 1945-7111

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Abstract

The detrimental impact of iron on the nucleation and precipitation of interstitial oxygen (O(i)) has recently been reported from this laboratory and interpreted in terms of the different thermodynamical behavior of iron silicides (FeSi(x)) and iron silicate (Fe2SiO4). By varying the nucleation time of oxygen precipitation and adjusting different initial iron concentrations ([Fe]i) in CZ silicon wafers we have found a threshold concentration of iron (about 1 . 10(11) atom/cm3) above which the precipitation was impeded. Estimates, based on migrating interstitial oxygen (O(i)) and iron (Fe(i)) gave a threshold level of iron in the range of 1 . 10(10) atom/cm3 to 1 . 10(11) atom/cm3. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) pictures provided compelling evidences that iron is retarding oxygen precipitation.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: SILICON; SURFACE; SI;
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Last Modified: 19 Oct 2022 08:44
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/54314

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