Abstract
Recent fundamental investigations of the solid-phase amorphous to crystalline transformation in silicon are reviewed. Three modes of inducing solid-phase regrowth are discussed, namely furnace processing, rapid-thermal processing and ion-beam processing. Topics emphasized include: extended defect states of the material; incubation solid-phase regrowth; continuous solid-phase regrowth; and the constraints which extended-defect annealling and dopant-profile broadening impose on obtaining n** plus and p** plus shallow junctions by a technology which is based on a preamorphization, dopant implant and solid-phase expitaxial regrowth sequence.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 678-695 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Proceedings - The Electrochemical Society |
Volume | 86-4 |
Publication status | Published - 1986 |
Externally published | Yes |