IMPLICATIONS OF THE SOLID-PHASE AMORPHOUS TO CRYSTALLINE TRANSFORMATION FOR SHALLOW-JUNCTION PROCESSING.

D. M. Maher*, T. E. Seidel, J. S. Williams, R. G. Elliman, R. V. Knoell, M. B. Ellington, R. Hull, D. C. Jacobson

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)678-695
Number of pages18
JournalProceedings - The Electrochemical Society
Volume86-4
Publication statusPublished - 1986
Externally publishedYes

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