Lifetime Control in Silicon through Focused Laser Beam Damage

Abstract

Minority carrier lifetime and resistivity engineering in silicon through use of high power laser beams is described. Unique doping profiles are produced through 80 Kev As(+) implantations followed by laser annealing. Minority carrier lifetime distributions on silicon surfaces are substantially improved through laser damage gettering. Laser operating conditions to obtain optimum lifetime and resistivity engineering effects are given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1979
Accession Number
ADA073052

Entities

People

  • G. H. Schwuttke
  • Kaipei Yang

Organizations

  • International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Crystal Defects
  • Crystals
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Electron Microscopy
  • High Temperature
  • Ion Implantation
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Damage
  • Laser Pulses
  • Laser Spots
  • Materials
  • Microscopy
  • Polycrystals
  • Radiation
  • Semiconductors
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition