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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 March 2011
In this study we present the results of Positron Beam Annihilation (PBA)experiments on the gettering of copper in Cz-Si implanted with 33 keV He+ ions with doses ranging from 0.5 to 3× 1016cm−2 followed by an anneal treatment at 1100 Kunder N2 ambient. For the higher doses this yields a sub-surfacelayer containing nanometer sized cavities. Copper is introduced into thesecavities by diffusing from the backside of the wafer at 1000 K, again under N2 ambient. Mapping of the S and W Doppler broadening parameters, with the implantationdose as running parameter, shows the formation of cavities. After the Cuin-diffusion the change in the values of the characteristic S-W cluster points clearly demonstratesthe arrival of Cu at the internal surface of the cavities.