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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 March 2011
Boron is the most important p-type dopant in Si and it is essential that,especially for low energy implantation, both as-implanted B distributionsand those produced by annealing should be characterized in very great detailto obtain the required process control for advanced device applications.While secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) is ordinarily employed for thispurpose, in the present studies implant concentration profiles have beendetermined by direct B imaging with approximately nanometer depth andlateral resolution using energy-filtered imaging in the transmissionelectron microscopy. The as-implanted B impurity profile is correlated withtheoretical expectations: differences with respect to the results of SIMSmeasurements are discussed. Changes in the B distribution and clusteringthat occur after annealing of the implanted layers are also described.