PASSIVATION OF SHALLOW IMPURITIES IN SI BY ANNEALING IN H-2 AT HIGH-TEMPERATURE

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VELOARISOA, IA [1 ]
STAVOLA, M [1 ]
KOZUCH, DM [1 ]
PEALE, RE [1 ]
WATKINS, GD [1 ]
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[1] LEHIGH UNIV,SHERMAN FAIRCHILD LAB,BETHLEHEM,PA 18015
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10.1063/1.106099
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We have found by infrared absorption that shallow acceptors in Si can be passivated throughout the bulk of a semiconductor sample several mm thick by annealing in H-2 at high temperature (> 900-degrees-C) and quenching to room temperature. The total number of shallow centers passivated in such samples is comparable to the number in highly doped surface layers passivated in a hydrogen plasma at lower temperature (typically < 400-degrees-C). The importance of bulk passivation techniques is discussed.
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