Comparison of Oxygen and Hydrogen Gettering at High-Temperature Post-Implantation Annealing of Hydrogen and Helium Implanted Czochralski Silicon

Abstract

AbstractP-type Czochralski (Cz) Si was implanted with H (180 keV, 2.7.1016 cm−2) or He (300 keV, 1.1016 cm−2) ions. The gettering of O and H atoms by the buried implantation damage layers during annealing up to 4 hours (1000°C in H2 or N2 ambient) was studied by secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) and spreading resistance probe (SRP) measurements. Buried defect layers act as good getter centers for O and H atoms at appropriate heat treatments. The enhanced gettering of O atoms in H implanted Cz Si (as compared to the gettering of O in He implanted samples) as well as the enhanced gettering of O during annealing in H2 flow (as compared to N2 ambient) can be explained by a hydrogen enhanced O diffusion towards the defect layers. According to a strong accumulation of O at the buried damage layers and near the surface some anomalies of the SRP profiles can be observed after post-implantation annealing.