Oscillatory Interface Instability During Czochralski Growth of Heavily Doped Germanium

1974 ◽  
Vol 121 (3) ◽  
pp. 380 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Singh ◽  
A. F. Witt ◽  
H. C. Gatos
2012 ◽  
Vol 508 ◽  
pp. 220-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaihei Inoue ◽  
Yuki Tokumoto ◽  
Kentaro Kutsukake ◽  
Yutaka Ohno ◽  
Ichiro Yonenaga

Czochralski Growth of Si Crystals Heavily Doped with in Impurity and Co-Doped with Electrically Neutral Impurity C or Ge Was Conducted in Order to Investigate the Solubility and Ionization Ratio of in in Si for Utilizing in Advanced ULSI and PV Devices. The Carrier Concentrations in the Grown in-Doped and (In+C) and (In+Ge) Co-Doped Crystals Were in a Range of 3.5~6.5 × 1016 Cm-3, much Lower than the Total Concentration of in Impurity due to the Low Ionization Ratio. Sufficient Increase of Carrier Concentrations by Co-Doping of C or Ge Impurity Was Not Detected for their Low Concentrations in the Grown Crystals Investigated.


Author(s):  
C.B. Carter ◽  
D.M. DeSimone ◽  
T. Griem ◽  
C.E.C. Wood

Molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE) is potentially an extremely valuable tool for growing III-V compounds. The value of the technique results partly from the ease with which controlled layers of precisely determined composition can be grown, and partly from the ability that it provides for growing accurately doped layers.


Author(s):  
C.M. Sung ◽  
M. Levinson ◽  
M. Tabasky ◽  
K. Ostreicher ◽  
B.M. Ditchek

Directionally solidified Si/TaSi2 eutectic composites for the development of electronic devices (e.g. photodiodes and field-emission cathodes) were made using a Czochralski growth technique. High quality epitaxial growth of silicon on the eutectic composite substrates requires a clean silicon substrate surface prior to the growth process. Hence a preepitaxial surface cleaning step is highly desirable. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of surface cleaning methods on the epilayer/substrate interface and the characterization of silicon epilayers grown on Si/TaSi2 substrates by TEM.Wafers were cut normal to the <111> growth axis of the silicon matrix from an approximately 1 cm diameter Si/TaSi2 composite boule. Four pre-treatments were employed to remove native oxide and other contaminants: 1) No treatment, 2) HF only; 3) HC1 only; and 4) both HF and HCl. The cross-sectional specimens for TEM study were prepared by cutting the bulk sample into sheets perpendicular to the TaSi2 fiber axes. The material was then prepared in the usual manner to produce samples having a thickness of 10μm. The final step was ion milling in Ar+ until breakthrough occurred. The TEM samples were then analyzed at 120 keV using the Philips EM400T.


1983 ◽  
Vol 44 (C3) ◽  
pp. C3-345-C3-348
Author(s):  
O. Bernard ◽  
M. Palpacuer ◽  
C. Benoit ◽  
M. Rolland ◽  
M. J.M. Abadie

Author(s):  
Ching-Lang Chiang ◽  
Neeraj Khurana ◽  
Daniel T. Hurley ◽  
Ken Teasdale

Abstract Backside emission microscopy on heavily doped substrate materials was analyzed from the viewpoint of optical absorption by the substrate and sample preparation technique. Although it was widely believed that silicon is transparent to infrared (IR) radiation, we demonstrated by using published absorption data that silicon with doping levels above 5 x 1018cm-3 is virtually opaque, leaving only a narrow transmission window around the energy bandgap. Because the transmission depends exponentially on the thickness of die, thinning to below 100µm is shown to be required. Even an advanced IR sensor such as HgCdTe would find little light to detect without thinning the die. For imaging the circuit, an IR laser-based system produced poor images in which the diffraction patterns often ruined the contrast and obscured the image. Hence, a precise, controlled die thinning technique is required both for emission detection and backside imaging. A thinning and polishing technique was briefly described that was believed to be applicable to most ceramic packages. A software technique was employed to solve the image quality problem commonly encountered in backside imaging applications using traditional microscope light source and a scientific grade CCD camera. Finally, we showed the impact of die thickness on imaging circuits on a heavily doped n type substrate.


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