Formation of Hydrogen-Related Traps in Electron-Irradiated N-type Silicon by Wet Chemical Etching

1998 ◽  
Vol 513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yutaka Tokuda ◽  
Hitoshi Shimada
Keyword(s):  
Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy ◽  
Chemical Etching ◽  
Deep Level ◽  
Electron Trap ◽  
Light Illumination ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Type Silicon ◽  
Wet Chemical ◽  
Wet Chemical Etching ◽  
Transient Spectroscopy

ABSTRACTInteraction of hydrogen atoms and vacancy-related defects in 10 MeV electron-irradiated n-type silicon has been studied by deep-level transient spectroscopy. Hydrogen has been incorporated into electron-irradiated n-type silicon by wet chemical etching. The reduction of the concentration of the vacancy-oxygen pair and divacancy occurs by the incorporation of hydrogen, while the formation of the NHI electron trap (Ec – 0.31 eV) is observed. Further decrease of the concentration of the vacancy-oxygen pair and further increase of the concentration of the NH1 trap are observed upon subsequent below-band-gap light illumination. It is suggested that the trap NHI is tentatively ascribed to the vacancy-oxygen pair which is partly saturated with hydrogen.

Deep Energy Levels of Platinum-Hydrogen Complexes in Silicon

2013 ◽  
Vol 205-206 ◽  
pp. 260-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elie Badr ◽  
Peter Pichler ◽  
Gerhard Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Band Gap ◽  
Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy ◽  
Chemical Etching ◽  
Deep Level ◽  
Schottky Diodes ◽  
Energy Levels ◽  
Type Silicon ◽  
Wet Chemical ◽  
Wet Chemical Etching ◽  
Transient Spectroscopy

Hydrogen incorporated into the samples by wet chemical etching interacts with platinum and forms several energy levels in the silicon forbidden band gap. Deep-level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) on Schottky diodes reveals several platinum-hydrogen related levels in p- and n-type silicon. In the n-type silicon, two new platinum-hydrogen related levels at 0.28 and 0.41 eV below the conduction band are reported. Annealing at 377 °C results in the dissociation of their corresponding platinum-hydrogen complexes.

Study of Substrate Induced Deep Level Defects in Bulk GaN Layers Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy Using Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy

2011 ◽  
Vol 295-297 ◽  
pp. 777-780 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ajaz Un Nabi ◽  
M. Imran Arshad ◽  
Adnan Ali ◽  
M. Asghar ◽  
M. A Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Beam Epitaxy ◽  
Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy ◽  
Molecular Beam ◽  
Deep Level ◽  
Diffusion Mechanism ◽  
Electron Trap ◽  
Si Substrate ◽  
Bulk Gan ◽  
Related Defect ◽  
Transient Spectroscopy

In this paper we have investigated the substrate-induced deep level defects in bulk GaN layers grown onp-silicon by molecular beam epitaxy. Representative deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) performed on Au-GaN/Si/Al devices displayed only one electron trap E1at 0.23 eV below the conduction band. Owing to out-diffusion mechanism; silicon diffuses into GaN layer from Si substrate maintained at 1050°C, E1level is therefore, attributed to the silicon-related defect. This argument is supported by growth of SiC on Si substrate maintained at 1050°C in MBE chamber using fullerene as a single evaporation source.

Properties of the EL2 Level in Organometallic Ga1−xAlxAs

1987 ◽  
Vol 104 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Ben Cherifa ◽  
R. Azoulay ◽  
G. Guillot
Keyword(s):  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy ◽  
Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Deep Level ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Electron Trap ◽  
Quenching Effect ◽  
Deep Electron Trap ◽  
Transient Spectroscopy ◽  
First Time

ABSTRACTWe have studied by means of deep level transient spectroscopy and photocapacitance measurements deep electron traps in undoped Ga1−xAlxAs of n-type grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition with 0≤x≤ 0.3. A dominant deep electron trap is detected in the series of alloys. Its activation energy is found at EC-0.8 eV in GaAs and it increases with x. Its concentration is found nearly independent of x. For the first time we observed for this level in the Ga1−xAlxAs alloys, the photocapacitance quenching effect typical for the EL2 defect in GaAs thus confirming clearly that EL2 is also created in MOCVD Ga1−xAlxAs.

Deep-level transient spectroscopy studies of thermal donor annihilation in silicon by rapid thermal annealing

1989 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yutaka Tokuda ◽  
Nobuji Kobayashi ◽  
Yajiro Inoue ◽  
Akira Usami ◽  
Makoto Imura
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Thermal Stress ◽  
Thermal Annealing ◽  
Rapid Thermal Annealing ◽  
Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy ◽  
Deep Level ◽  
Electron Trap ◽  
Thermal Donor ◽  
Transient Spectroscopy ◽  
Spectroscopy Studies

The annihilation of thermal donors in silicon by rapid thermal annealing (RTA) has been studied with deep-level transient spectroscopy. The electron trap AO (Ec – 0.13 eV) observed after heat treatment at 450 °C for 10 h, which is identified with the thermal donor, disappears by RTA at 800 °C for 10 s. However, four electron traps, A1 (Ec 0.18 eV), A2 (Ec – 0.25 eV), A3 (Ec – 0.36 eV), and A4 (Ec – 0.52 eV), with the concentration of ∼1012 cm−3 are produced after annihilation of thermal donors by RTA. These traps are also observed in silicon which receives only RTA at 800 °C. This indicates that traps A1–A4 are thermal stress induced or quenched-in defects by RTA, not secondary defects resulting from annealing of thermal donors.

Hydrogen-Vacancy Complexes and their Deep States in n-Type Silicon

2015 ◽  
Vol 242 ◽  
pp. 163-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilia L. Kolevatov ◽  
Frank Herklotz ◽  
Viktor Bobal ◽  
Bengt Gunnar Svensson ◽  
Edouard V. Monakhov
Keyword(s):  
Schottky Diode ◽  
Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy ◽  
Minority Carrier ◽  
Deep Level ◽  
Energy Levels ◽  
Depletion Region ◽  
Type Silicon ◽  
Oxygen Center ◽  
Hydrogen Vacancy ◽  
Transient Spectroscopy

The evolution of irradiation-induced and hydrogen-related defects in n-type silicon in the temperature range 0 – 300 °C has been studied by deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) and minority carrier transient spectroscopy (MCTS). Implantation of a box-like profile of hydrogen was performed into the depletion region of a Schottky diode to undertake the DLTS and MCTS measurements. Proportionality between the formation of two hydrogen-related deep states and a decrease of the vacancy-oxygen center concentration was found together with the appearance of new hydrogen-related energy levels.

Deep level transient spectroscopy on proton-irradiated Fe-contaminated p-type silicon

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 1992-1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. K. Tang ◽  
L. Vines ◽  
B. G. Svensson ◽  
E. V. Monakhov
Keyword(s):  
Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy ◽  
Deep Level ◽  
Type Silicon ◽  
Transient Spectroscopy ◽  
P Type

Deep–Level Transient Spectroscopy Studies of Czochralski–Grown N–Type Silicon

1993 ◽  
Vol 324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yutaka Tokuda ◽  
Isao Katoh ◽  
Masayuki Katayama ◽  
Tadasi Hattori
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Growth ◽  
Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy ◽  
Deep Level ◽  
Electron Traps ◽  
Cooling Period ◽  
Type Silicon ◽  
Transient Spectroscopy ◽  
Spectroscopy Studies

AbstractElectron traps in Czochralski–grown n-type (100) silicon with and without donor annihilation annealing have been studied by deep–level transient spectroscopy. A total of eight electron traps are observed in the concentration range 1010 –1011 cm −3. It is thought that these are grown–in defects during crystal growth cooling period including donor annihilation annealing. It is suggested that two electron traps labelled A2 (Ec–0.34 eV) and A3 (Ec–0.38 eV) of these traps are correlated with oxygen–related defects. It is shown that traps A2 and A3 are formed around 400 ° C and disappear around 500–600 ° C.

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