A Steady-State Model for Coupled Defect Impurity Diffusion in Silicon

Abstract

AbstractWe extend our earlier model which was proposed to explain tails in the diffusion profiles of high concentration boron and phosphorus in silicon. Our quasi-steady-state approach is generalized here to include both vacancies (V) and interstitials (I) at equivalent levels. I-V recombination is regarded as near local equilibrium, occurring through reactions of the defects with defect-impurity pairs. This approach leads to the well-known plateau, kink and tail in high surface concentration P diffusions in Si and to the less well recognized tails in B as well. Our extended model, in its simplest form, allows a more complete and less restrictive treatment of Au diffusion in Si. An important advantage is the direct inclusion of these defect-impurity interactions and the resulting gradients in the defect concentrations.