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Synchrotron X-Ray Topographic Study of the Behavior of Defects in High Carbon-Content Si Wafers during RTP

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Thomas Fanning
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY 11794
Michael Dudley
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY 11794
Franklyn F.Y. Wang
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY 11794
David Gordon-Smith
Affiliation:
Dept. of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
David T. Hodul
Affiliation:
Varian Research Center, Palo Alto, CA 94303
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Abstract

Czochralski (CZ) grown Si wafers, specially prepared with unusually high carbon content (ranging from 3 to 7 ppma), were subjected to a rapid thermal processing (RTP) treatment at 1050°C for 60s. Synchrotron white beam x-ray topography in transmission geometry was used to study defect structures in these Si wafers, both prior and subsequent to this RTP treatment. Observations of both the partial relaxation of the strain fields of precipitates and widespread nucleation and propagation of dislocations accompanying RTP are presented and discussed. Results are contrasted with those from parallel studies previously conducted on low carbon content wafers.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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