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VLSI Design
Volume 13 (2001), Issue 1-4, Pages 317-321
doi:10.1155/2001/23186
Measurement and Simulation of Boron Diffusivity in Strained Si1 –xGex Epitaxial Layers
STDI/TCAD Division, IMEC vzw, Kapeldreef 75, Leuven B-3001, Belgium
Copyright © 2001 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Diffusion of boron in compressively strained Si1 –xGex alloy layers grown by rapid pressure chemical vapor deposition has been studied as a function of the composition for 0.0006 ≤ x ≤ 0.15 and annealing temperature. The comparison of the Si1 –xGex samples to the Si samples after rapid thermal and furnace annealing revealed a retarded B diffusion inside the strained Si1 –xGex layers. The influence of the Ge content on the dopant diffusion was also measured and simulated, demonstrating that the diffusion of B was found to decrease with the Ge alloy content and annealing temperature. A simple empirical expression for the B retardation is presented and incorporated into a diffusion model for dopants in heterostructures. Good agreement between the measured and simulated diffusivity that includes the model for strain and chemical effects are obtained. By comparing with experimental values, our extracted (by using experiment and simulation) B diffusivity predicted a lower value (retardation).