Properties of laser-assisted doping in silicon
- 15 July 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 33 (2), 185-187
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.90302
Abstract
Ohmic contacts and p‐n junctions in p‐ and n‐type silicon are generated with the aid of a laser. Doping was achieved by covering the surface of the silicon with a layer of dopant and melting locally with pulses from either a Nd : YAG or a CO2 laser. Typical residual resistances of the Ohmic contacts are of the order of 0.1–1 Ω cm2 and backward/forward resistance ratios of 104 were measured for the diodes. A model which takes account of segregation during the cooling process is discussed and shown to agree with the resulting distribution of dopant. Highly doped material was found in a surface layer of a thickness less than 0.5 μm. This thickness was independent of laser parameters.Keywords
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