Dynamic Clustering (Model DIFDCL)



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Dynamic Clustering (Model DIFDCL)

 

With immobile impurity clusters composed of impurity atoms () and electrons (), the kinetic equation for the clustering process is given by (3.2-11). The coefficients and are the clustering and declustering rates, respectively. Note, that one impurity cluster contains clustered impurity atoms ().

 

The model DIFDCL takes into consideration the dynamic clustering of arsenic [Tsa80]. For arsenic predominant clusters consist of three arsenic atoms and one electron [Gue82] which are active at the diffusion temperature and electrically neutral at room temperature [Tsa80], giving and . All dopants except arsenic are assumed active and mobile (3.2-12). Although attempts for kinetic modeling of boron cluster formation exist (e.g. [Cow90], [Sol90]), the models and parameters are not well-established.

 

We solve equation (3.2-13) for all impurities other than arsenic, and equations (3.2-14) and (3.2-15) for mobile arsenic and clustered arsenic, respectively.

 

 

 

According to the charge state of the impurities ( for singly charged acceptors, for singly charged donors) and for an arsenic atom in a cluster () the net active concentration (at diffusion temperature), the electron concentration and the electric field are given by (3.2-16), (3.2-17) and (3.2-18), respectively.

 

 

 

Neumann boundary conditions (zero flux ) are used for all impurities at all boundaries.



Martin Stiftinger
Wed Oct 19 13:03:34 MET 1994