Abstract
The annealing behavior of residual defects in high-dose BF + 2 -implanted (001)Si under different implantation conditions has been studied by cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy and four-point probe sheet resistance measurements. Three kinds of samples were prepared with different implanters. M, MC and H samples were implanted with 80 keV, 4×10 15 /cm 2 BF + 2 in a medium-current implanter without deliberate end-station cooling, a medium-current implanter with a freon-cooled end station, and a high-current implanter with a water-cooled end station, respectively. The BF + 2 ion dissociation effects were revealed by the comparison of M or MC and H samples. Rod-like and equi-axial dislocation loops beneath the original a/c interface were observed in the M and MC samples. The dopant activation of the annealed samples was found to correlate well with microstructural changes. © 1991.