MCG 5138 Project - Electronic - Group 6
MCG 5138 Project - Electronic - Group 6
MCG 5138 Project - Electronic - Group 6
UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA
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SUBMITTED BY- PROJECT GROUP 6
Akshay Makhija (uOttawa ID: 7904761)
Ratandeep Pandey (uOttawa ID: 8411658)
Harshul Patel
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Sr. No.
Topic
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1.
Introduction
1.1
1.2
Vacuum tube
2.
Semiconductor
2.1
Types of Semiconductor
2.2
3.
3.1
Ion Implantation
3.1.1
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3.1.2
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4.
Diffusion
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4.1
Diffusion Methods
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4.1.1
Characteristics of Diffusion
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4.1.2
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5.
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6.
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7.
Conclusion
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8.
Reference
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1. INTRODUCTION:
In electronic and I.T sector, semiconductor are extensively used in manufacturing of thermistor,
IR sensors, diodes, transistors, and so forth. The reason of such an extensive use of semiconductor
in electronic equipment is due properties such as slope of fixation for a dopant in a substrate gives
distinctive properties, for example, variable conductivity, light emanation, warm vitality
transformation, and so on. The most popular materials used in substrate are Silicon (Si) and
Germanium (Ge), which are both the elements in group IV of the table and have 4 valence electrons
in their outer shell.
1.1 History & Development in Electronic and Semiconductor Industry:
With technological improvements in the telegraph industry during late 19th century industrial era
and in the radio and telephone industries during the early 20th century. World War I pushed this
development to an unprecedented scale and a lot of technological leaps were made during this era.
The modern electronic industry was born out of telephone-, radio-, and television-equipment
development and the large amount of electronic-systems development during World War II of
radar, sonar, communication systems, and advanced munitions and weapon systems. In the
interwar years, the subject was known as radio engineering. The word electronics began to be used
in the 1940s. The electronic laboratories (Bell Labs in the United States for instance) created and
subsidized by large corporations in the industries of radio, television, and telephone equipment,
began churning out a series of electronic advances. Invented in 1904 by John Ambrose Fleming,
vacuum tubes were a basic component for electronics throughout the first half of the twentieth
century.
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including
wireless
telegraphy,
radio,
television,
radar,
computers
and
microprocessors.
2. SEMICONDUCTOR:
A semiconductor is defined as a solid chemical element or compound that can conduct electricity
under some conditions, making it a decent medium for the control of electrical current. Depending
on the current or voltage applied to a control electrode its conductance varies, or on the intensity
of irradiation by infrared (IR), visible light, ultraviolet (UV), or X rays. Most semiconductors are
crystals made of certain materials, most commonly silicon.
A semiconductor is capable of functioning of a vacuum tube which has hundreds of times its
volume. A single integrated circuit (IC) can do the work of a set of vacuum tubes that would fill a
large building and require its own electric generating plant.
2.1 TYPES OF SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING:
N-type semiconductor:
It is created when the dopant is an element that consists of five electrons in its valence layer.
Most commonly used for this purpose is phosphorus.
The phosphorus atoms bond with the crystal structure of the silicon, each one bonding with
four adjacent silicon atoms just like a silicon atom. As phosphorus atom has five electrons in
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its outermost shell, and since four of them are bonded to adjacent atoms, the fifth valence
electron is unable to form a bond.
The extra valence electrons in the phosphorous atoms then start to behave like the single
valence electron in a regular conductor such as copper. They are free to move about. Since
this type of semiconductor has extra electrons, it's called an N-type semiconductor.
P-type semiconductor:
This type of semiconductor is created when the dopant (such as boron) is left with three
electrons in its valence shell. When small amount of dopant is added into the crystal, the atom
is able to bond with four silicon atoms and since it has only three electrons to offer, a hole is
created. This hole behaves like a positive charge, hence semiconductors doped in this way are
called P-type semiconductors.
Just like a positive charge, holes attract electrons. But when an electron moves into a hole, a
new hole is formed at its previous location. Hence, in a P-type semiconductor, holes move
around continuously within the crystal as electrons constantly try to fill them up.
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crust so it is easily available resulting in low cost. It had a limited usable temperature range, lower
voltage operation with greater current leakage. With advancement in technology, silicon proved
to be superior, though at the highest operating frequencies, elements of group III and group VI
prove to be superior eg: Gallium Arsenide. With better physical and chemical properties and
being cheaper, Silicon ensured its progress. The only germanium components in the age of silicon
was for germanium signal diodes, where their lower voltage drop was often a desirable feature.
Germanium is also used to overcome the losses which occur due to silicon. Finfets are currently
being used in the scaling industry (14nm) to reduce the leakage current and to develop integration
density and performance of chips. It has been established that germanium finfets give better
performance when compared to silicon and helps in reducing short channel effects to a greater
extent.
The most important reason why Si is preferred over Ge is that it forms Silicon Dioxide due to
oxidation. SiO2 has very good passivizing qualities, have high dielectric constant and can protect
the chip from hostile surroundings. It can be etched only by HF acid. On the other hand,
Germanium oxide can be easily washed away by water. In addition, Si is easily and abundantly
available and can be purified to a high degree.
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cm-3 up to 10
cm
. The
carrier concentration can also be varied quite accurately which is used to produce PN-junctions
and built-in electric fields.
3. TECHNIQUES IN SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING:
3.1 ION IMPLANTATION
In the ion implantation process, charged dopants (ions) are accelerated in an electric field and
irradiated onto the wafer. The depth of penetration can be set precisely either by reducing or
increasing the voltage needed to accelerate the ions. As the process is taking place at room
temperature, previously added dopants cannot diffuse out. Masking photo resist layer can be used
to cover the regions that need not to be doped. An implanter consists of the following components:
Ion source: To ionize the dopants which are in gaseous state (e.g. boron trifluoride BF3).
Accelerator: The ions are drawn with approximately 30 kilo electron volts out of the ion
source
Mass separation: the charged particles are deflected at 90 degrees under the influence of
magnetic field. Very light particles are deflected more and too heavy particles are deflected
less than the desired ions and are trapped with screens behind the separator
Acceleration lane: the particles are accelerated to their final velocity (200 keV accelerate
ions up to 2.000.000 m/s)
Distraction: the ions are deflected with electrical fields to irradiate the desired destination
Wafer station: Wafers are held into the ion beam after placing them on large rotating
wheels.
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Wafer alignment: Regarding the ion beam, the wafers would be deflected at angle of 7
degrees. Thus the radiation is not parallel to the channels and the ions are decelerated
immediately by collision.
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Scattering: A parallel arrival is prevented by a thin oxide layer which deflects the ions
the outward diffusion of other dopants is prevented by carrying out the process at room
temperature
spin coated photo resist as a mask is sufficient, an oxide layer, , is not necessary
ion implanters are very expensive, the costs per wafer are relatively high
the dopants do not spread laterally under the mask (only minimally due to collisions)
Wide range of elements can be implanted in the crystal with highest purity
Dopants which were previously used to deposit on walls or screens inside the implanter
and later be carried to the wafer.
the implantation process takes place under high vacuum, which must be produced with
several vacuum pumps
There are several types of implanters for small to medium doses of ions (1011 to 1015 ions/cm2) or
for even higher doses of 1015 to 1017 ions/cm2. The ion implantation has replaced the diffusion
mostly due to its advantages.
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4. DIFFUSION
Diffusion is defined as the molecular movement from a region of higher concentration to one of
lower concentration by random motion of molecules. The result of diffusion is a gradual mixing
of materials. For example, a drop of ink in a glass of water is evenly distributed after a certain
amount of time. The diffusion can be performed in different ways:
Empty space diffusion: the empty spaces in the crystal are filled by the impurity atoms which
are always present, even in perfect single crystals
Inter lattice diffusion: the impurity atoms move in-between the silicon atoms in the crystal
lattice.
Changing of places: the impurity atoms are located in the crystal lattice and are exchanged
with the silicon atoms.
Dopant
Concentration gradient
Temperature
Substrate
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the oxide, and therefore no doping takes place at these locations. To avoid tensions or even
fractions of the discs, the quartz tube is gradually heated (e.g. +10 C per minute) till 900 C.
Subsequent the dopant is led to the wafers. To set the diffusion process in motion, the temperature
is then increased up to 1200 C.
4.1.1 CHARACTERISTICS:
Since many wafers can be processed simultaneously, this method is quite favorable
If there already are dopants in the silicon crystal, they can diffuse out in later processes due
to high process temperatures
Dopants can deposit in the quartz tube, and be transported to the wafers in later processes
Dopants in the crystal are spreading not only in perpendicular orientation but also laterally,
so that the doped area is enlarged in a unwanted manner
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GILD process could be an alternative to ion implantation as it uses rapid annealing for making
ultra-shallow junctions. Quantity Boron atoms incorporated per laser shot depends on the laser
energy density and temperature gradient.
Advantages:
1. GILD process can be used for large scale manufacturing and low cost manufacturing.
2. GILD provides process control over concentration as well as depth of doping process.
Future Scope of Work:
GILD still requires a lot of research to precisely determine the laser energy density and the number
of laser shots to make an ultra-thin junction. The use of GILD technique has only been tested on a
select group of semiconductor materials. This technique still requires a lot of research to make it
usable for large scale production of semiconductor
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Diffusion
Ion Implantation
It is relatively cheaper
It is expensive
Batch Formation:
Possible
Not Possible
Reproducibility:
Not Possible
Possible
Not Possible
Possible
Cost:
Very High
Concentration
Doping:
Temperature:
It is a high temperature
process (90010000C)
Process Type:
It is a natural process
It is a forced process
Driving Force:
Concentration
Difference
Shallow Junction:
Not Possible
Possible
Doping
Concentration:
Cannot be controlled
Doping Depth:
Cannot be controlled
Parent Material
Surface:
Directional:
Isotropic Process
Anisotropic Process
No Annealing is
required
Annealing is required
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7. CONCLUSION:
The driving force in the diffusion process is the difference between the concentrations of the
materials involved and is carried out at high temperature. It is a non-destructive process and causes
no damage to the material surface. Though relatively cheaper the diffusion process has its own
drawbacks which include inability to control the junction depth and difficulty in maintaining
precise doping concentration. The Ion Implantation process offers better doping concentration
control, precise junction depth control, and easy reproducibility and doesnt require high
temperature for being carried out
In semiconductors, the doping depth and concentration decide the quality of the semiconductor.
Ion implantation process not only offers excellent doping uniformity but also precise control over
depth and profile of the ion distribution of doping. Ion implantation can also be used for both high
and low concentration doping and is carried out in a closed and controlled environment, reducing
the possibility of any unwanted contamination due to impurities. In comparison to ion implantation
process, diffusion process offers peak concentration of the dopants near surface. Easy
reproducibility of the product is also an advantage of the ion implantation process. Although ion
implantation is expensive but it produces better quality semiconductor as compared to Diffusion
Process. Ion implantation has some drawbacks like formation of amorphous regions, physical
distortion of the substance but it is preferred over diffusion process as these damages can be
removed by annealing the product. An improvement to the ion implantation process is the plasma
immersion ion implantation (PIII).
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8. REFRENCES:
1. Carrier gas diffusion (for gas phase)
URL: http://www.powerguru.org/doping-silicon-wafers/
2. Diffusion of dopants(for gas phase and liquid)
URL: http://www.circuitstoday.com/diffusion-of-impurities-for-ic-fabrication
3. Masking oxide(ion implantation)
URL: http://81.161.252.57/ipci/courses/technology/inde_195.htm
4. Doped semiconductor
URL: http://www.physics.udel.edu/~watson/scen103/98w/clas0128b.html
5. Ion implantation system URL:http://www.circuitstoday.com/ion-implantation
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