theory and practice of materials analysis for
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Theory and practice of Materials
Analysis for Microelectronics with a
nuclear microprobe
Ettore Vittone
Physics Department
University of Torino, Italy
TUTORIAL
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IBIC for the
functional characterization of
semiconductor materials and devices
Measurement of the their electronic properties and performances
Main physical observable: current
Current = F(carrier density; carrier transport)
Free carriers (electron/hole) transport
Two mechanisms: Drift and Diffusion
Drift: by the electrical force v=μ·E Diffusion: by a concentration gradient
Recombination/trapping
Carrier lifetime
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Principles of radiation detection techniques
Deposited Energy
Moving charge q
Induced charge Q
Output Signal Vout
Transport)Carrier Free Energy, Deposited(FVout
Nuclear spectroscopy Material characterisation
Incoming radiation
V
Q
Incoming radiation
V
Vout
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Electrode energy loss very small ( 1%)
SRIM (Stopping and Range of Ion in Matter)
Using MeV ions to probe
the electronic features of semiconductors
analysis through
thick surface layers
charge pulses
height spectra
almost independent
on topography .
profiling
long range
low lateral scattering
a wide choice of ion
range and electronic
energy losses
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 0
1x10 7
2x10 7
3x10 7
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50
100
150
200
3 keV Photon current: 5*10 7 photons/s
XBIC
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mm
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)
Depth ( m m )
IBIC H+ ion energy (MeV)
1.7 1.5 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.7
Sto
pp
ing
po
wer
(ke
V m
m -1
)
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Electron/Hole pair generation
eh
ioneh
EN
A. Lo Giudice et al. Applied Physics Letters 87, 22210 (2005)
1 MeV in diamond
generates about
77000 e/h pairs
Each high energy ion
creates large numbers of
charge carriers to be
measured above the
noise level.
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d
vq)t(I
Shockley-Ramo Theorem
Induced current
Ev mThe current is induced by
the motion of charges in
presence of an electric field
Physical Observable:
Induced current/charge
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-2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
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0.025
0.050
0.075
0.0
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Time
Q
Physical Observable:
Induced current/charge
d
vq)t(I
T
0
dt)t(I)t(Q
W. Shockley, J. Appl. Phys. 9 (1938) 635.
S. Ramo, Proc. I.R.E. 27 (1939) 584.
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-2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
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0.025
0.050
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0.050
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0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
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I
Time
Q
Drift time=d/v
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C. Canali, E. Gatti, S.F. Koslov, P.F. Manfredi,
C. Manfredotti, F. Nava, A. Quirini
Nucl. Instr. Meth. 160 (1979) 73-77
400 mm thick natural diamond,
biased at 40 V @ RT
IIa diamond; resistivity about 1015 Ω·cm; dielectric constant
=0.5 pF/cm; Dielectric relaxation time = 500 s.
Charge neutrality not maintained
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V
Vout
d
v
Generation at the anode -> Hole collection
Generation at the cathode -> Electron collection
E
d
d
ECCE
e
e
m
mexp1 K. Hecht, Z. Physik 77, (1932) 23
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C. Canali, E. Gatti, S.F. Koslov, P.F. Manfredi,
C. Manfredotti, F. Nava, A. Quirini
Nucl. Instr. Meth. 160 (1979) 73-77
400 mm thick natural diamond,
biased at 40 V @ RT
Electrons:
Drift velocity; v mE d/TR
Mobility; md2/(TR *VBias)
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d
vq)t(I
Shockley-Ramo Theorem
Induced current
Ev mThe current is induced by
the motion of charges in
presence of an electric field
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50 mm thick N-type epitaxial 4H-SiC layer Schottky electrode
Frontal ion
Irradiation
Dep
leti
on
Reg
ion
FAST DRIFT
COMPLETE COLLECTION DIFFUSION
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 350
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erg
y L
oss (
ke
V/m
m-1)
Depth (mm)
2 MeV
1.5 MeV
Bragg.opj
Ap
plie
d B
ias
Vo
ltag
e (V
)
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Frontal ion
Irradiation
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 350
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80
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120
140
160
180
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20
40
60
80
100
120
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Energ
y L
oss (
keV
/mm
-1)
Depth (mm)
2 MeV
1.5 MeV
Bragg.opj
Ap
plie
d B
ias V
olta
ge (V
)
4H-SiC Schottky diode
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Frontal ion
Irradiation
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 350
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Energ
y L
oss (
keV
/mm
-1)
Depth (mm)
2 MeV
1.5 MeV
Bragg.opj
Ap
plie
d B
ias V
olta
ge (V
)
4H-SiC Schottky diode
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Frontal ion
Irradiation
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 350
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Energ
y L
oss (
keV
/mm
-1)
Depth (mm)
2 MeV
1.5 MeV
Bragg.opj
Ap
plie
d B
ias V
olta
ge (V
)
4H-SiC Schottky diode
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Frontal ion
Irradiation
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 350
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Energ
y L
oss (
keV
/mm
-1)
Depth (mm)
2 MeV
1.5 MeV
Bragg.opj
Ap
plie
d B
ias V
olta
ge (V
)
4H-SiC Schottky diode
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Lp=(9.0
0.3) mm
Dp = 3 cm2/s
p = 270 ns
minority carrier
diffusion length
1.5 MeV
CC
E
2 MeV
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 0,0
0,2
0,4
0,6
0,8
1,0
Applied Bias Voltage (V)
4H-SiC Schottky diode
Active region
width
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5
6
7
8
9
10
100 150 200 250 300 350 4000,010
0,015
0,020
0,025
0,030
0,035
0,040
0,045
0,050 (b)
(a)
Lp (
mm
)
L-2 p(
mm
-2 )
T (K)
Temperature dependent IBIC (TIBIC)
TTDTL ppp
Two trapping levels
SRH recombination model 2 0.5
0.5p p p B Bt
D B
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1A
L D D (T) T EBT T exp
N k T
The fitting procedure provides a trapping level of about
0.163 eV which is close to the value found in similar
4H SiC Schottky diodes by DLTS technique (S1 level).
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From Spectroscopy to micro-spectroscopy
Use of focused ion beams
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m
20 mm
Electrons
10 keV
Electrons
40 keV
2 MeV H+ in Si 3 MeV H+ in Si
4 MeV H+ in Si
2 mm
4 mm
6 mm
47
mm
90
mm
14
7 m
m
Trajectories One advantage of IBIC over other forms of charge collection microscopy is that
it provides high spatial resolution analysis in thick layers since the focused
MeV ion beam tends to stay ‘focused’ through many micrometers of material.
Abs#151-F. Watt: nuclear microprobe, towards nanometer spost sizes
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Frontal IBIC
M.B.H.Breese et al. NIM-B 181 (2001), 219-224; P.Sellin et al. NIM-B 260 (2007), 293-294
Intra-crystallite charge transport
Single grain IBIC line scan
Position (nm)
0 50 100 150 200 250
Counts
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000 200 V
370 V
IBIC imaging with 2 MeV protons
IBIC maps of polycrystalline diamond inter-digitated detectors show ‘hot
spots’ at electrode tips due to concentration of the electric field
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Poster Session I (23/07/2012) h. 17.30-18.40
Poster #75
Aleksandr Ponomarev
Investigation of Cd1-xMnxTe Polycrystalline Thin Films
Using Nuclear Microprobe Techniques
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Plateaux:
Depletion region
(active region)
Vs.
Bias voltage
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outside the highly efficient
depletion region
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A high-speed imaging system for Time
Resolved digital IBIC at Surrey
Lateral TRIBIC
d
vq)t(I
Induced current
Ev m
CdZnTe
radiation detector
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Poster Session III (26/07/2012) h. 16.15-18.00
Poster #171
Natko Skukan
CVD diamond as a position sensitive detector
using charge carrier transition time
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Gunn’s theorem
Pulse shapes calculation
V-qI
Ev
Shockley-Ramo theorem
d
1-qI v
Weighting field
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dt
drv Equation of motion:
Weighting potential:
VVwww
E
AB
B
A
B
A
B
A
VVq)()(q
dEqdtEqIdtQ
AwBw
w
t
t
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into the sensing electrode
w-qV
-qI EvE
v
is given by the difference in the weighting potentials between any
two positions (rA and rB) of the moving charge
Weighting field
Induced current into the sensing electrode
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To evaluate the total induced charge
Magnetic effects are negligible;
Electric field propagates instantaneously
Free carrier velocities much smaller than
the light speed
Excess charge does not significantly
perturb the electric field
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AB rr VVqQ
The induced charge Q into the sensing electrode is
given by the difference in the weighting potentials
between any two positions (rA and rB) of the moving
charge
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Depth Weig
hting
pote
ntial 1
0
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hting
field
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lectr
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ld
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Vw
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barrier
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Region
Vbias
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Weig
htin
g
po
ten
tia
l
1
0
Vw
Electric field
h+
e-
position
initial
position
final VVqQ
Electrons/holes
Electrostatics
Transport
properties
Induced charge
Depth
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Weig
htin
g
po
ten
tia
l
Vw
1
0
h+
Depth x0
e-
Electric field
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Weig
htin
g
po
ten
tia
l
Vw
1
0
h+ e-
Electric field
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Weig
htin
g
po
ten
tia
l
Vw
1
0 Depth x0
e-
w
x
electrons ofNumber Totalq
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Q
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initial
position
final
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collected 01
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h+
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Weig
htin
g
po
ten
tia
l
Vw
1
0 Depth x0
Electric field
h+
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Weig
htin
g
po
ten
tia
l
Vw
1
0
h+
Electric field
w
x
holes ofNumber Totalq
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Q
QCCE
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initial
position
final
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collected 0
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w
x
w
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collected
Generated
collectedToT
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Vacancy profiles
generated by
11 MeV Cl,
4 MeV O,
2.15 MeV Li
1.4 MeV He 1 2 3 4 5 6
0,00
0,05
0,10
0,15
0,20
0,25
0,30
0,35
1
10
100
1000
En
erg
y l
oss (
keV
/mm
)
He
Li
Cl
Depth (mm)
Vacan
cy/Io
n/m
m
O
ionization profile of the 1.4 MeV He ion probe
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Weig
htin
g
po
ten
tia
l
Vw
1
0
h+
Depth x0
Traps
Recombination Centers
e-
Electric field
Effects of localized recombination centres
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Weig
htin
g
po
ten
tia
l
Vw
1
0
h+
Depth x0
Traps
Recombination Centers
e-
Electric field
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Weig
htin
g
po
ten
tia
l
Vw
1
0
h+
Depth x0
Traps
Recombination Centers
e-
w
x
electrons ofNumber Totalq
VVq
Q
QCCE
electronsposition
initial
position
final
Generated
collected 01
Electric field
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Weig
htin
g
po
ten
tia
l
Vw
1
0
h+
Depth x0
Traps
Recombination Centers
Electric field
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Weig
htin
g
po
ten
tia
l
Vw
1
0
h+
Depth x0
Electric field
w
x
holes ofNumber Totalq
VVq
Q
QCCE
holesposition
initial
position
final
Generated
collected 0
w
Traps
Recombination Centers
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Radiation Damage in 4H-SiC
Vb = 10 V
20 MeV 4+C Vout
x
z
y
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Low Level of damage
Shockley-Read-Hall
Recombination/trapping
model
Vacancy profille
(from SRIM; PAS)
Electrostatics of the
device (TCAD)
Trap cross section
(DLTS)
Trap/vacancy ratio
Radiation hardness
Transport equations
Shockley-Ramo-Gunn Theorem
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Oral Session 25/07/2012, h 9:00-10.30
#250: Milko Jaksic (invited) : Review of nuclear microprobe applications in
material science
Oral Session 25/07/2012, h 11:00-12.30
#198: Gyorgy Vizkelethy: Investigation of ion beam induced radiation damage in
Si and GaAs diodes
#92: Zeljko Pastuovic: Overview of radiation damage studies in silicon diodes
exposed to focused ion beam irradiation-Proposed template for further research
of radiation damage studies in semiconducting materials and devices by IBIC
Poster Session I (23/07/2012) h. 17.30-18.40
Poster #141: Veljko Grilj: Comparison of scCVD diamond and silicon SB detectors
irradiated by low energy protons
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CHARGE SHARING IN MULTIELECTRODE DEVICES
positioninitial
positionfinal VV
The induced charge Q into the sensing
electrode is given by the difference in the
weighting potentials between any two
positions (rA and rB) of the moving charge
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Actual potential
Weighting potential
0
2
4
6
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10
12
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16
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1,0
1,5
2,0
2,5
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AR
GE
time
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RR
EN
T
time
positioninitial
positionfinal VV
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Actual potential
Weighting potential
positioninitial
positionfinal VV
qQ0
2
4
6
8
10
12
0.00
0.05
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.25
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AR
GE
time
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RR
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Ttime
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Actual potential
Weighting potential
positioninitial
positionfinal VV
qQ-4
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-2
-1
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-0,4
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Actual potential
Weighting potential
positioninitial
positionfinal VV
qQ-1,0
-0,8
-0,6
-0,4
-0,2
0,0
0,2
0,4
0,6
0,8
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0,04
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Poster Session I (23/07/2012) h. 17.30-18.40
Poster #123: Jacopo Forneris: IBIC characterization of an ion beam
micromachined multi electrode diamond detector
Poster Session III (26/07/2012) h. 16.15-18.00
Poster #160: Laura Grassi: Charge collection study in the interstrip
region of DSSSD using proton microbeam
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Horizontal electric field
positioninitial
positionfinal VV
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A SUB-MICROMETER
POSITION SENSITIVE
DETECTOR
-6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6
0,0
0,2
0,4
0,6
0,8
1,0
RIGHT ELECTRODE
CC
E
Position (mm)
LEFT ELECTRODE
2 MeV He+
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Oral Session 25/07/2012, h 11:00-12.30
#133: David Jamieson (invited): Addressing roadmap challenges: adapting
nuclear microprobe technology to build engineered atom devices
#124: Jacopo Forneris: Modeling of ion beam induced charge sharing
experiments for design of high resolution position sensitive detectors.
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SOLUTION OF THE EQUATIONS OF MOTION
= TRAJECTORIES OF CHARGES
Initial point (rA) ; final point (rB)
)()(qQ AwBw rr
w-qV
-qI EvE
v
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0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
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0,5
1,0
1,5
2,0
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AR
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NT
time
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Ew
SOLUTION OF THE EQUATIONS OF MOTION
= TRAJECTORIES OF CHARGES
Initial point (rA) ; final point (rB)
)()(qQ AwBw rr
w-qV
-qI EvE
v
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SOLUTION OF THE EQUATIONS OF MOTION
= TRAJECTORIES OF CHARGES
Initial point (rA) ; final point (rB)
)()(qQ AwBw rr
w-qV
-qI EvE
v
0
2
4
6
8
10
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0.00
0.05
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.25
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time
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time
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SOLUTION OF THE EQUATIONS OF MOTION
= TRAJECTORIES OF CHARGES
Initial point (rA) ; final point (rB)
)()(qQ AwBw rr
w-qV
-qI EvE
v
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-3
-2
-1
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1
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-0,4
-0,3
-0,2
-0,1
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SOLUTION OF THE EQUATIONS OF MOTION
= TRAJECTORIES OF CHARGES
Initial point (rA) ; final point (rB)
)()(qQ AwBw rr
w-qV
-qI EvE
v
-1,0
-0,8
-0,6
-0,4
-0,2
0,0
0,2
0,4
0,6
0,8
1,0
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0,00
0,02
0,04
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GE
time
CU
RR
EN
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time
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Ew
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IBIC
(Ion Beam Induced Charge Collection)
Control of in-depth generation profile
Suitable for finished devices (bulk analysis).
Micrometer resolution
CCE profiles: Active layer extension; Diffusion length
In-situ analysis of radiation damage
Analytical technique suitable for the measurement of transport properties in
semiconductor materials and devices
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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
100 150 200 250 300 350 4000,010
0,015
0,020
0,025
0,030
0,035
0,040
0,045
0,050 (b)
(a)
Lp (
mm
)
L-2 p(
mm
-2 )
T (K)
Temperature dependent IBIC (TIBIC)
Two trapping levels
SRH recombination model
2 0.5
0.5p p p B Bt
D B
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1A
L D D (T) T EBT T exp
N k T
The fitting procedure provides a trapping level of about
0.163 eV which is close to the value found in similar
4H SiC Schottky diodes by DLTS technique (S1 level).
E. Vittone et al., NIM-B 231 (2005) 491.
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0 1 2 3 40.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.0
50 V
100 V
Experiment
Theory
CC
E
200 V
Time (ms)
Time resolved IBIC (TRIBIC)
Silicon Power diode Mesa Rectifier
lifetime
0 = (5 1) ms
V
Charge sensitive
preamplifier
ADC
Proton beam
(2-3-4 MeV)
n p+
W
C
n+
IBIC
Digital
oscilloscope TRIBIC
Shaping
amplifier
Mesa Rectifier 168
Ballistic deficit
p+
n
n+
Electrodes
(Ag-Ni-Cr)
30 mm
160 mm
110 mm
Passivation
“Mesa Glass”
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68 μm
170 μm
145 μm
Fluences (cm-2)
Area 1: ……..
Area 2: 1,8 E10
Area 3: 6,1 E9
Area 4: 2,0 E9
Area 5: 6,1 E8
Area 6: 2,0 E8
Good Reproducibility
Radiation Damage
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Lateral IBIC
Vb = 50 V
Area 5 Area 6 Area 1 Area 2 Area 3 Area 4
CCE profiles
• Lifetime reduction
• Depletion region shrinking
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5.000
7.500
10.00
12.50
15.00
17.50
20.00
22.50
25.00
27.50
30.00
CCE
Under
illumination
Dark
conditions
Polycrystalline CVD diamond Frontal IBIC
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i
N
1j
2
j,i
iN
ss
s
11s
i
= overall average signal evaluated over the total scanned area ATOT
Ni = Number of pixel of area ai : ATOT = ai · Ni
si,j = signal from the j-th pixel of area ai
a16
Ni=16
ATOT
Ni=4
a4
Ni=32
a32
iN
1j
j,i
i
sN
1s
Uniformity (D.Meier, PhD thesis 1999, C.Manfredotti 2000)
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100 150
20
40
60
80
100
120
100 150
20
40
60
80
100
120
100 150
20
40
60
80
100
120
100 150
20
40
60
80
100
120
100 150
20
40
60
80
100
120
100 150
20
40
60
80
100
120
720 mm
0
2.000
4.000
6.000
8.000
10.00
12.00
14.00
16.00
18.00
20.00
22.00
24.00
26.00
28.00
30.00
32.00
IBIC maps with different pixel dimension
10 100 1000
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
Un
ifo
rmity
pixel dimension (mm)
The uniformity is between 80% and 100% on the length scale above 200 mm;
at 100 mm the uniformity is 69%
i
N
1j
2
j,i
iN
ss
s
11s
i
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Frontal ion
Irradiation
Schottky electrode 50 mm thick N-type epitaxial 4H-SiC layer
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 500
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
1.71.51.3
1.10.9
Ene
rgy
Loss
(keV
/mm
-1)
Depth (mm)
0.7 Neutral region
Diffusion transport
Incomplete collection
Depletion region
Fast drift transport
Complete collection
0,20000,25000,30000,35000,40000,45000,50000,55000,60000,65000,70000,75000,80000,85000,90000,95001,000
0 1
CCE
1 mm
0.7 MeV 0.9 MeV0.9 MeV 1.1 MeV1.1 MeV 1.3 MeV1.3 MeV 1.5 MeV1.5 MeV 1.7 MeV
M. Jaksic et al.NIM-B, 188 (2002), 130-134
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Numerical Simulations
nsp 80
30 V 50 V 70 V
Vb
m, ,(Lp m)3094
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Diamond Schottky diode structure:
homoepitaxial growth on HPHT
substrates
(type Ib, 440.4 mm3) slightly B
doped (Acceptor concentration
1013-1014 cm-3)
heavily B-doped buffer layer as
back contact (Acceptor
concentration 1018-1019 cm-3)
25 μm thick intrinsic layer as
active volume
Schottky contact: frontal Al circular
contact ( = 2 mm, 200 nm thick) on
intrinsic layer
back contact on B-doped layer ohmic
contact
sample cleaved in order to expose its
cross section for IBIC characterization
S. Almaviva et al. “Synthetic single crystal diamond dosimeters for conformal radiation therapy application”
Diamond & Related Materials 19 (2010) 217–220
ideality factor: n = (1.51 0.04)
series resistance: Rs = (5.1 1.6) kΩ
back B-doped contact
shunt resistance: Rsh = (900 6) GΩ
@ 50 V -> I<50 pA
Lateral IBIC of a diamond Schottky diode
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Si-face
Starting Material: 360 mm n-type 4H-SiC by CREE (USA) Epitaxial layer from Institute of Crystal Growth (IKZ), Berlin, Germany
Devices from Alenia Marconi System
4H-SiC Schottky diode
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ion species and energy: H+ @ 2 MeV
ion current: 103 ions s-1 no pile up
or charging effects
ion beam spot on the sample:
FWHM = 3 μm
raster-scanned area: S = 6262 μm2
charge sensitive electronic chain
and synchronous signal
acquistition with microbeam
scanning
Lateral IBIC measurements performed at the ion
microbeam line of the AN2000 accelerator of the
National Laboratories of Legnaro (LNL-INFN)