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Carbon dopant gas and co-flow for implant beam and source life performance improvement

  • US 9,960,042 B2
  • Filed: 02/13/2013
  • Issued: 05/01/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An ion implantation method, comprising:

  • flowing a carbon dopant source composition to an ion implanter configured for carbon doping of a substrate; and

    operating the ion implanter to generate carbon dopant species from the carbon dopant source composition and to implant the carbon dopant species in the substrate, wherein the carbon dopant source composition is co-flowed to the ion implanter with at least one co-flow gas or is flowed to the ion implanter in mixture with at least one additional gas, wherein the at least one co-flow gas or at least one additional gas comprises gas selected from the group consisting of;

    GeH4, SiH4, XeF2, BF3, SF6, GeF4, SiF4, NF3, N2F4, HF, WF6, MoF6, PF3, PF5, and B2F4,wherein said operating generates a beam current, and the at least one co-flow gas or the at least one additional gas increases the beam current in a mixture of the carbon dopant source and the at least one co-flow gas or the at least one additional gas, as compared to the carbon dopant source without the at least one co-flow gas or the at least one additional gas.

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