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Shallow energy levels induced by γ rays in standard and oxygenated floating zone
silicon
David Menichelli1 Monica Scaringella Stefania Miglio and Mara Bruzzi
Dipartimento di Energetica Via S Marta 3 50139 Florence Italy and INFN Firenze via G Sansone
1 50518 Sesto Fiorentino (FI) Italy
Ioana Pintilie
National Institute of Materials Physics 76900 Bucuresti-Magurele Romania
Eckhart Fretwurst
Institute for Experimental Physics Hamburg University D-22761 Germany
Abstract Shallow defect levels in Floating Zone (FZ) and Diffusion Oxygenated FZ (DOFZ) Silicon
before and after irradiation with a 60Co γ-source up to 300 Mrad have been studied by Thermally
Stimulated Currents (TSC) and Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (DLTS) in the temperature range
42-110 K Besides vacancy oxygen (VO) and interstitial-substitutional carbon (CiCs) emissions
several TSC peaks have been observed A trap with activation energy 11 meV has been observed at 6 K
only in irradiated DOFZ Two hole traps at 80 meV and 95 meV have been observed both in irradiated
FZ and DOFZ while a trap at 100 meV related to interstitial-oxygen (IO2) complex has been revealed
only in irradiated DOFZ A TSC peak close to 24 K has been resolved into two components whose
concentrations are independent of irradiation fluence a trap at 55 meV and a level which remains
charged after emission at 80 meV Our measurements confirm the formation only in DOFZ of a
radiation induced donor at 230 meV It appears to be responsible for the improved radiation hardness of
oxygenated Si together with the suppression of deep acceptors since no shallower radiation-induced
donors have been detected in DOFZ samples
PACS 7155Cn 2940Wk 6180Hg 6182Fk
1 Corresponding author Electronic address davidmenichellicernch
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1 Introduction
In the ever increasing need for extremely radiation hard detectors to be employed in the forthcoming
elementary particle physics experiments silicon is regarded to be the best choice as the sensor-based
material because of its unsurpassed material quality high technological sophistication and low cost for
mass production [1-3] Nonetheless the high radiation fluences in the operative environment will cause
a significant deterioration of silicon detector performances due to the formation of lattice defects [4] A
complete study of radiation damage and an intense research and development activity on material and
device engineering in order to increase its radiation hardness is therefore mandatory
It has been already proved that defect formation kinetics strongly depends on the engineering steps
adopted during device processing Appreciable improvements in radiation hardness has been obtained
by enriching standard high resistivity Floating Zone (STFZ) silicon with oxygen [56] Recent results
have shown that the beneficial effect of oxygen in moderating the radiation induced modifications of
space charge density (which tends to become more and more negative as the irradiation fluence is
increased) is mainly determined by the partial suppression of a deep acceptor and by the enhanced
generation of a radiation-induced donor The donor has been observed by Thermally Stimulated
Currents (TSC) spectroscopy close to 100 K after gamma irradiation [7-9] while the acceptor (usually
labeled as I) produces a TSC peak close to 200K It is created via second order processes and is
believed to be associated with divacancy-oxygen complexes [7910] In any case further studies are
needed to investigate if other radiation-induced shallow donor levels participate to this phenomenon
The purpose of this work is a thorough identification of shallow levels in STFZ and Diffusion
Oxygenated FZ (DOFZ) Si before and after irradiation with a 60Co γ-source up to 300 Mrad Irradiation
of silicon with γ rays is a relevant means to study radiation-induced point defects and defect formation
kinetics This is because γminusirradiation causes low energy recoils of silicon atoms which lead only to the
formation of point defects This is in contrast to irradiation by fast hadrons or high energy electrons
which cause a significant amount of vacancy related extended defects These extended defects produce
deep levels close to midgap [4] and heavily worsen the signal to noise ratio of TSC and Deep Level
Transient Spectroscopy (DLTS) making a detailed analysis of shallow levels difficult
The TSC technique already used in the past by some of the authors to investigate shallow levels in
silicon [1112] has been applied by us together DLTS to determine activation energy E apparent cross
section σ and concentration N of those levels which activate below 100 K TSC has been used also to
reveal the charge state of each energy level by performing a detailed study of the Poole-Frenkel effect
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during the heating scan
2 Experimental details
The samples studied in this work are p+nn+ diodes produced from n-type STFZ and DOFZ silicon
These diodes have been produced by CiS Institute for Microsensors Erfurt Germany from Si with an
initial resistivity of about 5 kΩcm The crystal orientation is lt111gt and the thickness is w = 285 microm
The electrode active area on the p+ side is Ap = 25 mm2 while the electrode on the n+ side has an area
An=100 cm2 The oxygen diffusion process on DOFZ samples was performed for 72 hours at 1150degC
and the resulting average oxygen concentration is [O]=121017 cm-3 All diodes have been irradiated at
Brookhaven National Laboratory with γ rays from a 60Co source up to a dose of 300 Mrad After
irradiation the STFZ diodes exhibited type inversion at room temperature with a change of the
effective doping concentration from Neff =121012 cm-3 before irradiation to Neff =-601010 cm-3 [7]
Conversely the DOFZ Si diodes are not inverted after irradiation showing rather a slight increase of
Neff from 831011 cm-3 (before irradiation) to 901011 cm-3 (after irradiation) The samples have been
stored for six months at room temperature before carrying out the measurements reported in this work
Twin non irradiated samples have been used as references in order to discriminate between native and
radiation induced defects
TSC [13] and current-Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (i-DLTS) experiments [14-16] have been
carried out at Department of Energetics of Florence (DEF) using the same cryogenic system The
sample holder is mounted on a hollow steel tube and then lowered inside the liquid helium dewar at
different heights above the liquid surface The distance between the sample and the liquid helium
surface determines the injection temperature A heating resistor wound around the sample support
allows one to vary the temperature of the diode above the initial value The heating rate is β=007-02
Ks depending on the explored temperature range The temperature sensor is a silicon diode (Lake
Shore DT-470-CU11) In TSC measurements an electrometer (Keithley 6517A) provides sample bias
low temperature forward injection and current reading In i-DLTS measurements reverse bias Vrev and
forward voltage pulses Vp for sample excitation are provided by a pulse generator (Systron Donner
110D) The current transients i(tT) are measured using a custom readout circuit [17] The readout
circuit output is monitored by a 500 MHz digital oscilloscope (Tektronix TDS520D) which samples the
current transients Some of the TSC spectra in the range 30-100 K have been measured at Institute for
Experimental Physics of Hamburg University [9]
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3 Experimental results and discussion
The TSC spectra of STFZ and DOFZ samples measured in the 42-80 K temperature range before and
after irradiation are shown in fig1 Several TSC peaks are observed depending on irradiation and
material The TSC peaks generated by unidentified defects are labeled by means of the peak
temperature given in Kelvin degrees as L(6) D(24) and so on The labels L H and E denote traps
which are electrically neutral after carrier emission Labels H and E indicate hole traps whose charge
state changes during emission as (+0) and electron traps (-0) respectively The label L indicates that
the available information does not permit to determine whether the level is an electron or a hole trap
The label D denote levels which are charged after emission ie donors (0+) and acceptors (0-)
The spectral feature at 55-75 K corresponds to the well known vacancy oxygen (VO) and
interstitial-substitutional carbon (CiCs) defects The phosphorous peak appears close to 15 K in all
investigated samples This peak exhibits a clear Poole-Frenkel shift in temperature by changing the
reverse voltage
The group of peaks at 40-50 K has been already observed on similarly irradiated Si samples [9]
Two of the peaks of this group are due to hole traps (H(42) and H(47)) while the latter is related to an
electron trap (E(50)) [9] The signature of these three traps is determined in this work for the first time
With the exception of E(50) which has been related to the IO2 defect [8 9 18] the correlation of the
other two energy levels with specific point defects is still uncertain
The other spectral features are reported and studied in this work for the first time The signal at 24 K
can be split into two components due to a trap L(24) plus a level D(24) which we recognize as charged
after emission by investigating Poole-Frenkel effect L(24) and D(24) are observed even before
irradiation in both STFZ and DOFZ Si The emission from the traps L(6) and L(35) are observed only
in irradiated samples In particular L(6) is present only in DOFZ Si while L(35) is observed in both the
materials its amplitude is too small to permit the determination of its signature
31 L(6) peak
L(6) is the shallowest level detected by our TSC experiments and the related TSC peak is shown in fig
2 This level is formed during irradiation only in oxygen rich material Several measurements have
been carried out using different reverse voltages in the range 10-100 V without detecting any evidence
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of Poole-Frenkel barrier lowering The saturated amplitude corresponds to a trap concentration of about
1012 cm-3 Since the peak is isolated from any other TSC feature it is possible to determine its complete
signature by fitting the line-shape and taking into account its peak temperature However it is not
possible to discriminate whether it is a hole or an electron trap The fitting procedure resulted in the
activation energy E=11plusmn2 meV and an effective cross section of either σsim08sdot10-15 cm2 (if it was a hole
trap) or σsim02sdot10-15 cm2 (if it was an electron trap) The small capture cross section and the absence of
Poole Frenkel effect indicate that this trap is neutral after carrier emission
32 L(24K) and D(24) peaks
The signal close to 24 K is generated by the superposition of contributions from two levels L(24) and
D(24) This is evidenced in fig 3 where the TSC spectra measured with different reverse biases are
shown The spectral line is split into two components if the reverse bias exceeds Vrev=100 V because
the peak related to D(24) exhibits field enhanced emission Phonon assisted tunneling and pure
tunneling are not expected to be important below 104 Vcm [1920] and are impossible for such a large
thickness thus the peak shift must be explained in terms of the Poole-Frenkel effect [24] This implies
that D(24) becomes charged after emission Anyway in our TSC experiments energy levels are filled
by forward biasing the sample As a consequence both electrons and holes are injected in the device
and it is not possible to determine whether D(24) is a donor or an acceptor The separation between
D(24) and L(24) peaks is observed also in i-DLTS spectra as shown in fig 4(a) DLTS and TSC
spectra (measured using the same reverse bias) can be compared to obtain the complete signature of the
two levels by requiring the (Eσ) pairs to be consistent with both measurements A possible σ(T)
dependency is neglected in this analysis The energy value obtained in this way for D(24) can be used
to evaluate the barrier lowering ∆E (relative to the spectrum with Vrev=10 V) for every measurements
of fig 3 The average electric field F across the junction can be evaluated as F~Vrevw and the plot of
∆E versus F12 can be compared with the prediction of one-dimensional Poole-Frenkel law
2121
0
3
)( FFZqFE απεε
=⎟⎟⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛=∆ (1)
where Z is the charge state of the emitting center This formula provides a simple approximated
description of Poole-Frenkel enhanced emission even if somewhat overestimates the barrier lowering
of a three dimensional Coulombic well [2223] According to this model the slope of the plot should be
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αcong022 meV(cmV)12 The plot deduced from our measurements is shown in the inset The slope of the
line fitting experimental data is about 01-03 meV(cmV)12 in fair agreement with theory The
activation energy deduced from TSC measurement at Vrev=10 V must be consequently increased by
about 4 meV to extrapolate the zero-field energy
Similar TSC measurements carried out on irradiated and non-irradiated samples revealed that D(24)
is observed even before irradiation and that its concentration is independent of oxygen concentration
irradiation fluence and annealing time (up to 110 min at 150 degC)
33 H(42) H(47) and E(50) peaks
The activation energies of these centers have been evaluated from Arrhenius plots following the
fractional heating procedure [24] The analysis of H(47) is complicated by the fact that its TSC peak is
very close to the E(50) peak which has a higher amplitude Anyway H(42) and E(50) centers anneal
out after 2 hours of annealing at 150 degC [89] The annealing procedure permits to isolate H(47) signal
and to determine the activation energy of the center via Arrhenius plots from the increasing part of the
corresponding TSC peak The results are given in Fig 5
By using the activation energies deduced from Arrhenius plots for the H(42) H(47) and E(50)
defects TSC spectra can be nicely fitted as shown in fig6 The fitting procedure allows one to
determine the apparent cross sections which are reported in table 1 as well The signature of E(50) is
consistent with the activation energy (112 meV) of the electron trap formerly found in 10 MeV
irradiated silicon [25] by means of Thermally Stimulated Capacitance (TSCAP) spectroscopy
34 D(97) peak
A further peak can be observed close to 97 K but only using a reverse bias of some hundreds of volts
as shown in fig 7 This signal can be related to the defect previously identified as a bistable donor
center (labeled as BD in [8 9]) generated by irradiation in oxygen rich material Oxygen dimers have
been suggested to be part of the defect The signature (E=230 meV) and the donor behavior of this
level are consistent with the peak position and the Poole Frenkel line shift shown in fig7 This level is
observed only in DOFZ silicon and its concentration is about [D(97)]sim3sdot1011 cm-3
The energy levels cross sections and trap concentrations related to the peaks studied in this work are
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summarized in table 1 The concentrations have been evaluated at signal saturation and in the case of
levels exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect the extrapolated zero-field energy is reported Since it was not
possible to reveal whether the levels L(6) L(24) and D(24) are related to hole or electron emissions
the cross sections corresponding to the two cases have been reported in the table The concentrations
are the same within the experimental uncertainty in STFZ and DOFZ with the exception of L(6) E(50)
and D(97) which are observed only in DOFZ and of the group L(24)-D(24) whose overall
concentration is significantly higher in STFZ Si (4sdot1011 cm-3) than in DOFZ (15-3sdot1011 cm-3)
4 Conclusion
A study of shallow levels in Float Zone and Diffusion Oxygenated FZ (DOFZ) silicon before and
after irradiation with a 60Co γ-source up to 300 Mrad has been performed by Thermally Stimulated
Currents (TSC) and current-Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (i-DLTS) in the temperature range 42-
110 K Besides the well known spectral feature corresponding to vacancy oxygen (VO) and interstitial-
substitutional carbon (CiCs) defects several TSC peaks are observed depending on irradiation and
material kind Some of them have never been cited in literature before
A level characterized by activation energy 11meV is detected at 6 K only in DOFZ after irradiation
It is found in a neutral state after TSC emission Two traps with energy levels at 80 meV and 95 meV
are observed both in FZ and DOFZ Si before and after irradiation while a trap at 010 eV previously
identified as interstitial-oxygen related (IO2) has been revealed only in irradiated DOFZ Si The peak
close to 24 K whose concentration is significantly higher in STFZ Si has been resolved into two
components One of them is identified through the investigation of the Poole-Frenkel effect as related
to a level which becomes charged after emission Its concentration is independent of oxygen
concentration irradiation fluence and annealing time (up to 110 min at 150 degC) and it cannot explain
the different radiation hardness of STFZ and DOFZ Our measurements confirm the formation of a
donor level only seen in DOFZ Si after irradiation with activation energy 023 eV and concentration
of about 3sdot1011 cm-3 This signal can be related to the defect previously identified as a bistable donor
center [9] generated by radiation in oxygen rich material The donor-like nature of this level is
consistent with the Poole Frenkel effect investigation presented in this paper The detailed investigation
of shallow levels presented here reveals no other radiation-generated donors up to the dose of 300
Mrad
The beneficial effect of oxygen diffusion in floating zone silicon in terms of increasing the radiation
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hardness is determined by both the suppression of deep acceptors and the creation of donors as
already demonstrated in [910] The experimental results discussed in this work evidence that the
beneficial contribution due to donor creation should be mainly related to the donor at 023 eV as no
appreciable formation of additional radiation-induced shallow donor have been observed in oxygenated
Si after gamma irradiation
Acknowledgment
Authors are grateful to Bengt G Svensson at Physics Department University of Oslo for helpful
discussions
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Figure and Table Captions
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev=100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample
after irradiation
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in
tab 1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
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Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev = 100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample after
irradiation
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Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
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Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
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Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in tab
1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
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Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Label Peak temp (K)
Charge state E
(meV) σ
(times10-15 cm2)
N (times1011cm-3)
material Related bibliography
L(6) 6 (+0 ) or (-0)
11plusmn2 02 (electron) 08 (hole)
~5 Irradiated DOFZ
D(24) 24 (0+) or (0-)
80plusmn5 1-10times103 (electron) 4-40times103 (hole)
L(24) 24 (+0 ) or (-0)
55plusmn5 005-05 (electron) 02-2 (hole)
~4 (STFZ)
15-3 (DOFZ)
DOFZ and STFZ (even unirradiated)
First observation
H(42) 42 (+0) 80plusmn15 2 7plusmn4 H(47) 47 (+0) 95plusmn10 2 8plusmn1
DOFZ and STFZ (irradiated)
Reported in [15] without signature
E(50) 50 (-0) 100plusmn15 2 16plusmn4 irradiated DOFZ [15] [22] 15[C]
D(97) 97 (0++) 230plusmn5 4-90 3 irradiated DOFZ [15]
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
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1 Introduction
In the ever increasing need for extremely radiation hard detectors to be employed in the forthcoming
elementary particle physics experiments silicon is regarded to be the best choice as the sensor-based
material because of its unsurpassed material quality high technological sophistication and low cost for
mass production [1-3] Nonetheless the high radiation fluences in the operative environment will cause
a significant deterioration of silicon detector performances due to the formation of lattice defects [4] A
complete study of radiation damage and an intense research and development activity on material and
device engineering in order to increase its radiation hardness is therefore mandatory
It has been already proved that defect formation kinetics strongly depends on the engineering steps
adopted during device processing Appreciable improvements in radiation hardness has been obtained
by enriching standard high resistivity Floating Zone (STFZ) silicon with oxygen [56] Recent results
have shown that the beneficial effect of oxygen in moderating the radiation induced modifications of
space charge density (which tends to become more and more negative as the irradiation fluence is
increased) is mainly determined by the partial suppression of a deep acceptor and by the enhanced
generation of a radiation-induced donor The donor has been observed by Thermally Stimulated
Currents (TSC) spectroscopy close to 100 K after gamma irradiation [7-9] while the acceptor (usually
labeled as I) produces a TSC peak close to 200K It is created via second order processes and is
believed to be associated with divacancy-oxygen complexes [7910] In any case further studies are
needed to investigate if other radiation-induced shallow donor levels participate to this phenomenon
The purpose of this work is a thorough identification of shallow levels in STFZ and Diffusion
Oxygenated FZ (DOFZ) Si before and after irradiation with a 60Co γ-source up to 300 Mrad Irradiation
of silicon with γ rays is a relevant means to study radiation-induced point defects and defect formation
kinetics This is because γminusirradiation causes low energy recoils of silicon atoms which lead only to the
formation of point defects This is in contrast to irradiation by fast hadrons or high energy electrons
which cause a significant amount of vacancy related extended defects These extended defects produce
deep levels close to midgap [4] and heavily worsen the signal to noise ratio of TSC and Deep Level
Transient Spectroscopy (DLTS) making a detailed analysis of shallow levels difficult
The TSC technique already used in the past by some of the authors to investigate shallow levels in
silicon [1112] has been applied by us together DLTS to determine activation energy E apparent cross
section σ and concentration N of those levels which activate below 100 K TSC has been used also to
reveal the charge state of each energy level by performing a detailed study of the Poole-Frenkel effect
3
during the heating scan
2 Experimental details
The samples studied in this work are p+nn+ diodes produced from n-type STFZ and DOFZ silicon
These diodes have been produced by CiS Institute for Microsensors Erfurt Germany from Si with an
initial resistivity of about 5 kΩcm The crystal orientation is lt111gt and the thickness is w = 285 microm
The electrode active area on the p+ side is Ap = 25 mm2 while the electrode on the n+ side has an area
An=100 cm2 The oxygen diffusion process on DOFZ samples was performed for 72 hours at 1150degC
and the resulting average oxygen concentration is [O]=121017 cm-3 All diodes have been irradiated at
Brookhaven National Laboratory with γ rays from a 60Co source up to a dose of 300 Mrad After
irradiation the STFZ diodes exhibited type inversion at room temperature with a change of the
effective doping concentration from Neff =121012 cm-3 before irradiation to Neff =-601010 cm-3 [7]
Conversely the DOFZ Si diodes are not inverted after irradiation showing rather a slight increase of
Neff from 831011 cm-3 (before irradiation) to 901011 cm-3 (after irradiation) The samples have been
stored for six months at room temperature before carrying out the measurements reported in this work
Twin non irradiated samples have been used as references in order to discriminate between native and
radiation induced defects
TSC [13] and current-Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (i-DLTS) experiments [14-16] have been
carried out at Department of Energetics of Florence (DEF) using the same cryogenic system The
sample holder is mounted on a hollow steel tube and then lowered inside the liquid helium dewar at
different heights above the liquid surface The distance between the sample and the liquid helium
surface determines the injection temperature A heating resistor wound around the sample support
allows one to vary the temperature of the diode above the initial value The heating rate is β=007-02
Ks depending on the explored temperature range The temperature sensor is a silicon diode (Lake
Shore DT-470-CU11) In TSC measurements an electrometer (Keithley 6517A) provides sample bias
low temperature forward injection and current reading In i-DLTS measurements reverse bias Vrev and
forward voltage pulses Vp for sample excitation are provided by a pulse generator (Systron Donner
110D) The current transients i(tT) are measured using a custom readout circuit [17] The readout
circuit output is monitored by a 500 MHz digital oscilloscope (Tektronix TDS520D) which samples the
current transients Some of the TSC spectra in the range 30-100 K have been measured at Institute for
Experimental Physics of Hamburg University [9]
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3 Experimental results and discussion
The TSC spectra of STFZ and DOFZ samples measured in the 42-80 K temperature range before and
after irradiation are shown in fig1 Several TSC peaks are observed depending on irradiation and
material The TSC peaks generated by unidentified defects are labeled by means of the peak
temperature given in Kelvin degrees as L(6) D(24) and so on The labels L H and E denote traps
which are electrically neutral after carrier emission Labels H and E indicate hole traps whose charge
state changes during emission as (+0) and electron traps (-0) respectively The label L indicates that
the available information does not permit to determine whether the level is an electron or a hole trap
The label D denote levels which are charged after emission ie donors (0+) and acceptors (0-)
The spectral feature at 55-75 K corresponds to the well known vacancy oxygen (VO) and
interstitial-substitutional carbon (CiCs) defects The phosphorous peak appears close to 15 K in all
investigated samples This peak exhibits a clear Poole-Frenkel shift in temperature by changing the
reverse voltage
The group of peaks at 40-50 K has been already observed on similarly irradiated Si samples [9]
Two of the peaks of this group are due to hole traps (H(42) and H(47)) while the latter is related to an
electron trap (E(50)) [9] The signature of these three traps is determined in this work for the first time
With the exception of E(50) which has been related to the IO2 defect [8 9 18] the correlation of the
other two energy levels with specific point defects is still uncertain
The other spectral features are reported and studied in this work for the first time The signal at 24 K
can be split into two components due to a trap L(24) plus a level D(24) which we recognize as charged
after emission by investigating Poole-Frenkel effect L(24) and D(24) are observed even before
irradiation in both STFZ and DOFZ Si The emission from the traps L(6) and L(35) are observed only
in irradiated samples In particular L(6) is present only in DOFZ Si while L(35) is observed in both the
materials its amplitude is too small to permit the determination of its signature
31 L(6) peak
L(6) is the shallowest level detected by our TSC experiments and the related TSC peak is shown in fig
2 This level is formed during irradiation only in oxygen rich material Several measurements have
been carried out using different reverse voltages in the range 10-100 V without detecting any evidence
5
of Poole-Frenkel barrier lowering The saturated amplitude corresponds to a trap concentration of about
1012 cm-3 Since the peak is isolated from any other TSC feature it is possible to determine its complete
signature by fitting the line-shape and taking into account its peak temperature However it is not
possible to discriminate whether it is a hole or an electron trap The fitting procedure resulted in the
activation energy E=11plusmn2 meV and an effective cross section of either σsim08sdot10-15 cm2 (if it was a hole
trap) or σsim02sdot10-15 cm2 (if it was an electron trap) The small capture cross section and the absence of
Poole Frenkel effect indicate that this trap is neutral after carrier emission
32 L(24K) and D(24) peaks
The signal close to 24 K is generated by the superposition of contributions from two levels L(24) and
D(24) This is evidenced in fig 3 where the TSC spectra measured with different reverse biases are
shown The spectral line is split into two components if the reverse bias exceeds Vrev=100 V because
the peak related to D(24) exhibits field enhanced emission Phonon assisted tunneling and pure
tunneling are not expected to be important below 104 Vcm [1920] and are impossible for such a large
thickness thus the peak shift must be explained in terms of the Poole-Frenkel effect [24] This implies
that D(24) becomes charged after emission Anyway in our TSC experiments energy levels are filled
by forward biasing the sample As a consequence both electrons and holes are injected in the device
and it is not possible to determine whether D(24) is a donor or an acceptor The separation between
D(24) and L(24) peaks is observed also in i-DLTS spectra as shown in fig 4(a) DLTS and TSC
spectra (measured using the same reverse bias) can be compared to obtain the complete signature of the
two levels by requiring the (Eσ) pairs to be consistent with both measurements A possible σ(T)
dependency is neglected in this analysis The energy value obtained in this way for D(24) can be used
to evaluate the barrier lowering ∆E (relative to the spectrum with Vrev=10 V) for every measurements
of fig 3 The average electric field F across the junction can be evaluated as F~Vrevw and the plot of
∆E versus F12 can be compared with the prediction of one-dimensional Poole-Frenkel law
2121
0
3
)( FFZqFE απεε
=⎟⎟⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛=∆ (1)
where Z is the charge state of the emitting center This formula provides a simple approximated
description of Poole-Frenkel enhanced emission even if somewhat overestimates the barrier lowering
of a three dimensional Coulombic well [2223] According to this model the slope of the plot should be
6
αcong022 meV(cmV)12 The plot deduced from our measurements is shown in the inset The slope of the
line fitting experimental data is about 01-03 meV(cmV)12 in fair agreement with theory The
activation energy deduced from TSC measurement at Vrev=10 V must be consequently increased by
about 4 meV to extrapolate the zero-field energy
Similar TSC measurements carried out on irradiated and non-irradiated samples revealed that D(24)
is observed even before irradiation and that its concentration is independent of oxygen concentration
irradiation fluence and annealing time (up to 110 min at 150 degC)
33 H(42) H(47) and E(50) peaks
The activation energies of these centers have been evaluated from Arrhenius plots following the
fractional heating procedure [24] The analysis of H(47) is complicated by the fact that its TSC peak is
very close to the E(50) peak which has a higher amplitude Anyway H(42) and E(50) centers anneal
out after 2 hours of annealing at 150 degC [89] The annealing procedure permits to isolate H(47) signal
and to determine the activation energy of the center via Arrhenius plots from the increasing part of the
corresponding TSC peak The results are given in Fig 5
By using the activation energies deduced from Arrhenius plots for the H(42) H(47) and E(50)
defects TSC spectra can be nicely fitted as shown in fig6 The fitting procedure allows one to
determine the apparent cross sections which are reported in table 1 as well The signature of E(50) is
consistent with the activation energy (112 meV) of the electron trap formerly found in 10 MeV
irradiated silicon [25] by means of Thermally Stimulated Capacitance (TSCAP) spectroscopy
34 D(97) peak
A further peak can be observed close to 97 K but only using a reverse bias of some hundreds of volts
as shown in fig 7 This signal can be related to the defect previously identified as a bistable donor
center (labeled as BD in [8 9]) generated by irradiation in oxygen rich material Oxygen dimers have
been suggested to be part of the defect The signature (E=230 meV) and the donor behavior of this
level are consistent with the peak position and the Poole Frenkel line shift shown in fig7 This level is
observed only in DOFZ silicon and its concentration is about [D(97)]sim3sdot1011 cm-3
The energy levels cross sections and trap concentrations related to the peaks studied in this work are
7
summarized in table 1 The concentrations have been evaluated at signal saturation and in the case of
levels exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect the extrapolated zero-field energy is reported Since it was not
possible to reveal whether the levels L(6) L(24) and D(24) are related to hole or electron emissions
the cross sections corresponding to the two cases have been reported in the table The concentrations
are the same within the experimental uncertainty in STFZ and DOFZ with the exception of L(6) E(50)
and D(97) which are observed only in DOFZ and of the group L(24)-D(24) whose overall
concentration is significantly higher in STFZ Si (4sdot1011 cm-3) than in DOFZ (15-3sdot1011 cm-3)
4 Conclusion
A study of shallow levels in Float Zone and Diffusion Oxygenated FZ (DOFZ) silicon before and
after irradiation with a 60Co γ-source up to 300 Mrad has been performed by Thermally Stimulated
Currents (TSC) and current-Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (i-DLTS) in the temperature range 42-
110 K Besides the well known spectral feature corresponding to vacancy oxygen (VO) and interstitial-
substitutional carbon (CiCs) defects several TSC peaks are observed depending on irradiation and
material kind Some of them have never been cited in literature before
A level characterized by activation energy 11meV is detected at 6 K only in DOFZ after irradiation
It is found in a neutral state after TSC emission Two traps with energy levels at 80 meV and 95 meV
are observed both in FZ and DOFZ Si before and after irradiation while a trap at 010 eV previously
identified as interstitial-oxygen related (IO2) has been revealed only in irradiated DOFZ Si The peak
close to 24 K whose concentration is significantly higher in STFZ Si has been resolved into two
components One of them is identified through the investigation of the Poole-Frenkel effect as related
to a level which becomes charged after emission Its concentration is independent of oxygen
concentration irradiation fluence and annealing time (up to 110 min at 150 degC) and it cannot explain
the different radiation hardness of STFZ and DOFZ Our measurements confirm the formation of a
donor level only seen in DOFZ Si after irradiation with activation energy 023 eV and concentration
of about 3sdot1011 cm-3 This signal can be related to the defect previously identified as a bistable donor
center [9] generated by radiation in oxygen rich material The donor-like nature of this level is
consistent with the Poole Frenkel effect investigation presented in this paper The detailed investigation
of shallow levels presented here reveals no other radiation-generated donors up to the dose of 300
Mrad
The beneficial effect of oxygen diffusion in floating zone silicon in terms of increasing the radiation
8
hardness is determined by both the suppression of deep acceptors and the creation of donors as
already demonstrated in [910] The experimental results discussed in this work evidence that the
beneficial contribution due to donor creation should be mainly related to the donor at 023 eV as no
appreciable formation of additional radiation-induced shallow donor have been observed in oxygenated
Si after gamma irradiation
Acknowledgment
Authors are grateful to Bengt G Svensson at Physics Department University of Oslo for helpful
discussions
9
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Geneva 20 October 1995)
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[5] G Lindstroem Nucl Instr and Meth A 512 30 (2003)
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for very high luminosity colliders (CERN-LHCC-2003-058 and LHCC-RD-002 Geneva November
2003)
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Nucl Instr Meth A 514 1 (2003)
[8] I Pintilie M Buda E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Nucl Instr and Meth A 556 197
(2006)
[9] I Pintilie E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Nucl Instr and Meth A 514 18 (2003)
[10] I Pintilie E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Appl Phys Lett 82 2169 (2003)
[11] Borchi E Bruzzi M Pirollo S Sciortino S J Phys D Appl Phys 31 L93 (1998)
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11
Figure and Table Captions
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev=100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample
after irradiation
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in
tab 1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
12
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev = 100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample after
irradiation
13
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
14
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
15
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in tab
1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
16
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Label Peak temp (K)
Charge state E
(meV) σ
(times10-15 cm2)
N (times1011cm-3)
material Related bibliography
L(6) 6 (+0 ) or (-0)
11plusmn2 02 (electron) 08 (hole)
~5 Irradiated DOFZ
D(24) 24 (0+) or (0-)
80plusmn5 1-10times103 (electron) 4-40times103 (hole)
L(24) 24 (+0 ) or (-0)
55plusmn5 005-05 (electron) 02-2 (hole)
~4 (STFZ)
15-3 (DOFZ)
DOFZ and STFZ (even unirradiated)
First observation
H(42) 42 (+0) 80plusmn15 2 7plusmn4 H(47) 47 (+0) 95plusmn10 2 8plusmn1
DOFZ and STFZ (irradiated)
Reported in [15] without signature
E(50) 50 (-0) 100plusmn15 2 16plusmn4 irradiated DOFZ [15] [22] 15[C]
D(97) 97 (0++) 230plusmn5 4-90 3 irradiated DOFZ [15]
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
3
during the heating scan
2 Experimental details
The samples studied in this work are p+nn+ diodes produced from n-type STFZ and DOFZ silicon
These diodes have been produced by CiS Institute for Microsensors Erfurt Germany from Si with an
initial resistivity of about 5 kΩcm The crystal orientation is lt111gt and the thickness is w = 285 microm
The electrode active area on the p+ side is Ap = 25 mm2 while the electrode on the n+ side has an area
An=100 cm2 The oxygen diffusion process on DOFZ samples was performed for 72 hours at 1150degC
and the resulting average oxygen concentration is [O]=121017 cm-3 All diodes have been irradiated at
Brookhaven National Laboratory with γ rays from a 60Co source up to a dose of 300 Mrad After
irradiation the STFZ diodes exhibited type inversion at room temperature with a change of the
effective doping concentration from Neff =121012 cm-3 before irradiation to Neff =-601010 cm-3 [7]
Conversely the DOFZ Si diodes are not inverted after irradiation showing rather a slight increase of
Neff from 831011 cm-3 (before irradiation) to 901011 cm-3 (after irradiation) The samples have been
stored for six months at room temperature before carrying out the measurements reported in this work
Twin non irradiated samples have been used as references in order to discriminate between native and
radiation induced defects
TSC [13] and current-Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (i-DLTS) experiments [14-16] have been
carried out at Department of Energetics of Florence (DEF) using the same cryogenic system The
sample holder is mounted on a hollow steel tube and then lowered inside the liquid helium dewar at
different heights above the liquid surface The distance between the sample and the liquid helium
surface determines the injection temperature A heating resistor wound around the sample support
allows one to vary the temperature of the diode above the initial value The heating rate is β=007-02
Ks depending on the explored temperature range The temperature sensor is a silicon diode (Lake
Shore DT-470-CU11) In TSC measurements an electrometer (Keithley 6517A) provides sample bias
low temperature forward injection and current reading In i-DLTS measurements reverse bias Vrev and
forward voltage pulses Vp for sample excitation are provided by a pulse generator (Systron Donner
110D) The current transients i(tT) are measured using a custom readout circuit [17] The readout
circuit output is monitored by a 500 MHz digital oscilloscope (Tektronix TDS520D) which samples the
current transients Some of the TSC spectra in the range 30-100 K have been measured at Institute for
Experimental Physics of Hamburg University [9]
4
3 Experimental results and discussion
The TSC spectra of STFZ and DOFZ samples measured in the 42-80 K temperature range before and
after irradiation are shown in fig1 Several TSC peaks are observed depending on irradiation and
material The TSC peaks generated by unidentified defects are labeled by means of the peak
temperature given in Kelvin degrees as L(6) D(24) and so on The labels L H and E denote traps
which are electrically neutral after carrier emission Labels H and E indicate hole traps whose charge
state changes during emission as (+0) and electron traps (-0) respectively The label L indicates that
the available information does not permit to determine whether the level is an electron or a hole trap
The label D denote levels which are charged after emission ie donors (0+) and acceptors (0-)
The spectral feature at 55-75 K corresponds to the well known vacancy oxygen (VO) and
interstitial-substitutional carbon (CiCs) defects The phosphorous peak appears close to 15 K in all
investigated samples This peak exhibits a clear Poole-Frenkel shift in temperature by changing the
reverse voltage
The group of peaks at 40-50 K has been already observed on similarly irradiated Si samples [9]
Two of the peaks of this group are due to hole traps (H(42) and H(47)) while the latter is related to an
electron trap (E(50)) [9] The signature of these three traps is determined in this work for the first time
With the exception of E(50) which has been related to the IO2 defect [8 9 18] the correlation of the
other two energy levels with specific point defects is still uncertain
The other spectral features are reported and studied in this work for the first time The signal at 24 K
can be split into two components due to a trap L(24) plus a level D(24) which we recognize as charged
after emission by investigating Poole-Frenkel effect L(24) and D(24) are observed even before
irradiation in both STFZ and DOFZ Si The emission from the traps L(6) and L(35) are observed only
in irradiated samples In particular L(6) is present only in DOFZ Si while L(35) is observed in both the
materials its amplitude is too small to permit the determination of its signature
31 L(6) peak
L(6) is the shallowest level detected by our TSC experiments and the related TSC peak is shown in fig
2 This level is formed during irradiation only in oxygen rich material Several measurements have
been carried out using different reverse voltages in the range 10-100 V without detecting any evidence
5
of Poole-Frenkel barrier lowering The saturated amplitude corresponds to a trap concentration of about
1012 cm-3 Since the peak is isolated from any other TSC feature it is possible to determine its complete
signature by fitting the line-shape and taking into account its peak temperature However it is not
possible to discriminate whether it is a hole or an electron trap The fitting procedure resulted in the
activation energy E=11plusmn2 meV and an effective cross section of either σsim08sdot10-15 cm2 (if it was a hole
trap) or σsim02sdot10-15 cm2 (if it was an electron trap) The small capture cross section and the absence of
Poole Frenkel effect indicate that this trap is neutral after carrier emission
32 L(24K) and D(24) peaks
The signal close to 24 K is generated by the superposition of contributions from two levels L(24) and
D(24) This is evidenced in fig 3 where the TSC spectra measured with different reverse biases are
shown The spectral line is split into two components if the reverse bias exceeds Vrev=100 V because
the peak related to D(24) exhibits field enhanced emission Phonon assisted tunneling and pure
tunneling are not expected to be important below 104 Vcm [1920] and are impossible for such a large
thickness thus the peak shift must be explained in terms of the Poole-Frenkel effect [24] This implies
that D(24) becomes charged after emission Anyway in our TSC experiments energy levels are filled
by forward biasing the sample As a consequence both electrons and holes are injected in the device
and it is not possible to determine whether D(24) is a donor or an acceptor The separation between
D(24) and L(24) peaks is observed also in i-DLTS spectra as shown in fig 4(a) DLTS and TSC
spectra (measured using the same reverse bias) can be compared to obtain the complete signature of the
two levels by requiring the (Eσ) pairs to be consistent with both measurements A possible σ(T)
dependency is neglected in this analysis The energy value obtained in this way for D(24) can be used
to evaluate the barrier lowering ∆E (relative to the spectrum with Vrev=10 V) for every measurements
of fig 3 The average electric field F across the junction can be evaluated as F~Vrevw and the plot of
∆E versus F12 can be compared with the prediction of one-dimensional Poole-Frenkel law
2121
0
3
)( FFZqFE απεε
=⎟⎟⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛=∆ (1)
where Z is the charge state of the emitting center This formula provides a simple approximated
description of Poole-Frenkel enhanced emission even if somewhat overestimates the barrier lowering
of a three dimensional Coulombic well [2223] According to this model the slope of the plot should be
6
αcong022 meV(cmV)12 The plot deduced from our measurements is shown in the inset The slope of the
line fitting experimental data is about 01-03 meV(cmV)12 in fair agreement with theory The
activation energy deduced from TSC measurement at Vrev=10 V must be consequently increased by
about 4 meV to extrapolate the zero-field energy
Similar TSC measurements carried out on irradiated and non-irradiated samples revealed that D(24)
is observed even before irradiation and that its concentration is independent of oxygen concentration
irradiation fluence and annealing time (up to 110 min at 150 degC)
33 H(42) H(47) and E(50) peaks
The activation energies of these centers have been evaluated from Arrhenius plots following the
fractional heating procedure [24] The analysis of H(47) is complicated by the fact that its TSC peak is
very close to the E(50) peak which has a higher amplitude Anyway H(42) and E(50) centers anneal
out after 2 hours of annealing at 150 degC [89] The annealing procedure permits to isolate H(47) signal
and to determine the activation energy of the center via Arrhenius plots from the increasing part of the
corresponding TSC peak The results are given in Fig 5
By using the activation energies deduced from Arrhenius plots for the H(42) H(47) and E(50)
defects TSC spectra can be nicely fitted as shown in fig6 The fitting procedure allows one to
determine the apparent cross sections which are reported in table 1 as well The signature of E(50) is
consistent with the activation energy (112 meV) of the electron trap formerly found in 10 MeV
irradiated silicon [25] by means of Thermally Stimulated Capacitance (TSCAP) spectroscopy
34 D(97) peak
A further peak can be observed close to 97 K but only using a reverse bias of some hundreds of volts
as shown in fig 7 This signal can be related to the defect previously identified as a bistable donor
center (labeled as BD in [8 9]) generated by irradiation in oxygen rich material Oxygen dimers have
been suggested to be part of the defect The signature (E=230 meV) and the donor behavior of this
level are consistent with the peak position and the Poole Frenkel line shift shown in fig7 This level is
observed only in DOFZ silicon and its concentration is about [D(97)]sim3sdot1011 cm-3
The energy levels cross sections and trap concentrations related to the peaks studied in this work are
7
summarized in table 1 The concentrations have been evaluated at signal saturation and in the case of
levels exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect the extrapolated zero-field energy is reported Since it was not
possible to reveal whether the levels L(6) L(24) and D(24) are related to hole or electron emissions
the cross sections corresponding to the two cases have been reported in the table The concentrations
are the same within the experimental uncertainty in STFZ and DOFZ with the exception of L(6) E(50)
and D(97) which are observed only in DOFZ and of the group L(24)-D(24) whose overall
concentration is significantly higher in STFZ Si (4sdot1011 cm-3) than in DOFZ (15-3sdot1011 cm-3)
4 Conclusion
A study of shallow levels in Float Zone and Diffusion Oxygenated FZ (DOFZ) silicon before and
after irradiation with a 60Co γ-source up to 300 Mrad has been performed by Thermally Stimulated
Currents (TSC) and current-Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (i-DLTS) in the temperature range 42-
110 K Besides the well known spectral feature corresponding to vacancy oxygen (VO) and interstitial-
substitutional carbon (CiCs) defects several TSC peaks are observed depending on irradiation and
material kind Some of them have never been cited in literature before
A level characterized by activation energy 11meV is detected at 6 K only in DOFZ after irradiation
It is found in a neutral state after TSC emission Two traps with energy levels at 80 meV and 95 meV
are observed both in FZ and DOFZ Si before and after irradiation while a trap at 010 eV previously
identified as interstitial-oxygen related (IO2) has been revealed only in irradiated DOFZ Si The peak
close to 24 K whose concentration is significantly higher in STFZ Si has been resolved into two
components One of them is identified through the investigation of the Poole-Frenkel effect as related
to a level which becomes charged after emission Its concentration is independent of oxygen
concentration irradiation fluence and annealing time (up to 110 min at 150 degC) and it cannot explain
the different radiation hardness of STFZ and DOFZ Our measurements confirm the formation of a
donor level only seen in DOFZ Si after irradiation with activation energy 023 eV and concentration
of about 3sdot1011 cm-3 This signal can be related to the defect previously identified as a bistable donor
center [9] generated by radiation in oxygen rich material The donor-like nature of this level is
consistent with the Poole Frenkel effect investigation presented in this paper The detailed investigation
of shallow levels presented here reveals no other radiation-generated donors up to the dose of 300
Mrad
The beneficial effect of oxygen diffusion in floating zone silicon in terms of increasing the radiation
8
hardness is determined by both the suppression of deep acceptors and the creation of donors as
already demonstrated in [910] The experimental results discussed in this work evidence that the
beneficial contribution due to donor creation should be mainly related to the donor at 023 eV as no
appreciable formation of additional radiation-induced shallow donor have been observed in oxygenated
Si after gamma irradiation
Acknowledgment
Authors are grateful to Bengt G Svensson at Physics Department University of Oslo for helpful
discussions
9
References
[1] HFW Sadrozinski IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 48 993 (2001)
[2] The LHC study group The Large Hadron Collider conceptual design (CERNAC95-05 (LHC)
Geneva 20 October 1995)
[3] J Varela Nucl Phys B 37C 121 (1995)
[4] M Bruzzi IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 48 960 (2001)
[5] G Lindstroem Nucl Instr and Meth A 512 30 (2003)
[6] The RD50 collaboration RD50 Status Report 20022003-Radiation hard semiconductor devices
for very high luminosity colliders (CERN-LHCC-2003-058 and LHCC-RD-002 Geneva November
2003)
[7] E Fretwurst G Lindstroem J Stahl I Pintilie Z Li J Kierstead E Verbitskaya R Roeder
Nucl Instr Meth A 514 1 (2003)
[8] I Pintilie M Buda E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Nucl Instr and Meth A 556 197
(2006)
[9] I Pintilie E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Nucl Instr and Meth A 514 18 (2003)
[10] I Pintilie E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Appl Phys Lett 82 2169 (2003)
[11] Borchi E Bruzzi M Pirollo S Sciortino S J Phys D Appl Phys 31 L93 (1998)
[12] Borchi E Bruzzi M Li Z Pirollo S J Phys D Appl Phys 33 299 (2000)
[13] M G Buhler Solid State Electronics 15 69 (1972)
[14] D V Lang J Appl Phys 45 3023 (1974)
[15] B W Wessels J Appl Phys 47 1131 (1976)
[16] Blood P J W Orton The electrical characterization of semiconductors majority carriers and
electron states (Academic London 1992)
[17] D Menichelli M Scaringella M Bruzzi I Pintilie E Fretwurst Phys Rev B 70 195209 (2004)
[18] J L Lindstroem T Hallberg J Hermansson L I Murin B A Komarov V P Markevich M
Kleverman B G Svensson Physica B 308-310 284-289 (2001)
[19] S D Ganichev E Ziemann and W Pretti Phys Rev B 61 10361 (2000)
[20] G Vincent A Chantre D Bois J Appl Phys 50 5484 (1979)
[21] J Frenkel Phys Rev 54 647 (1938)
[22] J L Hartke J Appl Phys 39 4871 (1968)
[23] P A Martin B G Streetman and K Hess J Appl Phys 52 7409 (1981)
[24] J C Muller R Stuck R Berger and P Siffert Solid State El 17 1293-1297(1974)
10
[25] J W Walker and C T Sah Phys Rev B 7 4587 (1973)
11
Figure and Table Captions
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev=100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample
after irradiation
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in
tab 1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
12
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev = 100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample after
irradiation
13
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
14
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
15
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in tab
1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
16
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Label Peak temp (K)
Charge state E
(meV) σ
(times10-15 cm2)
N (times1011cm-3)
material Related bibliography
L(6) 6 (+0 ) or (-0)
11plusmn2 02 (electron) 08 (hole)
~5 Irradiated DOFZ
D(24) 24 (0+) or (0-)
80plusmn5 1-10times103 (electron) 4-40times103 (hole)
L(24) 24 (+0 ) or (-0)
55plusmn5 005-05 (electron) 02-2 (hole)
~4 (STFZ)
15-3 (DOFZ)
DOFZ and STFZ (even unirradiated)
First observation
H(42) 42 (+0) 80plusmn15 2 7plusmn4 H(47) 47 (+0) 95plusmn10 2 8plusmn1
DOFZ and STFZ (irradiated)
Reported in [15] without signature
E(50) 50 (-0) 100plusmn15 2 16plusmn4 irradiated DOFZ [15] [22] 15[C]
D(97) 97 (0++) 230plusmn5 4-90 3 irradiated DOFZ [15]
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
4
3 Experimental results and discussion
The TSC spectra of STFZ and DOFZ samples measured in the 42-80 K temperature range before and
after irradiation are shown in fig1 Several TSC peaks are observed depending on irradiation and
material The TSC peaks generated by unidentified defects are labeled by means of the peak
temperature given in Kelvin degrees as L(6) D(24) and so on The labels L H and E denote traps
which are electrically neutral after carrier emission Labels H and E indicate hole traps whose charge
state changes during emission as (+0) and electron traps (-0) respectively The label L indicates that
the available information does not permit to determine whether the level is an electron or a hole trap
The label D denote levels which are charged after emission ie donors (0+) and acceptors (0-)
The spectral feature at 55-75 K corresponds to the well known vacancy oxygen (VO) and
interstitial-substitutional carbon (CiCs) defects The phosphorous peak appears close to 15 K in all
investigated samples This peak exhibits a clear Poole-Frenkel shift in temperature by changing the
reverse voltage
The group of peaks at 40-50 K has been already observed on similarly irradiated Si samples [9]
Two of the peaks of this group are due to hole traps (H(42) and H(47)) while the latter is related to an
electron trap (E(50)) [9] The signature of these three traps is determined in this work for the first time
With the exception of E(50) which has been related to the IO2 defect [8 9 18] the correlation of the
other two energy levels with specific point defects is still uncertain
The other spectral features are reported and studied in this work for the first time The signal at 24 K
can be split into two components due to a trap L(24) plus a level D(24) which we recognize as charged
after emission by investigating Poole-Frenkel effect L(24) and D(24) are observed even before
irradiation in both STFZ and DOFZ Si The emission from the traps L(6) and L(35) are observed only
in irradiated samples In particular L(6) is present only in DOFZ Si while L(35) is observed in both the
materials its amplitude is too small to permit the determination of its signature
31 L(6) peak
L(6) is the shallowest level detected by our TSC experiments and the related TSC peak is shown in fig
2 This level is formed during irradiation only in oxygen rich material Several measurements have
been carried out using different reverse voltages in the range 10-100 V without detecting any evidence
5
of Poole-Frenkel barrier lowering The saturated amplitude corresponds to a trap concentration of about
1012 cm-3 Since the peak is isolated from any other TSC feature it is possible to determine its complete
signature by fitting the line-shape and taking into account its peak temperature However it is not
possible to discriminate whether it is a hole or an electron trap The fitting procedure resulted in the
activation energy E=11plusmn2 meV and an effective cross section of either σsim08sdot10-15 cm2 (if it was a hole
trap) or σsim02sdot10-15 cm2 (if it was an electron trap) The small capture cross section and the absence of
Poole Frenkel effect indicate that this trap is neutral after carrier emission
32 L(24K) and D(24) peaks
The signal close to 24 K is generated by the superposition of contributions from two levels L(24) and
D(24) This is evidenced in fig 3 where the TSC spectra measured with different reverse biases are
shown The spectral line is split into two components if the reverse bias exceeds Vrev=100 V because
the peak related to D(24) exhibits field enhanced emission Phonon assisted tunneling and pure
tunneling are not expected to be important below 104 Vcm [1920] and are impossible for such a large
thickness thus the peak shift must be explained in terms of the Poole-Frenkel effect [24] This implies
that D(24) becomes charged after emission Anyway in our TSC experiments energy levels are filled
by forward biasing the sample As a consequence both electrons and holes are injected in the device
and it is not possible to determine whether D(24) is a donor or an acceptor The separation between
D(24) and L(24) peaks is observed also in i-DLTS spectra as shown in fig 4(a) DLTS and TSC
spectra (measured using the same reverse bias) can be compared to obtain the complete signature of the
two levels by requiring the (Eσ) pairs to be consistent with both measurements A possible σ(T)
dependency is neglected in this analysis The energy value obtained in this way for D(24) can be used
to evaluate the barrier lowering ∆E (relative to the spectrum with Vrev=10 V) for every measurements
of fig 3 The average electric field F across the junction can be evaluated as F~Vrevw and the plot of
∆E versus F12 can be compared with the prediction of one-dimensional Poole-Frenkel law
2121
0
3
)( FFZqFE απεε
=⎟⎟⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛=∆ (1)
where Z is the charge state of the emitting center This formula provides a simple approximated
description of Poole-Frenkel enhanced emission even if somewhat overestimates the barrier lowering
of a three dimensional Coulombic well [2223] According to this model the slope of the plot should be
6
αcong022 meV(cmV)12 The plot deduced from our measurements is shown in the inset The slope of the
line fitting experimental data is about 01-03 meV(cmV)12 in fair agreement with theory The
activation energy deduced from TSC measurement at Vrev=10 V must be consequently increased by
about 4 meV to extrapolate the zero-field energy
Similar TSC measurements carried out on irradiated and non-irradiated samples revealed that D(24)
is observed even before irradiation and that its concentration is independent of oxygen concentration
irradiation fluence and annealing time (up to 110 min at 150 degC)
33 H(42) H(47) and E(50) peaks
The activation energies of these centers have been evaluated from Arrhenius plots following the
fractional heating procedure [24] The analysis of H(47) is complicated by the fact that its TSC peak is
very close to the E(50) peak which has a higher amplitude Anyway H(42) and E(50) centers anneal
out after 2 hours of annealing at 150 degC [89] The annealing procedure permits to isolate H(47) signal
and to determine the activation energy of the center via Arrhenius plots from the increasing part of the
corresponding TSC peak The results are given in Fig 5
By using the activation energies deduced from Arrhenius plots for the H(42) H(47) and E(50)
defects TSC spectra can be nicely fitted as shown in fig6 The fitting procedure allows one to
determine the apparent cross sections which are reported in table 1 as well The signature of E(50) is
consistent with the activation energy (112 meV) of the electron trap formerly found in 10 MeV
irradiated silicon [25] by means of Thermally Stimulated Capacitance (TSCAP) spectroscopy
34 D(97) peak
A further peak can be observed close to 97 K but only using a reverse bias of some hundreds of volts
as shown in fig 7 This signal can be related to the defect previously identified as a bistable donor
center (labeled as BD in [8 9]) generated by irradiation in oxygen rich material Oxygen dimers have
been suggested to be part of the defect The signature (E=230 meV) and the donor behavior of this
level are consistent with the peak position and the Poole Frenkel line shift shown in fig7 This level is
observed only in DOFZ silicon and its concentration is about [D(97)]sim3sdot1011 cm-3
The energy levels cross sections and trap concentrations related to the peaks studied in this work are
7
summarized in table 1 The concentrations have been evaluated at signal saturation and in the case of
levels exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect the extrapolated zero-field energy is reported Since it was not
possible to reveal whether the levels L(6) L(24) and D(24) are related to hole or electron emissions
the cross sections corresponding to the two cases have been reported in the table The concentrations
are the same within the experimental uncertainty in STFZ and DOFZ with the exception of L(6) E(50)
and D(97) which are observed only in DOFZ and of the group L(24)-D(24) whose overall
concentration is significantly higher in STFZ Si (4sdot1011 cm-3) than in DOFZ (15-3sdot1011 cm-3)
4 Conclusion
A study of shallow levels in Float Zone and Diffusion Oxygenated FZ (DOFZ) silicon before and
after irradiation with a 60Co γ-source up to 300 Mrad has been performed by Thermally Stimulated
Currents (TSC) and current-Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (i-DLTS) in the temperature range 42-
110 K Besides the well known spectral feature corresponding to vacancy oxygen (VO) and interstitial-
substitutional carbon (CiCs) defects several TSC peaks are observed depending on irradiation and
material kind Some of them have never been cited in literature before
A level characterized by activation energy 11meV is detected at 6 K only in DOFZ after irradiation
It is found in a neutral state after TSC emission Two traps with energy levels at 80 meV and 95 meV
are observed both in FZ and DOFZ Si before and after irradiation while a trap at 010 eV previously
identified as interstitial-oxygen related (IO2) has been revealed only in irradiated DOFZ Si The peak
close to 24 K whose concentration is significantly higher in STFZ Si has been resolved into two
components One of them is identified through the investigation of the Poole-Frenkel effect as related
to a level which becomes charged after emission Its concentration is independent of oxygen
concentration irradiation fluence and annealing time (up to 110 min at 150 degC) and it cannot explain
the different radiation hardness of STFZ and DOFZ Our measurements confirm the formation of a
donor level only seen in DOFZ Si after irradiation with activation energy 023 eV and concentration
of about 3sdot1011 cm-3 This signal can be related to the defect previously identified as a bistable donor
center [9] generated by radiation in oxygen rich material The donor-like nature of this level is
consistent with the Poole Frenkel effect investigation presented in this paper The detailed investigation
of shallow levels presented here reveals no other radiation-generated donors up to the dose of 300
Mrad
The beneficial effect of oxygen diffusion in floating zone silicon in terms of increasing the radiation
8
hardness is determined by both the suppression of deep acceptors and the creation of donors as
already demonstrated in [910] The experimental results discussed in this work evidence that the
beneficial contribution due to donor creation should be mainly related to the donor at 023 eV as no
appreciable formation of additional radiation-induced shallow donor have been observed in oxygenated
Si after gamma irradiation
Acknowledgment
Authors are grateful to Bengt G Svensson at Physics Department University of Oslo for helpful
discussions
9
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electron states (Academic London 1992)
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[18] J L Lindstroem T Hallberg J Hermansson L I Murin B A Komarov V P Markevich M
Kleverman B G Svensson Physica B 308-310 284-289 (2001)
[19] S D Ganichev E Ziemann and W Pretti Phys Rev B 61 10361 (2000)
[20] G Vincent A Chantre D Bois J Appl Phys 50 5484 (1979)
[21] J Frenkel Phys Rev 54 647 (1938)
[22] J L Hartke J Appl Phys 39 4871 (1968)
[23] P A Martin B G Streetman and K Hess J Appl Phys 52 7409 (1981)
[24] J C Muller R Stuck R Berger and P Siffert Solid State El 17 1293-1297(1974)
10
[25] J W Walker and C T Sah Phys Rev B 7 4587 (1973)
11
Figure and Table Captions
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev=100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample
after irradiation
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in
tab 1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
12
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev = 100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample after
irradiation
13
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
14
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
15
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in tab
1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
16
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Label Peak temp (K)
Charge state E
(meV) σ
(times10-15 cm2)
N (times1011cm-3)
material Related bibliography
L(6) 6 (+0 ) or (-0)
11plusmn2 02 (electron) 08 (hole)
~5 Irradiated DOFZ
D(24) 24 (0+) or (0-)
80plusmn5 1-10times103 (electron) 4-40times103 (hole)
L(24) 24 (+0 ) or (-0)
55plusmn5 005-05 (electron) 02-2 (hole)
~4 (STFZ)
15-3 (DOFZ)
DOFZ and STFZ (even unirradiated)
First observation
H(42) 42 (+0) 80plusmn15 2 7plusmn4 H(47) 47 (+0) 95plusmn10 2 8plusmn1
DOFZ and STFZ (irradiated)
Reported in [15] without signature
E(50) 50 (-0) 100plusmn15 2 16plusmn4 irradiated DOFZ [15] [22] 15[C]
D(97) 97 (0++) 230plusmn5 4-90 3 irradiated DOFZ [15]
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
5
of Poole-Frenkel barrier lowering The saturated amplitude corresponds to a trap concentration of about
1012 cm-3 Since the peak is isolated from any other TSC feature it is possible to determine its complete
signature by fitting the line-shape and taking into account its peak temperature However it is not
possible to discriminate whether it is a hole or an electron trap The fitting procedure resulted in the
activation energy E=11plusmn2 meV and an effective cross section of either σsim08sdot10-15 cm2 (if it was a hole
trap) or σsim02sdot10-15 cm2 (if it was an electron trap) The small capture cross section and the absence of
Poole Frenkel effect indicate that this trap is neutral after carrier emission
32 L(24K) and D(24) peaks
The signal close to 24 K is generated by the superposition of contributions from two levels L(24) and
D(24) This is evidenced in fig 3 where the TSC spectra measured with different reverse biases are
shown The spectral line is split into two components if the reverse bias exceeds Vrev=100 V because
the peak related to D(24) exhibits field enhanced emission Phonon assisted tunneling and pure
tunneling are not expected to be important below 104 Vcm [1920] and are impossible for such a large
thickness thus the peak shift must be explained in terms of the Poole-Frenkel effect [24] This implies
that D(24) becomes charged after emission Anyway in our TSC experiments energy levels are filled
by forward biasing the sample As a consequence both electrons and holes are injected in the device
and it is not possible to determine whether D(24) is a donor or an acceptor The separation between
D(24) and L(24) peaks is observed also in i-DLTS spectra as shown in fig 4(a) DLTS and TSC
spectra (measured using the same reverse bias) can be compared to obtain the complete signature of the
two levels by requiring the (Eσ) pairs to be consistent with both measurements A possible σ(T)
dependency is neglected in this analysis The energy value obtained in this way for D(24) can be used
to evaluate the barrier lowering ∆E (relative to the spectrum with Vrev=10 V) for every measurements
of fig 3 The average electric field F across the junction can be evaluated as F~Vrevw and the plot of
∆E versus F12 can be compared with the prediction of one-dimensional Poole-Frenkel law
2121
0
3
)( FFZqFE απεε
=⎟⎟⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛=∆ (1)
where Z is the charge state of the emitting center This formula provides a simple approximated
description of Poole-Frenkel enhanced emission even if somewhat overestimates the barrier lowering
of a three dimensional Coulombic well [2223] According to this model the slope of the plot should be
6
αcong022 meV(cmV)12 The plot deduced from our measurements is shown in the inset The slope of the
line fitting experimental data is about 01-03 meV(cmV)12 in fair agreement with theory The
activation energy deduced from TSC measurement at Vrev=10 V must be consequently increased by
about 4 meV to extrapolate the zero-field energy
Similar TSC measurements carried out on irradiated and non-irradiated samples revealed that D(24)
is observed even before irradiation and that its concentration is independent of oxygen concentration
irradiation fluence and annealing time (up to 110 min at 150 degC)
33 H(42) H(47) and E(50) peaks
The activation energies of these centers have been evaluated from Arrhenius plots following the
fractional heating procedure [24] The analysis of H(47) is complicated by the fact that its TSC peak is
very close to the E(50) peak which has a higher amplitude Anyway H(42) and E(50) centers anneal
out after 2 hours of annealing at 150 degC [89] The annealing procedure permits to isolate H(47) signal
and to determine the activation energy of the center via Arrhenius plots from the increasing part of the
corresponding TSC peak The results are given in Fig 5
By using the activation energies deduced from Arrhenius plots for the H(42) H(47) and E(50)
defects TSC spectra can be nicely fitted as shown in fig6 The fitting procedure allows one to
determine the apparent cross sections which are reported in table 1 as well The signature of E(50) is
consistent with the activation energy (112 meV) of the electron trap formerly found in 10 MeV
irradiated silicon [25] by means of Thermally Stimulated Capacitance (TSCAP) spectroscopy
34 D(97) peak
A further peak can be observed close to 97 K but only using a reverse bias of some hundreds of volts
as shown in fig 7 This signal can be related to the defect previously identified as a bistable donor
center (labeled as BD in [8 9]) generated by irradiation in oxygen rich material Oxygen dimers have
been suggested to be part of the defect The signature (E=230 meV) and the donor behavior of this
level are consistent with the peak position and the Poole Frenkel line shift shown in fig7 This level is
observed only in DOFZ silicon and its concentration is about [D(97)]sim3sdot1011 cm-3
The energy levels cross sections and trap concentrations related to the peaks studied in this work are
7
summarized in table 1 The concentrations have been evaluated at signal saturation and in the case of
levels exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect the extrapolated zero-field energy is reported Since it was not
possible to reveal whether the levels L(6) L(24) and D(24) are related to hole or electron emissions
the cross sections corresponding to the two cases have been reported in the table The concentrations
are the same within the experimental uncertainty in STFZ and DOFZ with the exception of L(6) E(50)
and D(97) which are observed only in DOFZ and of the group L(24)-D(24) whose overall
concentration is significantly higher in STFZ Si (4sdot1011 cm-3) than in DOFZ (15-3sdot1011 cm-3)
4 Conclusion
A study of shallow levels in Float Zone and Diffusion Oxygenated FZ (DOFZ) silicon before and
after irradiation with a 60Co γ-source up to 300 Mrad has been performed by Thermally Stimulated
Currents (TSC) and current-Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (i-DLTS) in the temperature range 42-
110 K Besides the well known spectral feature corresponding to vacancy oxygen (VO) and interstitial-
substitutional carbon (CiCs) defects several TSC peaks are observed depending on irradiation and
material kind Some of them have never been cited in literature before
A level characterized by activation energy 11meV is detected at 6 K only in DOFZ after irradiation
It is found in a neutral state after TSC emission Two traps with energy levels at 80 meV and 95 meV
are observed both in FZ and DOFZ Si before and after irradiation while a trap at 010 eV previously
identified as interstitial-oxygen related (IO2) has been revealed only in irradiated DOFZ Si The peak
close to 24 K whose concentration is significantly higher in STFZ Si has been resolved into two
components One of them is identified through the investigation of the Poole-Frenkel effect as related
to a level which becomes charged after emission Its concentration is independent of oxygen
concentration irradiation fluence and annealing time (up to 110 min at 150 degC) and it cannot explain
the different radiation hardness of STFZ and DOFZ Our measurements confirm the formation of a
donor level only seen in DOFZ Si after irradiation with activation energy 023 eV and concentration
of about 3sdot1011 cm-3 This signal can be related to the defect previously identified as a bistable donor
center [9] generated by radiation in oxygen rich material The donor-like nature of this level is
consistent with the Poole Frenkel effect investigation presented in this paper The detailed investigation
of shallow levels presented here reveals no other radiation-generated donors up to the dose of 300
Mrad
The beneficial effect of oxygen diffusion in floating zone silicon in terms of increasing the radiation
8
hardness is determined by both the suppression of deep acceptors and the creation of donors as
already demonstrated in [910] The experimental results discussed in this work evidence that the
beneficial contribution due to donor creation should be mainly related to the donor at 023 eV as no
appreciable formation of additional radiation-induced shallow donor have been observed in oxygenated
Si after gamma irradiation
Acknowledgment
Authors are grateful to Bengt G Svensson at Physics Department University of Oslo for helpful
discussions
9
References
[1] HFW Sadrozinski IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 48 993 (2001)
[2] The LHC study group The Large Hadron Collider conceptual design (CERNAC95-05 (LHC)
Geneva 20 October 1995)
[3] J Varela Nucl Phys B 37C 121 (1995)
[4] M Bruzzi IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 48 960 (2001)
[5] G Lindstroem Nucl Instr and Meth A 512 30 (2003)
[6] The RD50 collaboration RD50 Status Report 20022003-Radiation hard semiconductor devices
for very high luminosity colliders (CERN-LHCC-2003-058 and LHCC-RD-002 Geneva November
2003)
[7] E Fretwurst G Lindstroem J Stahl I Pintilie Z Li J Kierstead E Verbitskaya R Roeder
Nucl Instr Meth A 514 1 (2003)
[8] I Pintilie M Buda E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Nucl Instr and Meth A 556 197
(2006)
[9] I Pintilie E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Nucl Instr and Meth A 514 18 (2003)
[10] I Pintilie E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Appl Phys Lett 82 2169 (2003)
[11] Borchi E Bruzzi M Pirollo S Sciortino S J Phys D Appl Phys 31 L93 (1998)
[12] Borchi E Bruzzi M Li Z Pirollo S J Phys D Appl Phys 33 299 (2000)
[13] M G Buhler Solid State Electronics 15 69 (1972)
[14] D V Lang J Appl Phys 45 3023 (1974)
[15] B W Wessels J Appl Phys 47 1131 (1976)
[16] Blood P J W Orton The electrical characterization of semiconductors majority carriers and
electron states (Academic London 1992)
[17] D Menichelli M Scaringella M Bruzzi I Pintilie E Fretwurst Phys Rev B 70 195209 (2004)
[18] J L Lindstroem T Hallberg J Hermansson L I Murin B A Komarov V P Markevich M
Kleverman B G Svensson Physica B 308-310 284-289 (2001)
[19] S D Ganichev E Ziemann and W Pretti Phys Rev B 61 10361 (2000)
[20] G Vincent A Chantre D Bois J Appl Phys 50 5484 (1979)
[21] J Frenkel Phys Rev 54 647 (1938)
[22] J L Hartke J Appl Phys 39 4871 (1968)
[23] P A Martin B G Streetman and K Hess J Appl Phys 52 7409 (1981)
[24] J C Muller R Stuck R Berger and P Siffert Solid State El 17 1293-1297(1974)
10
[25] J W Walker and C T Sah Phys Rev B 7 4587 (1973)
11
Figure and Table Captions
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev=100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample
after irradiation
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in
tab 1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
12
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev = 100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample after
irradiation
13
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
14
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
15
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in tab
1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
16
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Label Peak temp (K)
Charge state E
(meV) σ
(times10-15 cm2)
N (times1011cm-3)
material Related bibliography
L(6) 6 (+0 ) or (-0)
11plusmn2 02 (electron) 08 (hole)
~5 Irradiated DOFZ
D(24) 24 (0+) or (0-)
80plusmn5 1-10times103 (electron) 4-40times103 (hole)
L(24) 24 (+0 ) or (-0)
55plusmn5 005-05 (electron) 02-2 (hole)
~4 (STFZ)
15-3 (DOFZ)
DOFZ and STFZ (even unirradiated)
First observation
H(42) 42 (+0) 80plusmn15 2 7plusmn4 H(47) 47 (+0) 95plusmn10 2 8plusmn1
DOFZ and STFZ (irradiated)
Reported in [15] without signature
E(50) 50 (-0) 100plusmn15 2 16plusmn4 irradiated DOFZ [15] [22] 15[C]
D(97) 97 (0++) 230plusmn5 4-90 3 irradiated DOFZ [15]
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
6
αcong022 meV(cmV)12 The plot deduced from our measurements is shown in the inset The slope of the
line fitting experimental data is about 01-03 meV(cmV)12 in fair agreement with theory The
activation energy deduced from TSC measurement at Vrev=10 V must be consequently increased by
about 4 meV to extrapolate the zero-field energy
Similar TSC measurements carried out on irradiated and non-irradiated samples revealed that D(24)
is observed even before irradiation and that its concentration is independent of oxygen concentration
irradiation fluence and annealing time (up to 110 min at 150 degC)
33 H(42) H(47) and E(50) peaks
The activation energies of these centers have been evaluated from Arrhenius plots following the
fractional heating procedure [24] The analysis of H(47) is complicated by the fact that its TSC peak is
very close to the E(50) peak which has a higher amplitude Anyway H(42) and E(50) centers anneal
out after 2 hours of annealing at 150 degC [89] The annealing procedure permits to isolate H(47) signal
and to determine the activation energy of the center via Arrhenius plots from the increasing part of the
corresponding TSC peak The results are given in Fig 5
By using the activation energies deduced from Arrhenius plots for the H(42) H(47) and E(50)
defects TSC spectra can be nicely fitted as shown in fig6 The fitting procedure allows one to
determine the apparent cross sections which are reported in table 1 as well The signature of E(50) is
consistent with the activation energy (112 meV) of the electron trap formerly found in 10 MeV
irradiated silicon [25] by means of Thermally Stimulated Capacitance (TSCAP) spectroscopy
34 D(97) peak
A further peak can be observed close to 97 K but only using a reverse bias of some hundreds of volts
as shown in fig 7 This signal can be related to the defect previously identified as a bistable donor
center (labeled as BD in [8 9]) generated by irradiation in oxygen rich material Oxygen dimers have
been suggested to be part of the defect The signature (E=230 meV) and the donor behavior of this
level are consistent with the peak position and the Poole Frenkel line shift shown in fig7 This level is
observed only in DOFZ silicon and its concentration is about [D(97)]sim3sdot1011 cm-3
The energy levels cross sections and trap concentrations related to the peaks studied in this work are
7
summarized in table 1 The concentrations have been evaluated at signal saturation and in the case of
levels exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect the extrapolated zero-field energy is reported Since it was not
possible to reveal whether the levels L(6) L(24) and D(24) are related to hole or electron emissions
the cross sections corresponding to the two cases have been reported in the table The concentrations
are the same within the experimental uncertainty in STFZ and DOFZ with the exception of L(6) E(50)
and D(97) which are observed only in DOFZ and of the group L(24)-D(24) whose overall
concentration is significantly higher in STFZ Si (4sdot1011 cm-3) than in DOFZ (15-3sdot1011 cm-3)
4 Conclusion
A study of shallow levels in Float Zone and Diffusion Oxygenated FZ (DOFZ) silicon before and
after irradiation with a 60Co γ-source up to 300 Mrad has been performed by Thermally Stimulated
Currents (TSC) and current-Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (i-DLTS) in the temperature range 42-
110 K Besides the well known spectral feature corresponding to vacancy oxygen (VO) and interstitial-
substitutional carbon (CiCs) defects several TSC peaks are observed depending on irradiation and
material kind Some of them have never been cited in literature before
A level characterized by activation energy 11meV is detected at 6 K only in DOFZ after irradiation
It is found in a neutral state after TSC emission Two traps with energy levels at 80 meV and 95 meV
are observed both in FZ and DOFZ Si before and after irradiation while a trap at 010 eV previously
identified as interstitial-oxygen related (IO2) has been revealed only in irradiated DOFZ Si The peak
close to 24 K whose concentration is significantly higher in STFZ Si has been resolved into two
components One of them is identified through the investigation of the Poole-Frenkel effect as related
to a level which becomes charged after emission Its concentration is independent of oxygen
concentration irradiation fluence and annealing time (up to 110 min at 150 degC) and it cannot explain
the different radiation hardness of STFZ and DOFZ Our measurements confirm the formation of a
donor level only seen in DOFZ Si after irradiation with activation energy 023 eV and concentration
of about 3sdot1011 cm-3 This signal can be related to the defect previously identified as a bistable donor
center [9] generated by radiation in oxygen rich material The donor-like nature of this level is
consistent with the Poole Frenkel effect investigation presented in this paper The detailed investigation
of shallow levels presented here reveals no other radiation-generated donors up to the dose of 300
Mrad
The beneficial effect of oxygen diffusion in floating zone silicon in terms of increasing the radiation
8
hardness is determined by both the suppression of deep acceptors and the creation of donors as
already demonstrated in [910] The experimental results discussed in this work evidence that the
beneficial contribution due to donor creation should be mainly related to the donor at 023 eV as no
appreciable formation of additional radiation-induced shallow donor have been observed in oxygenated
Si after gamma irradiation
Acknowledgment
Authors are grateful to Bengt G Svensson at Physics Department University of Oslo for helpful
discussions
9
References
[1] HFW Sadrozinski IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 48 993 (2001)
[2] The LHC study group The Large Hadron Collider conceptual design (CERNAC95-05 (LHC)
Geneva 20 October 1995)
[3] J Varela Nucl Phys B 37C 121 (1995)
[4] M Bruzzi IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 48 960 (2001)
[5] G Lindstroem Nucl Instr and Meth A 512 30 (2003)
[6] The RD50 collaboration RD50 Status Report 20022003-Radiation hard semiconductor devices
for very high luminosity colliders (CERN-LHCC-2003-058 and LHCC-RD-002 Geneva November
2003)
[7] E Fretwurst G Lindstroem J Stahl I Pintilie Z Li J Kierstead E Verbitskaya R Roeder
Nucl Instr Meth A 514 1 (2003)
[8] I Pintilie M Buda E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Nucl Instr and Meth A 556 197
(2006)
[9] I Pintilie E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Nucl Instr and Meth A 514 18 (2003)
[10] I Pintilie E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Appl Phys Lett 82 2169 (2003)
[11] Borchi E Bruzzi M Pirollo S Sciortino S J Phys D Appl Phys 31 L93 (1998)
[12] Borchi E Bruzzi M Li Z Pirollo S J Phys D Appl Phys 33 299 (2000)
[13] M G Buhler Solid State Electronics 15 69 (1972)
[14] D V Lang J Appl Phys 45 3023 (1974)
[15] B W Wessels J Appl Phys 47 1131 (1976)
[16] Blood P J W Orton The electrical characterization of semiconductors majority carriers and
electron states (Academic London 1992)
[17] D Menichelli M Scaringella M Bruzzi I Pintilie E Fretwurst Phys Rev B 70 195209 (2004)
[18] J L Lindstroem T Hallberg J Hermansson L I Murin B A Komarov V P Markevich M
Kleverman B G Svensson Physica B 308-310 284-289 (2001)
[19] S D Ganichev E Ziemann and W Pretti Phys Rev B 61 10361 (2000)
[20] G Vincent A Chantre D Bois J Appl Phys 50 5484 (1979)
[21] J Frenkel Phys Rev 54 647 (1938)
[22] J L Hartke J Appl Phys 39 4871 (1968)
[23] P A Martin B G Streetman and K Hess J Appl Phys 52 7409 (1981)
[24] J C Muller R Stuck R Berger and P Siffert Solid State El 17 1293-1297(1974)
10
[25] J W Walker and C T Sah Phys Rev B 7 4587 (1973)
11
Figure and Table Captions
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev=100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample
after irradiation
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in
tab 1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
12
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev = 100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample after
irradiation
13
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
14
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
15
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in tab
1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
16
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Label Peak temp (K)
Charge state E
(meV) σ
(times10-15 cm2)
N (times1011cm-3)
material Related bibliography
L(6) 6 (+0 ) or (-0)
11plusmn2 02 (electron) 08 (hole)
~5 Irradiated DOFZ
D(24) 24 (0+) or (0-)
80plusmn5 1-10times103 (electron) 4-40times103 (hole)
L(24) 24 (+0 ) or (-0)
55plusmn5 005-05 (electron) 02-2 (hole)
~4 (STFZ)
15-3 (DOFZ)
DOFZ and STFZ (even unirradiated)
First observation
H(42) 42 (+0) 80plusmn15 2 7plusmn4 H(47) 47 (+0) 95plusmn10 2 8plusmn1
DOFZ and STFZ (irradiated)
Reported in [15] without signature
E(50) 50 (-0) 100plusmn15 2 16plusmn4 irradiated DOFZ [15] [22] 15[C]
D(97) 97 (0++) 230plusmn5 4-90 3 irradiated DOFZ [15]
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
7
summarized in table 1 The concentrations have been evaluated at signal saturation and in the case of
levels exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect the extrapolated zero-field energy is reported Since it was not
possible to reveal whether the levels L(6) L(24) and D(24) are related to hole or electron emissions
the cross sections corresponding to the two cases have been reported in the table The concentrations
are the same within the experimental uncertainty in STFZ and DOFZ with the exception of L(6) E(50)
and D(97) which are observed only in DOFZ and of the group L(24)-D(24) whose overall
concentration is significantly higher in STFZ Si (4sdot1011 cm-3) than in DOFZ (15-3sdot1011 cm-3)
4 Conclusion
A study of shallow levels in Float Zone and Diffusion Oxygenated FZ (DOFZ) silicon before and
after irradiation with a 60Co γ-source up to 300 Mrad has been performed by Thermally Stimulated
Currents (TSC) and current-Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (i-DLTS) in the temperature range 42-
110 K Besides the well known spectral feature corresponding to vacancy oxygen (VO) and interstitial-
substitutional carbon (CiCs) defects several TSC peaks are observed depending on irradiation and
material kind Some of them have never been cited in literature before
A level characterized by activation energy 11meV is detected at 6 K only in DOFZ after irradiation
It is found in a neutral state after TSC emission Two traps with energy levels at 80 meV and 95 meV
are observed both in FZ and DOFZ Si before and after irradiation while a trap at 010 eV previously
identified as interstitial-oxygen related (IO2) has been revealed only in irradiated DOFZ Si The peak
close to 24 K whose concentration is significantly higher in STFZ Si has been resolved into two
components One of them is identified through the investigation of the Poole-Frenkel effect as related
to a level which becomes charged after emission Its concentration is independent of oxygen
concentration irradiation fluence and annealing time (up to 110 min at 150 degC) and it cannot explain
the different radiation hardness of STFZ and DOFZ Our measurements confirm the formation of a
donor level only seen in DOFZ Si after irradiation with activation energy 023 eV and concentration
of about 3sdot1011 cm-3 This signal can be related to the defect previously identified as a bistable donor
center [9] generated by radiation in oxygen rich material The donor-like nature of this level is
consistent with the Poole Frenkel effect investigation presented in this paper The detailed investigation
of shallow levels presented here reveals no other radiation-generated donors up to the dose of 300
Mrad
The beneficial effect of oxygen diffusion in floating zone silicon in terms of increasing the radiation
8
hardness is determined by both the suppression of deep acceptors and the creation of donors as
already demonstrated in [910] The experimental results discussed in this work evidence that the
beneficial contribution due to donor creation should be mainly related to the donor at 023 eV as no
appreciable formation of additional radiation-induced shallow donor have been observed in oxygenated
Si after gamma irradiation
Acknowledgment
Authors are grateful to Bengt G Svensson at Physics Department University of Oslo for helpful
discussions
9
References
[1] HFW Sadrozinski IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 48 993 (2001)
[2] The LHC study group The Large Hadron Collider conceptual design (CERNAC95-05 (LHC)
Geneva 20 October 1995)
[3] J Varela Nucl Phys B 37C 121 (1995)
[4] M Bruzzi IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 48 960 (2001)
[5] G Lindstroem Nucl Instr and Meth A 512 30 (2003)
[6] The RD50 collaboration RD50 Status Report 20022003-Radiation hard semiconductor devices
for very high luminosity colliders (CERN-LHCC-2003-058 and LHCC-RD-002 Geneva November
2003)
[7] E Fretwurst G Lindstroem J Stahl I Pintilie Z Li J Kierstead E Verbitskaya R Roeder
Nucl Instr Meth A 514 1 (2003)
[8] I Pintilie M Buda E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Nucl Instr and Meth A 556 197
(2006)
[9] I Pintilie E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Nucl Instr and Meth A 514 18 (2003)
[10] I Pintilie E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Appl Phys Lett 82 2169 (2003)
[11] Borchi E Bruzzi M Pirollo S Sciortino S J Phys D Appl Phys 31 L93 (1998)
[12] Borchi E Bruzzi M Li Z Pirollo S J Phys D Appl Phys 33 299 (2000)
[13] M G Buhler Solid State Electronics 15 69 (1972)
[14] D V Lang J Appl Phys 45 3023 (1974)
[15] B W Wessels J Appl Phys 47 1131 (1976)
[16] Blood P J W Orton The electrical characterization of semiconductors majority carriers and
electron states (Academic London 1992)
[17] D Menichelli M Scaringella M Bruzzi I Pintilie E Fretwurst Phys Rev B 70 195209 (2004)
[18] J L Lindstroem T Hallberg J Hermansson L I Murin B A Komarov V P Markevich M
Kleverman B G Svensson Physica B 308-310 284-289 (2001)
[19] S D Ganichev E Ziemann and W Pretti Phys Rev B 61 10361 (2000)
[20] G Vincent A Chantre D Bois J Appl Phys 50 5484 (1979)
[21] J Frenkel Phys Rev 54 647 (1938)
[22] J L Hartke J Appl Phys 39 4871 (1968)
[23] P A Martin B G Streetman and K Hess J Appl Phys 52 7409 (1981)
[24] J C Muller R Stuck R Berger and P Siffert Solid State El 17 1293-1297(1974)
10
[25] J W Walker and C T Sah Phys Rev B 7 4587 (1973)
11
Figure and Table Captions
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev=100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample
after irradiation
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in
tab 1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
12
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev = 100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample after
irradiation
13
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
14
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
15
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in tab
1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
16
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Label Peak temp (K)
Charge state E
(meV) σ
(times10-15 cm2)
N (times1011cm-3)
material Related bibliography
L(6) 6 (+0 ) or (-0)
11plusmn2 02 (electron) 08 (hole)
~5 Irradiated DOFZ
D(24) 24 (0+) or (0-)
80plusmn5 1-10times103 (electron) 4-40times103 (hole)
L(24) 24 (+0 ) or (-0)
55plusmn5 005-05 (electron) 02-2 (hole)
~4 (STFZ)
15-3 (DOFZ)
DOFZ and STFZ (even unirradiated)
First observation
H(42) 42 (+0) 80plusmn15 2 7plusmn4 H(47) 47 (+0) 95plusmn10 2 8plusmn1
DOFZ and STFZ (irradiated)
Reported in [15] without signature
E(50) 50 (-0) 100plusmn15 2 16plusmn4 irradiated DOFZ [15] [22] 15[C]
D(97) 97 (0++) 230plusmn5 4-90 3 irradiated DOFZ [15]
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
8
hardness is determined by both the suppression of deep acceptors and the creation of donors as
already demonstrated in [910] The experimental results discussed in this work evidence that the
beneficial contribution due to donor creation should be mainly related to the donor at 023 eV as no
appreciable formation of additional radiation-induced shallow donor have been observed in oxygenated
Si after gamma irradiation
Acknowledgment
Authors are grateful to Bengt G Svensson at Physics Department University of Oslo for helpful
discussions
9
References
[1] HFW Sadrozinski IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 48 993 (2001)
[2] The LHC study group The Large Hadron Collider conceptual design (CERNAC95-05 (LHC)
Geneva 20 October 1995)
[3] J Varela Nucl Phys B 37C 121 (1995)
[4] M Bruzzi IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 48 960 (2001)
[5] G Lindstroem Nucl Instr and Meth A 512 30 (2003)
[6] The RD50 collaboration RD50 Status Report 20022003-Radiation hard semiconductor devices
for very high luminosity colliders (CERN-LHCC-2003-058 and LHCC-RD-002 Geneva November
2003)
[7] E Fretwurst G Lindstroem J Stahl I Pintilie Z Li J Kierstead E Verbitskaya R Roeder
Nucl Instr Meth A 514 1 (2003)
[8] I Pintilie M Buda E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Nucl Instr and Meth A 556 197
(2006)
[9] I Pintilie E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Nucl Instr and Meth A 514 18 (2003)
[10] I Pintilie E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Appl Phys Lett 82 2169 (2003)
[11] Borchi E Bruzzi M Pirollo S Sciortino S J Phys D Appl Phys 31 L93 (1998)
[12] Borchi E Bruzzi M Li Z Pirollo S J Phys D Appl Phys 33 299 (2000)
[13] M G Buhler Solid State Electronics 15 69 (1972)
[14] D V Lang J Appl Phys 45 3023 (1974)
[15] B W Wessels J Appl Phys 47 1131 (1976)
[16] Blood P J W Orton The electrical characterization of semiconductors majority carriers and
electron states (Academic London 1992)
[17] D Menichelli M Scaringella M Bruzzi I Pintilie E Fretwurst Phys Rev B 70 195209 (2004)
[18] J L Lindstroem T Hallberg J Hermansson L I Murin B A Komarov V P Markevich M
Kleverman B G Svensson Physica B 308-310 284-289 (2001)
[19] S D Ganichev E Ziemann and W Pretti Phys Rev B 61 10361 (2000)
[20] G Vincent A Chantre D Bois J Appl Phys 50 5484 (1979)
[21] J Frenkel Phys Rev 54 647 (1938)
[22] J L Hartke J Appl Phys 39 4871 (1968)
[23] P A Martin B G Streetman and K Hess J Appl Phys 52 7409 (1981)
[24] J C Muller R Stuck R Berger and P Siffert Solid State El 17 1293-1297(1974)
10
[25] J W Walker and C T Sah Phys Rev B 7 4587 (1973)
11
Figure and Table Captions
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev=100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample
after irradiation
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in
tab 1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
12
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev = 100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample after
irradiation
13
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
14
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
15
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in tab
1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
16
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Label Peak temp (K)
Charge state E
(meV) σ
(times10-15 cm2)
N (times1011cm-3)
material Related bibliography
L(6) 6 (+0 ) or (-0)
11plusmn2 02 (electron) 08 (hole)
~5 Irradiated DOFZ
D(24) 24 (0+) or (0-)
80plusmn5 1-10times103 (electron) 4-40times103 (hole)
L(24) 24 (+0 ) or (-0)
55plusmn5 005-05 (electron) 02-2 (hole)
~4 (STFZ)
15-3 (DOFZ)
DOFZ and STFZ (even unirradiated)
First observation
H(42) 42 (+0) 80plusmn15 2 7plusmn4 H(47) 47 (+0) 95plusmn10 2 8plusmn1
DOFZ and STFZ (irradiated)
Reported in [15] without signature
E(50) 50 (-0) 100plusmn15 2 16plusmn4 irradiated DOFZ [15] [22] 15[C]
D(97) 97 (0++) 230plusmn5 4-90 3 irradiated DOFZ [15]
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
9
References
[1] HFW Sadrozinski IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 48 993 (2001)
[2] The LHC study group The Large Hadron Collider conceptual design (CERNAC95-05 (LHC)
Geneva 20 October 1995)
[3] J Varela Nucl Phys B 37C 121 (1995)
[4] M Bruzzi IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 48 960 (2001)
[5] G Lindstroem Nucl Instr and Meth A 512 30 (2003)
[6] The RD50 collaboration RD50 Status Report 20022003-Radiation hard semiconductor devices
for very high luminosity colliders (CERN-LHCC-2003-058 and LHCC-RD-002 Geneva November
2003)
[7] E Fretwurst G Lindstroem J Stahl I Pintilie Z Li J Kierstead E Verbitskaya R Roeder
Nucl Instr Meth A 514 1 (2003)
[8] I Pintilie M Buda E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Nucl Instr and Meth A 556 197
(2006)
[9] I Pintilie E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Nucl Instr and Meth A 514 18 (2003)
[10] I Pintilie E Fretwurst G Lindstroumlm and J Stahl Appl Phys Lett 82 2169 (2003)
[11] Borchi E Bruzzi M Pirollo S Sciortino S J Phys D Appl Phys 31 L93 (1998)
[12] Borchi E Bruzzi M Li Z Pirollo S J Phys D Appl Phys 33 299 (2000)
[13] M G Buhler Solid State Electronics 15 69 (1972)
[14] D V Lang J Appl Phys 45 3023 (1974)
[15] B W Wessels J Appl Phys 47 1131 (1976)
[16] Blood P J W Orton The electrical characterization of semiconductors majority carriers and
electron states (Academic London 1992)
[17] D Menichelli M Scaringella M Bruzzi I Pintilie E Fretwurst Phys Rev B 70 195209 (2004)
[18] J L Lindstroem T Hallberg J Hermansson L I Murin B A Komarov V P Markevich M
Kleverman B G Svensson Physica B 308-310 284-289 (2001)
[19] S D Ganichev E Ziemann and W Pretti Phys Rev B 61 10361 (2000)
[20] G Vincent A Chantre D Bois J Appl Phys 50 5484 (1979)
[21] J Frenkel Phys Rev 54 647 (1938)
[22] J L Hartke J Appl Phys 39 4871 (1968)
[23] P A Martin B G Streetman and K Hess J Appl Phys 52 7409 (1981)
[24] J C Muller R Stuck R Berger and P Siffert Solid State El 17 1293-1297(1974)
10
[25] J W Walker and C T Sah Phys Rev B 7 4587 (1973)
11
Figure and Table Captions
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev=100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample
after irradiation
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in
tab 1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
12
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev = 100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample after
irradiation
13
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
14
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
15
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in tab
1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
16
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Label Peak temp (K)
Charge state E
(meV) σ
(times10-15 cm2)
N (times1011cm-3)
material Related bibliography
L(6) 6 (+0 ) or (-0)
11plusmn2 02 (electron) 08 (hole)
~5 Irradiated DOFZ
D(24) 24 (0+) or (0-)
80plusmn5 1-10times103 (electron) 4-40times103 (hole)
L(24) 24 (+0 ) or (-0)
55plusmn5 005-05 (electron) 02-2 (hole)
~4 (STFZ)
15-3 (DOFZ)
DOFZ and STFZ (even unirradiated)
First observation
H(42) 42 (+0) 80plusmn15 2 7plusmn4 H(47) 47 (+0) 95plusmn10 2 8plusmn1
DOFZ and STFZ (irradiated)
Reported in [15] without signature
E(50) 50 (-0) 100plusmn15 2 16plusmn4 irradiated DOFZ [15] [22] 15[C]
D(97) 97 (0++) 230plusmn5 4-90 3 irradiated DOFZ [15]
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
10
[25] J W Walker and C T Sah Phys Rev B 7 4587 (1973)
11
Figure and Table Captions
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev=100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample
after irradiation
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in
tab 1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
12
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev = 100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample after
irradiation
13
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
14
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
15
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in tab
1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
16
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Label Peak temp (K)
Charge state E
(meV) σ
(times10-15 cm2)
N (times1011cm-3)
material Related bibliography
L(6) 6 (+0 ) or (-0)
11plusmn2 02 (electron) 08 (hole)
~5 Irradiated DOFZ
D(24) 24 (0+) or (0-)
80plusmn5 1-10times103 (electron) 4-40times103 (hole)
L(24) 24 (+0 ) or (-0)
55plusmn5 005-05 (electron) 02-2 (hole)
~4 (STFZ)
15-3 (DOFZ)
DOFZ and STFZ (even unirradiated)
First observation
H(42) 42 (+0) 80plusmn15 2 7plusmn4 H(47) 47 (+0) 95plusmn10 2 8plusmn1
DOFZ and STFZ (irradiated)
Reported in [15] without signature
E(50) 50 (-0) 100plusmn15 2 16plusmn4 irradiated DOFZ [15] [22] 15[C]
D(97) 97 (0++) 230plusmn5 4-90 3 irradiated DOFZ [15]
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
11
Figure and Table Captions
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev=100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample
after irradiation
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in
tab 1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
12
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev = 100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample after
irradiation
13
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
14
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
15
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in tab
1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
16
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Label Peak temp (K)
Charge state E
(meV) σ
(times10-15 cm2)
N (times1011cm-3)
material Related bibliography
L(6) 6 (+0 ) or (-0)
11plusmn2 02 (electron) 08 (hole)
~5 Irradiated DOFZ
D(24) 24 (0+) or (0-)
80plusmn5 1-10times103 (electron) 4-40times103 (hole)
L(24) 24 (+0 ) or (-0)
55plusmn5 005-05 (electron) 02-2 (hole)
~4 (STFZ)
15-3 (DOFZ)
DOFZ and STFZ (even unirradiated)
First observation
H(42) 42 (+0) 80plusmn15 2 7plusmn4 H(47) 47 (+0) 95plusmn10 2 8plusmn1
DOFZ and STFZ (irradiated)
Reported in [15] without signature
E(50) 50 (-0) 100plusmn15 2 16plusmn4 irradiated DOFZ [15] [22] 15[C]
D(97) 97 (0++) 230plusmn5 4-90 3 irradiated DOFZ [15]
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
12
Fig 1 TSC spectra of irradiated and unirradiated FZ and DOFZ samples (Vrev=10 V) In the case of
unirradiated samples the signal which has been multiplied by 10 for an easy comparison is flat
outside the interval shown in the figure
Fig 2 TSC spectrum at signal saturation (Vrev = 100 V) of L(6) peak detected in DOFZ Si sample after
irradiation
13
Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
14
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
15
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in tab
1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
16
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Label Peak temp (K)
Charge state E
(meV) σ
(times10-15 cm2)
N (times1011cm-3)
material Related bibliography
L(6) 6 (+0 ) or (-0)
11plusmn2 02 (electron) 08 (hole)
~5 Irradiated DOFZ
D(24) 24 (0+) or (0-)
80plusmn5 1-10times103 (electron) 4-40times103 (hole)
L(24) 24 (+0 ) or (-0)
55plusmn5 005-05 (electron) 02-2 (hole)
~4 (STFZ)
15-3 (DOFZ)
DOFZ and STFZ (even unirradiated)
First observation
H(42) 42 (+0) 80plusmn15 2 7plusmn4 H(47) 47 (+0) 95plusmn10 2 8plusmn1
DOFZ and STFZ (irradiated)
Reported in [15] without signature
E(50) 50 (-0) 100plusmn15 2 16plusmn4 irradiated DOFZ [15] [22] 15[C]
D(97) 97 (0++) 230plusmn5 4-90 3 irradiated DOFZ [15]
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
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Fig 3 TSC spectra of the irradiated STFZ Si diode measured with different reverse biases ranging
from 10 V to 300 V The reverse bias value is shown close to each peak The component exhibiting
Poole Frenkel effect has been considered to plot the barrier lowering ∆E vs the square root of electric
field F shown in the inset
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Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
15
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in tab
1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
16
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Label Peak temp (K)
Charge state E
(meV) σ
(times10-15 cm2)
N (times1011cm-3)
material Related bibliography
L(6) 6 (+0 ) or (-0)
11plusmn2 02 (electron) 08 (hole)
~5 Irradiated DOFZ
D(24) 24 (0+) or (0-)
80plusmn5 1-10times103 (electron) 4-40times103 (hole)
L(24) 24 (+0 ) or (-0)
55plusmn5 005-05 (electron) 02-2 (hole)
~4 (STFZ)
15-3 (DOFZ)
DOFZ and STFZ (even unirradiated)
First observation
H(42) 42 (+0) 80plusmn15 2 7plusmn4 H(47) 47 (+0) 95plusmn10 2 8plusmn1
DOFZ and STFZ (irradiated)
Reported in [15] without signature
E(50) 50 (-0) 100plusmn15 2 16plusmn4 irradiated DOFZ [15] [22] 15[C]
D(97) 97 (0++) 230plusmn5 4-90 3 irradiated DOFZ [15]
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
14
Fig 4 a) i-DLTS spectrum of the oxygenated Si diode with sampling times t1=02 ms and t2=18 ms
Applied bias is Vrev=10 V b) TSC spectrum of the same sample Vrev=10 V β=0075 Ks Thick
marked lines experimental data Thin solid line and dashed line calculated contributions from donor
D(24) and trap L(24) respectively
15
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in tab
1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
16
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Label Peak temp (K)
Charge state E
(meV) σ
(times10-15 cm2)
N (times1011cm-3)
material Related bibliography
L(6) 6 (+0 ) or (-0)
11plusmn2 02 (electron) 08 (hole)
~5 Irradiated DOFZ
D(24) 24 (0+) or (0-)
80plusmn5 1-10times103 (electron) 4-40times103 (hole)
L(24) 24 (+0 ) or (-0)
55plusmn5 005-05 (electron) 02-2 (hole)
~4 (STFZ)
15-3 (DOFZ)
DOFZ and STFZ (even unirradiated)
First observation
H(42) 42 (+0) 80plusmn15 2 7plusmn4 H(47) 47 (+0) 95plusmn10 2 8plusmn1
DOFZ and STFZ (irradiated)
Reported in [15] without signature
E(50) 50 (-0) 100plusmn15 2 16plusmn4 irradiated DOFZ [15] [22] 15[C]
D(97) 97 (0++) 230plusmn5 4-90 3 irradiated DOFZ [15]
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
15
Fig 5 Arrhenius plots of levels E(50) and H(42) peaks plotted by using the fractional heating (or
thermal cleaning) procedure prior to any annealing The Arrhenius plot of H(47) peak after annealing
at 150 degC is shown as well
Fig6 Example of fit of the TSC signal in the range 30-55 K using the trap parameters reported in tab
1 Measurements have been carried out on the oxygenated Si diode with Vrev=10 V
16
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Label Peak temp (K)
Charge state E
(meV) σ
(times10-15 cm2)
N (times1011cm-3)
material Related bibliography
L(6) 6 (+0 ) or (-0)
11plusmn2 02 (electron) 08 (hole)
~5 Irradiated DOFZ
D(24) 24 (0+) or (0-)
80plusmn5 1-10times103 (electron) 4-40times103 (hole)
L(24) 24 (+0 ) or (-0)
55plusmn5 005-05 (electron) 02-2 (hole)
~4 (STFZ)
15-3 (DOFZ)
DOFZ and STFZ (even unirradiated)
First observation
H(42) 42 (+0) 80plusmn15 2 7plusmn4 H(47) 47 (+0) 95plusmn10 2 8plusmn1
DOFZ and STFZ (irradiated)
Reported in [15] without signature
E(50) 50 (-0) 100plusmn15 2 16plusmn4 irradiated DOFZ [15] [22] 15[C]
D(97) 97 (0++) 230plusmn5 4-90 3 irradiated DOFZ [15]
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy
16
Fig 7 Measurements of the D(97) TSC peak carried out with different reverse voltages as given in
the figure A clear Poole-Frenkel shift can be observed when the bias is risen from 100 V to 500 V
Label Peak temp (K)
Charge state E
(meV) σ
(times10-15 cm2)
N (times1011cm-3)
material Related bibliography
L(6) 6 (+0 ) or (-0)
11plusmn2 02 (electron) 08 (hole)
~5 Irradiated DOFZ
D(24) 24 (0+) or (0-)
80plusmn5 1-10times103 (electron) 4-40times103 (hole)
L(24) 24 (+0 ) or (-0)
55plusmn5 005-05 (electron) 02-2 (hole)
~4 (STFZ)
15-3 (DOFZ)
DOFZ and STFZ (even unirradiated)
First observation
H(42) 42 (+0) 80plusmn15 2 7plusmn4 H(47) 47 (+0) 95plusmn10 2 8plusmn1
DOFZ and STFZ (irradiated)
Reported in [15] without signature
E(50) 50 (-0) 100plusmn15 2 16plusmn4 irradiated DOFZ [15] [22] 15[C]
D(97) 97 (0++) 230plusmn5 4-90 3 irradiated DOFZ [15]
Table 1 Resume of activation energy (E) apparent cross section (σ) and trap concentrations (N) of
all the energy levels detected with TSC and i-DLTS in STFZ and DOFZ Concentrations are evaluated
after irradiation at peak amplitude saturation In the case of emissions exhibiting Poole Frenkel effect
E is the extrapolated zero field energy