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Nanoscale electronics based on 2D dopant patterns in silicon
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
The Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B
Issue
22
Publication Date
2004
Abstract
A nanoscale fabrication process compatible with present Si technology is reported. Preimplanted contact arrays provide external leads for scanning tunneling microscope (STM)-defined dopant patterns. The STM’s low energy electron beam removes hydrogen from H terminated Si(100) surfaces for selective adsorption of PH3 precursor molecules, followed by room temperature Si overgrowth and 500 °C rapid thermal anneal to create activated P-donor patterns in contact with As+-implanted lines. Electrical and magnetoresistance measurements are reported here on 50 and 95 nm-wide P-donor lines, along with Ga-acceptor wires created by focused ion beams, as a means for extending Si device fabrication toward atomic dimensions.
Recommended Citation
T.-C. Shen, J. S. Kline, T. Schenkel, S. J. Robinson, J.-Y. Ji, C. L.Yang, R. R. Du, J. R. Tucker, “Nanoscale electronics based on 2D dopant patterns in silicon”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 22, 3182 (2004).
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.1813466
