Introduction To Ion Implantation Dr. Lynn Fuller, Dr. Renan Turkman DR Robert Pearson DR Robert Pearson

Ion Implantation
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
INTRODUCTION TO ION IMPLANTATION Dr. Lynn Fuller, Dr. Renan Turkman Dr Robert Pearson
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10-12-11 implant.ppt
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VARIAN 400 & 120-10 ION IMPLANTERS Varian 120-10
Varian 400
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VARIAN 350 D ION IMPLANTER (4 AND 6 WAFERS)
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OUTLINE Principles of Ion Implantation Generate a focused beam of ions to be implanted (B+, P+ or As+) Accelerate the ions Scan the ion beam over the wafer Implant dose Ion Implantation Equipment Plasma source and ion extraction Ion selection Accelerating column End station Low and high (beam) current implanters
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OUTLINE Implanted Dopant Profiles Dopant ion-substrate interactions Post implant anneal Dopant concentration profiles Implanted Dopant Profiles (continued) Channeling Implanting through thin film layers (e.g. oxide) Masking against ion implants
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INTRODUCTION Ion implant is used to put specific amounts of n-type and p-type dopants (Dose) into a semiconductor. The dose is accurately measured during implantation giving outstanding control and repeatability. Specific regions can be implanted using a variety of masking materials including photoresist. Ion implantation is basically a low temperature process. Ion implant can deliver lower doses than chemical doping (predeposit). Dose can be as low as 1011 /cm2 In today's advanced integrated circuits ion implantation is used for all doping applications. (with a few exceptions)
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BASICS
F = qE + q ( v x B )
Example 1: Example 2: vy + v B w/m2 v
+
vx
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GENERATION OF A DOPANT GAS PLASMA Source Gas Molecule + e Dopant Ion + (Other Atoms, Molecules and/or Radicals) + e + e Example : Boron Trifluoride as B source BF3 + e B+ + F2 + F + e + e Other dissociative ionizations result in the generation of B10+,F+, BF2+ The dopant ion sources commonly used in silicon processing are boron trifluoride BF3, phosphine PH3, arsenic pentafluoride AsF5, arsine AsH3 .
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PLASMA SOURCE AND ION EXTRACTION

BF3
Solenoid N
BF3 e B+ e BF2+
Gas feed
Plasma Chamber mT level pressure
M v 2 / 2 = q Vext
(positive) ions
Arc Voltage To pump
S V extraction ( variable, typically ~30 KV )

v=
2qVext m
( 2 ) (1.6 x1019 ) ( 30, 000 ) = 7.23 x105 m s (11) (1.67 x1027 )

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TYPICAL SOURCE SET UP Pressure Extraction Voltage Extraction Current Arc Voltage Arc Current Filament Current Filament Voltage Solenoid Current 30mT 33 KV 0.8 mA 2000 V 50 mA 150 A 20 V 3.0 A
Source Cabinet for Varian 120-10 Rochester Institute of Technology

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NIELSEN-TYPE GASEOUS SOURCE

Solenoid Magnet (wraps around)
neutrals Gas inlet
e-
+
Filament Anode
Extraction Outlet
+ +
Velocity - v
Electrons boil off the filament and ionize the gas. Solenoid make electrons follow a spiral path increasing ionization
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SELECTION OF THE IONS TO BE IMPLANTED The ions are extracted from the source and analyzed in a magnetic field. The Lorentz force makes the ions take a curved path with a radius of curvature that depends on the mass of each ionic species. By adjusting the magnetic field strength, only the selected ions will enter the accelerating column. N Heavy Ions S Light Ions Selected Ions
Ions Extracted from Source
Analyzing Magnet
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ION SELECTION - ANALYZING MAGNET

Lorentz = Centripetal Force force
q ( xB) = M 2 / R R=M / q B
2qVext m
B
Magnetic Field
: ion velocity R: radius of curvature R Resolving Aperture Selected ions
Heavier ions
Mass to charge ratio, M / q of the selected ions:
M /q = R2 B2 / (2 Vext)
R is fixed, B and Vext are variable

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MAGNETIC SCAN COIL IN VARIAN 120-10 Scan Magnet to give X-scan
Analyzing Magnet for mass spectrometer (Ion Selection)
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PH3 GAS SPECTRUM Phosphorus - 31 Hydrogen - 1 P31+
100
Beam Current (mA)
PH+ + PH2 PH3+

1 23 12 18 31 62
Ion Atomic Mass Units (AMU)

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BF3 GAS SPECTRUM Boron - 11 Fluorine - 19
BF2+
100
Beam Current (mA)
B10(F)2+ B11+ B10+

10 11 19 30 48 49
F+ BF+
Ion Atomic Mass Units (AMU)

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ACCELERATING COLUMN level pressure
E field
Resolving Aperture Vacc Ground
Column length =
Final Kinetic Energy of the Ion = q ( Vext + Vacc ) Example: Vext = 30 KV Vacc = 70 KV Energy of the Ion= E= 100 KeV
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ACCELERATION OF THE IONS An acceleration voltage is applied across the column giving the ions their final kinetic energy. This voltage should be adjustable.
This shows 14 equal acceleration plates. If the desired acceleration was 70KeV each section would contribute 5000 volts for example.
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VARIAN 400 ACCELERATION HARDWARE
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BF2 IMPLANTS Boron mass = 11 Fluorine mass = 19 BF2 mass = 49 The energy divides by mass so 100 KeV BF2 is equivalent to 22.4 KeV B11 implant BF2 peak is larger than B11 peak giving more current and shorter time for large dose implants BF2 can give shallow implants BF2 reduces channeling (explained in following pages)
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SCANNING THE BEAM Scanning of the beam The focused ion beam is scanned over the wafer in a highly controlled manner in order to achieve uniform doping. Either the wafer or the beam could be stationary.
Y
Scan Patterns
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ELECTROSTATIC BEAM SCANNING I) Electrostatic scanning (low/medium beam current implanters. I < 1mA)
Vy Vertical Scan Vx Si wafer
Horizontal Scan
This type of implanter is suitable for low dose implants. The beam current is adjusted to result in t=10 sec./wafer. With scan frequencies in the 100 Hz range, good implant uniformity is achieved with reasonable throughput.
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MECHANICAL BEAM SCANNING Mechanical Scanning (high beam current implanters. I > 1 mA )
Stationary Ion Beam Beam Size = 20 cm2 Si wafer
Excellent wafer cooling needed. Substantial load/unload time. 15 - 25 wafers /disc. Excellent throughput for high dose implants.
Rotating Disc ( 1200 rpm )
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MECHANICAL SCAN END STATION
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IMPLANT DOSE The implant dose is the number of ions implanted per unit area (cm2) of the wafer. If a beam current I is scanned for a time t , the total implanted charge Q = ( I x t ). For a dose ,the total number of implanted ions is (Scan , area As x ). Since each ion is singly positively charged, this corresponds to a total charge of (q x As x ). Q= It = q As => = Dose = I t / ( q As ) ions/cm2
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ION IMPLANT BEAM CURRENT SET UP

Beam Current I in A XL
Faraday Cup
Scanning Ion Beam
XL I Current Integrator
Scan Position
XR
XR Wafer Holder
+ Specimen Current Detector
To Dose Counter and Comparator
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END STATION DOSE MEASUREMENT

secondary electrons wafer
ion beam
Idt = q =As q
back plate VFaraday
DOSE MONITORING
Vsuppression ( - 500 V )
cup
( - 100 V )
I + Integrator
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To Dose Counter And Comparator
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VARIAN 120-10 END STATION
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COMPLETE SYSTEM
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DOPANT ION-SUBSTRATE INTERACTIONS Upon entering the substrate, the ion slows down due to nuclear and electronic stopping. Nuclear stopping : Nuclear stopping is due to the energy transfer from the ion to Si nuclei. The interaction may be strong enough to displace the Si atom from its site ( only 15 eV needed to displace one Si atom ). The displaced Si atom may even have enough kinetic energy to displace several other Si atoms. Arsenic and Phosphorous ions lose their energy mostly by nuclear stopping. They cause substantial Si crystal damage when the implant dose exceeds 5E13/cm2.
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DOPANT ION-SUBSTRATE INTERACTIONS

Silicon ( Incident ion represents a Si atom )
Ion at rest
Projected Range Rp
Electronic stopping is due to the energy transfer from the ion to the electrons of the host Si crystal. Boron ions lose their energy mostly by electronic stopping. Electronic stopping does not cause crystal damage.
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POST IMPLANT ANNEAL The damaged crystal needs to be restored. This is typically achieved by 900 C, 30 min. furnace anneals or 1150 C, 30 sec. rapid thermal anneals. The interstitial dopant ions become substitutional, thus donating carriers. The interstitial (displaced) silicon atoms become substitutional ,thus removing the defects that trap carriers and/or affect their mobility. During the post implant anneal, dopant ions diffuse deeper into silicon. This must be minimized to maintain shallow junctions.
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ISOCHRONAL ANNEALING OF BORON

PHall
Phall is the free hole content (holes/cm2) determined by Hall measurements
Trend: higher the dose, the more disorder, thus the higher the final temperature required for full activation
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ISOCHRONAL ANNEALING OF PHOSPHOROUS

NHall NHall is the free electron content. Note that heavy dose Phosphorous implants can be annealed easier than the lesser dose implants
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ION IMPLANT EQUATIONS

Gaussian Implant Profile concentration cm-3 -(X-Rp)2 N N(x) = exp [ ] 2 Rp 2Rp2 Rp = Range Rp = Straggle N = Dose = After Anneal N -(X-Rp)2 N(x) = 2 Rp2 + 2Dt exp [ 2(Rp2+Dt) ] Rp xi Npeak = Np
after implant after anneal at 950 C, 15 min
} From Curves
Ni
I mqA dt
Approximation used in Vt calculations
Cbackground
where D is diffusion constant at the anneal temperature t is time of anneal

Approximation N = Ni xi
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ION IMPLANT RANGE

1 Projected Range, Rp ,(um)
As
10-1
B P
10-2 10
Sb
100 Implantation Energy (KeV)
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ION IMPLANT STANDARD DEVIATION

Standard Deviation, Rp ,(um)
0.1
B
0.01
P As Sb
0.001 10
100 Implantation Energy (KeV)
1,000
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CALCULATIONS
Using the equations on the previous pages: Find: Xj sheet Rho implant time surface conc. average doping
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ACTUAL PROFILES ARE NOT GAUSSIAN

Light ions such as boron, are more effectively scattered backwards more ions to come to rest on the surface-side of Rp Heavy Ions, such as Arsenic, scatter more in forward direction the amount of dopant on the deeper side will be higher.
Impurity concentration in atoms/cm3
Boron Implanted into Silicon

1021 1020 1019 1018
30keV 100keV
Simple Gaussian
300keV 800keV
1017 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0
Depth in m
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VT ADJUST IMPLANT Assume that the total implant is shallow (within Wdmax) +/- Vt = q Dose*/Cox where Dose* is the dose that is added to the Si Cox is gate oxide capacitance/cm2 Boron gives + shift Cox = or / Xox Phosphorous gives - shift Example: To shift +1.0 volts implant Boron through 1000 kooi oxide at an energy to place the peak of the implant at the oxide/silicon interface. Let Xox= 200 . Dose = Vt Cox/q =(1.0)(3.9)(8.85E-14)/(1.6E-19)(200E-8)=1.08E12 ions/cm2 but multiply by 2 since goes into silicon and in Kooi oxide so dose setting on the implanter is 2.16E12 ions/cm2
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CHANNELING Origin : the crystalline nature of the host substrate
Relative degree of openness of the silicon crystal for ions moving in <111>, <100> and <110> directions
unchanneled ion: > cr
(110)
(100)
(111)
: entrance angle
channeled ion: < cr
Channeling process
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CHANNELING ION PROFILES

C(x) cm-3 Without Channeling With Channeling C background x
The implanted dose C(x) dx is about the same with or without channeling. But along the channeled profile is smaller than along the unchanneled profile. Since the sheet resistance Rs is defined as: Rs= [ q (x) C(x)dx ]-1 = [q C(x)dx]-1 (where is the average effective mobility) Rs is
smaller in regions where channeling occurs.
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CHANNELING IS NON UNIFORM ACROSS THE WAFER Due to beam scan angle s and/or the wafer flex angle f, the entrance angle of ions varies across the wafer. The resulting channeling variations cause the sheet resistance to vary across the wafer. These Rs variations can be as much as 25 % across a wafer. As the extent of local channeling is difficult to control, channeling must be prevented.
BEAM BEAM
Wafer
Wafer
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PREVENTING CHANNELING Channeling does not occur if there is significant implant damage that turns the implanted layer into an amorphous one. Heavy ions like P31 and As75 at large doses do not show channeling. Light ions and/or low dose implants are prone to channeling. In such instances, channeling can be prevented by: 1) Implanting through a thin amorphous layer (e.g. oxide). 2) Tilting and twisting the wafer to close crystal openness as seen by the ion beam. 3) Implanting heavy, but electrically inactive species like Si or Ar prior to the actual dopant implant. The pre-implant implant turns the wafer surface into an amorphous layer.
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CHANNELING Implanting Through Thin Films In addition to channeling prevention, implanting through a thin film layer (e.g. few 100 A of SiO2) offers the following advantages: 1) It prevents photoresist residues/deposits from reaching the silicon surface. The resist residues deposited on the thin film can subsequently be etched away with that film (e.g. SiO2 dipped in B.O.E.)
resist deposit resist resist
oxide
Silicon Wafer
2) It prevents excessive evaporation (out-gassing) of volatile species (e.g. As) during implant damage anneals.
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MASKING AGAINST ION IMPLANTS Various thin films can be used to mask against ion implants : resist, oxide, nitride, polysilicon, etc. The most widely used combination is resist over the oxide. 1 to 1.5 m thick resist blocks most of the ion implants encountered in silicon processing.Silicon dioxide slows down the ions at about the same rate as silicon does. Silicon nitride is a much stronger barrier to ions than silicon.
Dopant Density Implant Doping O X I D E
Wafer Background Doping SILICON
RESIST
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MASKING WITH PHOTORESIST, POLY, AND OXIDE B11, Dose = 2 E15, E = 50 KeV
6000 Field Oxide
P-well
N-well
N-type Substrate 10 ohm-cm

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IMPLANT MASKING THICKNESS CALCULATOR

Rochester Institute of Technology Microelectronic Engineering 11/20/04 IMPLANT MASK CALCULATOR DOPANT SPECIES 1 B11 0 BF2 0 P31 Lance Barron Dr. Lynn Fuller
Enter 1 - Yes MASK TYPE Resist Poly Oxide Nitride
0 - No in white boxes ENERGY 40
0 1 0 0
KeV
Thickness to Mask >1E15/cm3 Surface Concentration
2961.954 Angstroms
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RESIST DAMAGE AT HIGH IMPLANT CURRENTS
BF2 Implant at 80 A in Varian 400 without a water cooled chuck Note: Varian 350D can do implants up to 300 A with no photoresist damage because of wafer cooling
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ION IMPLANT VS. CHEMICAL SOURCE PREDEPOSIT Advantages of Ion Implant Low dose introduction of dopants is possible. In chemical source predeposits dose values less than 5E13/cm2 are not achievable. Ion implant dose control is possible down to 1E11/cm2. High dose introduction is not limited to solid solubility limit values. Dose control is very precise at all levels. Excellent doping uniformity is achieved across the wafer and from wafer to wafer. Done in high vacuum, it is a very clean process step (except for out gassing resist particulates due to excessive local power input ). Drawbacks of Ion Implant It requires very expensive equipment ( $1M or more). At high dose values, implant throughput is less than in the case of chemical source predep.
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LECTURE REVIEW Principles of Ion Implantation The implant depth controlled by the energy E of the ions Dopant density primarily controlled by the implant dose Ion Implantation equipment Low current implanters High current implanters Implanted Dopant Profiles Nuclear stopping and implant damage Post implant anneal Gaussian doping profiles Channeling and its prevention Thin film coverage of the wafer surface Advantages and Drawbacks of Ion Implantation
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REFERENCES 1. Silicon Processing for the VLSI Era Volume I, S. Wolf and R.N. Tauber, Lattic Press, Sunset Beach, CA, 1986. 2. The Science and Engineering of Microelectronic Fabrication, S.A. Campbell, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1996. 3. VLSI Technology, Edited by S.M. Sze, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1983.
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HOMEWORK ION IMPLANT 1: The implant depth is controlled by the a) beam size b) acceleration voltage c) beam current d) implant time 2: The volume density of implanted dopants is controlled by the a) plasma density b) beam size and implant time c) implant time only d) beam current and implant time 3: In using low current implanters that process one wafer at a time, the optimal implant time per wafer (i.e. best uniformity / throughput compromise) a) 1 s b) 10 s c) 50 s d) 100 s 4: True or false? Channeling is a serious problem when implanting AS75 ions at a dose = 5x1015/cm2. 5: In CMOS processing, threshold adjust doping can be made by a) chemical source predep only b) ion implant only c) either chemical source predep or ion implant. 6: Calculate the implant dose and energy needed to make the pmos Vt of -1 volt for the following device parameters. N+ Poly gate, 250 gate oxide, 2E16 cm-3 substrate doping, Nss=3.4E11.
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ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

October 10, 2011 Dr. Lynn Fuller

VARIAN 400 & 120-10 ION IMPLANTERS Varian 120-10

October 10, 2011 Dr. Lynn Fuller

VARIAN 350 D ION IMPLANTER (4 AND 6 WAFERS)

Rochester Institute of Technology Microelectronic Engineering

October 10, 2011 Dr. Lynn Fuller

October 10, 2011 Dr. Lynn Fuller

Rochester Institute of Technology Microelectronic Engineering

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October 10, 2011 Dr. Lynn Fuller

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PLASMA SOURCE AND ION EXTRACTION

Plasma Chamber mT level pressure

Arc Voltage To pump

S V extraction ( variable, typically ~30 KV )

Rochester Institute of Technology Microelectronic Engineering

( 2 ) (1.6 x1019 ) ( 30, 000 ) = 7.23 x105 m s (11) (1.67 x1027 )

October 10, 2011 Dr. Lynn Fuller

Source Cabinet for Varian 120-10 Rochester Institute of Technology

NIELSEN-TYPE GASEOUS SOURCE

neutrals Gas inlet

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Ions Extracted from Source

ION SELECTION - ANALYZING MAGNET

: ion velocity R: radius of curvature R Resolving Aperture Selected ions

Mass to charge ratio, M / q of the selected ions:

R is fixed, B and Vext are variable

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MAGNETIC SCAN COIL IN VARIAN 120-10 Scan Magnet to give X-scan

Analyzing Magnet for mass spectrometer (Ion Selection)

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PH3 GAS SPECTRUM Phosphorus - 31 Hydrogen - 1 P31+

Beam Current (mA)

PH+ + PH2 PH3+

Ion Atomic Mass Units (AMU)

BF3 GAS SPECTRUM Boron - 11 Fluorine - 19

Beam Current (mA)

B10(F)2+ B11+ B10+

Ion Atomic Mass Units (AMU)

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ACCELERATING COLUMN level pressure

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VARIAN 400 ACCELERATION HARDWARE

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Rochester Institute of Technology Microelectronic Engineering

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Rotating Disc ( 1200 rpm )

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MECHANICAL SCAN END STATION