Kl. Enisherlova et al., EFFECT OF NATIVE POINT-DEFECTS ON MORPHOLOGY OF GETTERING CENTERS IN CZ-SILICON WAFERS, Materials science & engineering. B, Solid-state materials for advanced technology, 36(1-3), 1996, pp. 120-124
The influence of native point defect concentration on oxygen precipita
tion processes in Si-O-i system has been investigated. The supersatura
tion degree of native point defects in the bulk of the silicon wafers
was varied by changing the conditions of the preliminary oxidation. It
has been shown supersaturation of a certain type of native point defe
ct can retard the oxygen precipitation process and change the picture
of defect formation.