M. Valdinoci et al., ANALYSIS OF CONDUCTIVITY DEGRADATION IN GOLD PLATINUM-DOPED SILICON/, I.E.E.E. transactions on electron devices, 43(12), 1996, pp. 2269-2275
A general model is presented, describing the effects of gold/platinum
doping in silicon. The steady-state case is then analyzed with referen
ce to the conductivity degradation due to deep impurities in realistic
cases of n- and p-type materials. In particular, the different influe
nce of gold with respect to platinum in n-type material, due to the lo
calization in energy of the two acceptor levels, is quantitatively exp
lained and reproduced.