By using differential sheet conductance and p-n junction methods, an investigation was made of the diffusion of Sb into epitaxial layers from buried layers. At 1150 to 1250C no significant decrease in the diffusion coefficient was observed upon increasing the surface concentration from 4.4 x 1018 to 1.2 x 1019/cm3, and the Sb diffusivity could be described by:

D (cm2/s) = 3.63 x 102 exp[-4.41(eV)/kT]

S.Nakanuma, S.Yamagishi: Journal of the Electrochemical Society of Japan, 1968, 36[1], 3-10

The best linear fits to the solute diffusion data ([124] to [129], [133] to [144], [146] to [176], [188] to [192], [196] to [211], [215] to [223], [234] to [242], [252] to [283], [292] to [298], [306] to [314]) yield:

Al: Ln[Do] = 0.45E – 32.8 (R2 = 0.81); As: Ln[Do] = 0.29E – 23.2 (R2 = 0.87);

Au: Ln[Do] = 0.16E – 12.4 (R2 = 0.16); B: Ln[Do] = 0.29E – 22.6 (R2 = 0.79);

Cu: Ln[Do] = 0.22E (R2 = 0.86); Fe: Ln[Do] = 0.62E – 15.8 (R2 = 0.53);

Ga: Ln[Do] = 0.20E - 16.9 (R2 = 0.78); Ge: Ln[Do] = 0.29E – 23.2.8 (R2 = 0.98);

H: Ln[Do] = 0.17E - 9.9 (R2 = 0.07); Li: Ln[Do] = 0.25E – 9.6 (R2 = 0.48);

Ni: Ln[Do] = 0.29E - 19.4 (R2 = 0.66); O: Ln[Do] = 0.34E – 21.6 (R2 = 0.95);

P: Ln[Do] = 0.35E - 27 (R2 = 0.94); Sb: Ln[Do] = 0.35E – 29.3 (R2 = 0.96);

Si: Ln[Do] = 0.33E - 29 (R2 = 0.86)