Patent ID: 7759657

Claim:
A process for implanting a polyhedral borane cluster molecule, the process comprising: vaporizing and ionizing a polyhedral borane cluster molecule in an ion source to create a plasma to produce ionized polyhedral borane cluster molecules and ionized lower mass byproducts; extracting the ionized polyhedral borane cluster molecules and ionized lower mass byproducts within the plasma through a source aperture to form an ion beam; mass analyzing the ion beam with a mass analyzer magnet to permit the ionized polyhedral borane cluster molecules or a selected ionized mass of the lower mass byproducts to pass therethrough; transporting drift of the ion beam and/or optionally applying additional acceleration or deceleration potentials to set the final energy; and implanting the ionized polyhedral borane cluster molecules or the selected ionized mass of the lower mass byproducts into a workpiece.