In plasma ion doping operations, a wafer is positioned on a susceptor
within a reaction chamber and an ion doping source gas is plasmalyzed in
an upper part of the reaction chamber above a major surface of the wafer
while supplying a control gas into the reaction chamber in a lower part
of the reaction chamber opposite the major surface of the wafer to
thereby dope ions into the major surface of the wafer. The ion doping
source gas may comprise at least one halide gas, and the control gas may
comprise at least one depositing gas, such as a silane gas. In further
embodiments, a diluent gas, such as an inert gas, may be supplied to the
reaction chamber while supplying the ion doping source gas and the
control gas. Related plasma ion doping apparatus are described.