Surface recombination velocity on wet-cleaned silicon wafers using heterodyne lock-in ca rrierography imaging: measurement uniqueness investigation

Autor: Qiming Sun, Andreas Mandelis, Junyan Liu, Robert H. Pagliaro, Alexander Melnikov, Peng Song, Xiaogang Sun
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Semiconductor Science and Technology. 35:055013
ISSN: 1361-6641
0268-1242
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6641/ab7844
Popis: Characterization of semiconductor surface quality is important for evaluating the surface preparation methods. In this work, three wet-cleaned silicon wafers with different surface conditions were inspected using heterodyne lock-in carrierography (HeLIC) imaging simultaneously with homodyne photocarrier radiometry (HoPCR). The surface recombination velocity (SRV) was measured at various queue times after the wet-clean treatment using HeLIC and was found to be consistent with values obtained using HoPCR. The results show that HeLIC can provide a reliable quantitative imaging tool for evaluating the surface conditions of wet-cleaned silicon wafers.
Databáze: OpenAIRE