INVESTIGATION ON DEFECTS IN CZOCHRALSKI SILICON WITH HIGH-SENSITIVE LASER MICROWAVE PHOTOCONDUCTANCE TECHNIQUE

被引:6
作者
KATAYAMA, K [1 ]
AGARWAL, A [1 ]
RADZIMSKI, ZJ [1 ]
SHIMURA, F [1 ]
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[1] N CAROLINA STATE UNIV,DEPT MAT SCI & ENGN,RALEIGH,NC 27695
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JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS | 1993年 / 32卷 / 1B期
关键词
SILICON CRYSTALS; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CARRIER RECOMBINATION CENTERS; CARRIER TRAP LEVELS; LASER MICROWAVE PHOTOCONDUCTANCE TECHNIQUE; DEEP-LEVEL TRANSIENT SPECTROSCOPY; NONCONTACT CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUE;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.32.298
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
High sensitivity of a noncontact laser/microwave photoconductance (LM-PC) technique for defects in heat-treated Czochralski (CZ) silicon crystals was confirmed in comparison with other diagnostic techniques such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and deep-level transient spectroscopy (DLTS). The energy levels of recombination centers (E(T)) in samples subjected to a three-step intrinsic gettering (IG) thermal process were obtained with LM-PC although no significant oxygen reduction in the samples was observed with FT-IR. The defect density detection limits of LM-PC and DLTS for samples after the three-step IG process are estimated to be less-than-or-equal-to 1 X 10(7) cm-3 and approximately 1 x 10(10) cm-3, respectively. Moreover, the dependence of effective minority-carrier recombination lifetime on defect density was found to be influenced greatly by carbon concentration through the enhancement effect on oxygen precipitation.
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