Evaluation of mechanical backside damage by minority carrier recombination lifetime and photo-acoustic displacement method in silicon wafer

실리콘 웨이퍼에서 광열 변위법과 소수 반송자 재결합 수명 측정에 의한 기계적 후면 손상 평가

  • 최치영 (경북대학교 무기재료공학과) ;
  • 조상희 (경북대학교 무기재료공학과)
  • Published : 1998.02.01

Abstract

We investigated the effect of mechanical backside damage in Czochralski grown silicon wafer. The intensity of mechanical damage was evaluated by minority carrier recombination lifetime by laser excitation/microwave reflection photoconductivity decay method, photo-acoustic displacement method, X-ray section topography, and wet oxidation/preferential etching methods. The data indicate that the higher the mechanical damage intensity, the lower the minority carrier lifetime, and the photo-acoustic displacement values increased proportionally, and it was at Grade 1: Grade 2:Grade 3 = 1:19.6:41 that the normalized relative quantization ratio of excess photo-acoustic displacement in damaged wafer was calculated, which are normalized to the excess PAD from sample Grade 1.

초크랄스키 실리콘 기판의 뒷면에 형성된 기계적 손상이 미치는 효과에 대하여 고찰하였다. 기계적 손상의 정도는 레이저 여기/극초단파 반사 광전도 감쇠법에 의한 소수반송자 재결합 수명, 광열범위, X-선 단면 측정 및 습식산화/선택적 식각 방법으로 평가하였다. 그 결과, 웨이퍼 뒷면에 가해지는 기계적 손상의 세기가 강할수록 소수반송자 재결합 수명은 짧아지고, 광열 변위의 평균값은 비례적으로 증가하였으며, 손상된 웨이퍼에서 Grade 1의 과잉 광열 변위값을 1로 봤을 때 과잉 광열 변위의 정규화한 상대 정량 비는 Grade 1: Grade 2:Grade 3 = 1:19.6:41이다.

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