EP2331942A1 - Messverfahren für eine halbleiterstruktur - Google Patents
Messverfahren für eine halbleiterstrukturInfo
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- G01N21/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
- G01N21/62—Systems in which the material investigated is excited whereby it emits light or causes a change in wavelength of the incident light
- G01N21/63—Systems in which the material investigated is excited whereby it emits light or causes a change in wavelength of the incident light optically excited
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- G01N21/6489—Photoluminescence of semiconductors
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- G01N21/62—Systems in which the material investigated is excited whereby it emits light or causes a change in wavelength of the incident light
- G01N21/66—Systems in which the material investigated is excited whereby it emits light or causes a change in wavelength of the incident light electrically excited, e.g. electroluminescence
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- a part of the recombination of the Mino ⁇ tatsladungstrager is radiant, thus producing photons emitted by the surfaces
- Their intensity is an absolute measure of the concentration of Mino ⁇ tatsladungstrager
- the spectrum of the emitted radiation, the so-called luminescence is thereby by reabsorption of the photons within the emitting Materials influenced Since the absorption probability for short-wave light is usually greater than for long-wave light, the intensity of the short-wave light is more a measure of the concentration of Mino ⁇ tatsladungstrager in the vicinity of the emitting surface, while long-wave light is more of a measure of the
- Luminescence radiation The extent to which pure diffusion and supersonic recombination affect it is unknown. Such a measurement merely establishes a relationship between possible values of the true diffusion length and the surface recombination velocity. Since different combinations of the two magnitudes produce the same measurement result, one of the In the following, the relationship of diffusion length and surface recombination velocity always means combinations of possible values of the two magnitudes that are contracted with the measured effective diffusion length
- the evaluations are each assigned a cutoff wavelength, so that essentially only luminescence radiation is measured up to the cutoff wavelength and evaluated accordingly.
- the spectral weighting thus takes place by definition of the cutoff wavelength
- the limiting wavelengths for the two evaluations are selected differently, so that the relationship between the diffusion length of the charge carriers and the surface recombination speed can be determined by comparing the two evaluations such as, for example, a quotient of the respectively measured intensities of the luminescence radiation.
- the quotient formation has the advantage that all factors are thereby eliminated , which leave the emitted spectrum unchanged, such as voltage variations due to different series resistances in electroluminescence or inhomogeneous illumination in photoluminescence
- the relationship between the diffusion length of the charge carriers and the surface recombination velocity can be determined with this method. If one of the variables is now known or can be determined by different measurements, then the remaining large can be deduced on the basis of the established relationship
- the object of the present invention is to simplify and improve the known measuring method and to provide a broader application possibility
- At least a third evaluation for example the intensity from a third spectral range, is additionally used to determine the deviation of the charge carrier distribution caused by surface recombination from the distribution expected for pure diffusion and from this the size of the
- the method according to the invention for the determination of diffusion length and surface recombination speed with the aid of the luminescence radiation can be applied to all types of semiconductors or semiconductor structures, ie to those with direct as well as indirect optical transitions as well as to inorganic and organic semiconductors
- semiconductor structure designates a structure which is based on a semiconductor and may have further components, such as further semiconductor layers, electrically passivating layers on the surfaces and / or layers for reducing the reflection of optical radiation. Likewise, dopings are in partial regions for formation a pn junction possible. and metallizations on the surfaces, for the supply or removal of charge carriers
- the erfmdungsgedorfe measuring method for a semiconductor structure having a front and a back side comprises the following method steps
- a relationship is determined for this semiconductor structure between the electrical material quality of the semiconductor structure and the electrical property of at least one side of the semiconductor structure (ie the front and / or the back).
- Context here and hereinafter means that when specified It is within the scope of the invention that further parameters are taken into account for determining the relationship, such as the basic doping of the semiconductor structure or characteristics of the measuring apparatuses used and / or optical filters
- the material quality of the semiconductor structure is described by means of the diffusion length of the charge carriers of minerals and the electrical property of at least one side over the
- the abovementioned relationship is determined depending on a first evaluation A1 of the measured intensity of the luminescence radiation with a first spectral weighting with respect to the luminescence radiation considered in the first evaluation and dependent on a second evaluation A2 of the measured intensity of the luminescence radiation with a second spectral weighting with respect to the luminescence radiation Evaluation A2 considered luminescence radiation
- A1 and A2 only the luminescence radiation emitted to one side of the semiconductor structure (front or back) is taken into account
- the spectral weighting of the first evaluation A1 and the second evaluation A2 are different
- step B at least a third evaluation A3 of the measured intensity of the luminescence radiation is carried out.
- the three evaluations A1, A2 and A3 differ with respect to the spectral weighting with respect to the luminescence radiation considered in the respective evaluation and / or with respect to the side of the semiconductor structure whose radiated luminescence radiation is taken into account in the evaluation
- any two of the three evaluations differ either in terms of the spectral weighting or in that in one evaluation the luminescence radiation emitted to the front is taken into account and in the other evaluation the luminescence radiation emitted to the rear side is taken into account or they differ both with regard to the spectral weighting and the in the evaluation considered side of the semiconductor structure
- the material quality of the semiconductor structure and / or the electrical property of at least one surface of the semiconductor structure is determined.
- the term "dependent on” here and below means that the evaluations mentioned are essential parameters for determining the above-mentioned In the context of the invention, the determination depends on further parameters, in particular on physical material parameters of the investigated semiconductor structure or characteristic quantities of the measuring apparatus used or on optical systems used Filter With the inventive method, it is thus possible to determine the Mate ⁇ alqualitat and / or the surface properties, without that one of these two large must be previously known in particular with the inventive method, the determination of both the diffusion length of Mino ⁇ tatsladungstrager, and the
- the invention is based on the Applicant's finding that the at least one additional evaluation A3 compared to the previously known measuring methods by the fact that it differs from the other two evaluations with respect to the spectral weighting and / or the considered side of the semiconductor structure, provides the necessary additional information, in order to determine from the relationship between material quality of the semiconductor structure and electrical surface property of at least one of the sides of the semiconductor structure exactly one pair of values for the material quality and the electrical surface property
- the measuring method according to the invention is suitable for use in inorganic and organic semiconductors, both with direct and indirect optical transitions, in particular in the case of silicon and solar cells produced from silicon, or their precursors during production
- step B a first relationship between the diffusion length of the semiconductor structure and the surface recombination velocity of at least one side of the semiconductor structure is determined in step B.
- a second pair of evaluations becomes a second relationship between the diffusion length of the semiconductor structure and the surface recombination velocity of at least one side determines the semiconductor structure, wherein in the first and in the second context the same page is used.
- the first and second pairs of evaluations differ in at least one evaluation and a value pair (eg a combination of diffusion length of the minor charge carriers and surface recombination speed) is determined which is common to both the first and the second pair second context corresponds
- a first relationship is determined on the basis of the evaluation A1 and A2 and a second relationship on the basis of the evaluation A1 and A3 and a single value pair for these two relationships diffusion length and surface recombination velocity, which corresponds to both relationships
- the spectral weighting is realized in that the first evaluation A1 is assigned a first limit wavelength ⁇ ], such that essentially only radiation with a wavelength smaller than or equal to ⁇ is taken into account in the evaluation A1
- Limit wavelength thus determines the spectral weighting of the evaluation A1 in this advantageous embodiment.
- the evaluation A2 is assigned a second limit wavelength ⁇ 2 and the evaluation A3 is assigned a third limit wavelength ⁇ 3 and the limit wavelengths are selected such that
- the absorption of radiation is usually described by absorption coefficients or by their reciprocal value, which applies as a measure of the penetration depth of the radiation into the absorbing medium.
- the definition of cutoff wavelengths can therefore also be used as a definition of a penetration depth for interpret the luminescence radiation considered in the respective evaluation
- the cutoff wavelengths become and ⁇ s are therefore determined as a function of the penetration depth for radiation in the semiconductor structure and the thickness of the semiconductor structure, ie in particular depending on the absorption coefficient for the corresponding material of the semiconductor structure
- ⁇ is advantageously chosen so that the penetration depth is less than 50% of the thickness that ⁇ 2 is chosen such that the penetration depth is between 50% and 150% of the thickness and that ⁇ 3 is selected such that the penetration depth> 100% the thickness is
- a further improvement of the measurement is achieved if the abovementioned penetration depths for ⁇ j are less than 30% of the thickness, for ⁇ 2 between 80% and 120% of the thickness and for ⁇ 3 more than 150% of the thickness the Whitneywellen GmbH be chosen such that for ⁇ i the penetration depth is less than 10%, for ⁇ ⁇ the penetration depth in about 100% and for ⁇ 3 d ⁇ e penetration depth more than 300% of the thickness
- the different penetration depths of the selected cutoff wavelengths are a measure of what influence the surface of the semiconductor has on the evaluation based on this cutoff wavelength.
- the advantageous choice of the cutoff wavelengths as described above therefore enables a good separation of the influence of surface properties and electrical material properties of the semiconductor structure
- the first evaluation A1 is thus associated with the lowest penetration depth with respect to the evaluated luminescence. Investigations by the Applicant have shown that good evaluability is given, in particular, when the evaluation A1 with the limit wavelength ⁇ i is used both for the determination in the aforementioned advantageous embodiment the first and the second context is used, in particular, that the first connection depending on the evaluation A1 and A2 and the second relationship is determined depending on the evaluation A1 and A3
- the evaluations A1 to A3 take into account luminescence radiations which are radiated from the same side of the semiconductor structure, ie a measurement side is defined which is the front or the back side of the semiconductor structure and the evaluations A1 to A3 only take into account the measured luminescence radiation emitted on the measuring side
- the evaluations differ by the side of the semiconductor structure whose radiated luminescence radiation is taken into account in the respective evaluation
- a first and a second measurement side is defined, wherein the first measurement side is the front or rear side of the semiconductor structure and the second measurement side is the side of the semiconductor structure opposite the first measurement side
- step B at least a fourth evaluation A4 of the measured intensity of the luminescence radiation is made.
- Evaluations A1 and A3 are assigned a limiting wavelength ⁇ , such that essentially only radiation with a wavelength smaller than or equal to ⁇ is taken into account in the evaluations A1 and A3
- the evaluations A2 and A4 are assigned a second limit wavelength ⁇ "
- evaluations A1 and A2 are assigned the first measurement page, so that only the measured luminescence radiation emitted on the first measurement side is taken into account in these evaluations.
- the second measurement side is assigned to the evaluations A3 and A4 in the same way
- the cut-off wavelength ⁇ selected according to the above conditions for ⁇ and the cutoff wavelength ⁇ "according to the above conditions for ⁇ 3 by the significantly different penetration depths of the Grenzwellen GmbH ⁇ j and ⁇ 3 , the accuracy of the evaluation is further improved
- the penetration depth is in each case defined starting from the side of the semiconductor structure, are injected from the Minoritatsladungstrager at Elektrolummeszenz by applying a voltage or is illuminated in the photoluminescence
- the erfmdungsgedorfe method is particularly suitable for measuring a solar cell or a precursor in the manufacture of a solar cell. It is advantageous that the luminescence is generated by a voltage applied to the contacts of the solar cell, d h is an electroluminescent radiation
- a voltage is selected for this purpose which corresponds approximately to the voltage of the solar cell at the operating point.
- the operating point designates the point on the characteristic line of the solar cell in which the product of current and voltage gives the maximum power
- the luminescence radiation is generated in step A by illuminating the semiconductor structure with an excitation radiation, ie the luminescence radiation is photoluminescence radiation
- the spectrum of the excitation radiation substantially smaller includes only wavelengths of a boundary wavelength ⁇ A ⁇ A ⁇ st selected such that the penetration depth the excitation radiation is less than 10%, in particular less than 5% of the thickness of the semiconductor structure
- the illumination of the semiconductor structure takes place from a lighting side, which is the front or the back side of the semiconductor structure and that only luminescence radiation is considered in the evaluations, which is radiated from the side of the semiconductor structure opposite the illumination side
- the semiconductor structure thus additionally serves as an optical filter in order to avoid influencing the measurement of the luminescence radiation by the excitation radiation
- At least two evaluations differ in that in one evaluation the semiconductor structure is illuminated from the front side and in the other evaluation the semiconductor structure is illuminated from the back side Measurement conditions for the two evaluations achieved
- This embodiment has the advantage that, for example, only one side of the semiconductor structure in the measuring device, a detector must be arranged and only one radiation source is arranged on two sides, for acting on the front or the back with excitation radiation
- radiation sources are significantly cheaper compared to detectors, in particular spatially resolving detectors, so that a measuring device with two
- Radiation sources and a detector compared to a measuring device with two detectors and a radiation source is much cheaper
- the measuring signal of the camera is thus a measure of the intensity of the luminescence radiation.
- inventive method spatially resolved, for example by using a spatially resolving camera for this purpose.
- Methods are already known and described for example in cube, P et al, aa O
- the erfmdungsgelauten method thus the Diffusionlange the Mino ⁇ tatsladungstrager and / or the surface recombination velocity determined spatially resolved for a variety of location points of the semiconductor structure, ie there is a so-called "Mappmg" of the respective physical sizes performed
- this therefore comprises the following method steps
- This determination is carried out spatially resolved, so that in each case diffusion length and surface recombination speed are determined for this area for different areas of the semiconductor structure.
- a CCD camera is used for such a spatially resolved determination, so that for each pixel of the the CCD camera detected image, a diffusion length and a surface recombination speed for the associated region of the semiconductor structure can be determined
- step n the luminescence radiation theoretically expected for a location-independent voltage is calculated for each location of the determination carried out in step 1. This calculation is made as a function of the diffusion length and the surface recombination speed determined for the respective location point in step 1
- step 1 the quotient of the luminescence radiation measured in step 1 and the luminescence radiation calculated in step n are formed for each pixel. All the intensity fluctuations observed in step 1 were obtained only by varying the diffusion length and / or the
- step A the luminescence radiation is generated in a flat manner in the semiconductor structure
- the luminescence radiation in step A when generating the luminescence radiation in step A by acting on the semiconductor structure with an excitation radiation, it is advantageous to apply at least one side of the semiconductor structure ganzflachig excitation radiation in step A.
- the ganzflachige generation of luminescence has the advantages that parallel to the front or back of the Solar cell are present in approximately identical measurement conditions and that a ganzflachige, spatially resolved measurement of the generated luminescence radiation is possible
- step B it is advantageous in the inventive method in step B to measure the luminescence radiation ganzflachig, especially in a spatially resolved, imaging method
- the use of a camera as a detector is advantageous, especially a CCD camera
- the ganzflachige, spatially resolved measurement (also "mapping" has the advantage over scanning methods, in which a point detector is moved over the semiconductor structure, that the measurements can be carried out much faster
- illumination intensities of 1 sun are therefore advantageously the semiconductor structure in the method according to the invention with radiation of an intensity in the range of 10 mW / cm 2 to 1 000 mW / cm 2 , in particular an intensity of about 100 mW / cm 2 applied
- the semiconductor structure when acted upon by radiation, it is acted upon by non-modulated equalizer.
- the advantage is achieved that there are no measuring conditions that change on a short time scale and thus resulting effects do not need to be considered
- Embodiment of the erfmdungsgedorfen measurement method in which only emitted from the front of the semiconductor structure luminescence radiation is evaluated and
- Figure 2 is a measuring device for execution of another
- the measuring apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1 is used to measure a semiconductor structure 1 having a front side 1 a and a rear side 1 b.
- the measuring apparatus comprises a camera 2 designed as a CCD camera with an objective 2 a.
- the objective 2 a is embodied in this way and the semiconductor structure is arranged such that that luminescence radiation emitted by the front side 1 a of the semiconductor structure 1 is imaged via the objective 2 a onto a CCD chip (not shown) in the camera 2.
- the perpendicular to the plane in Figure 1 standing front 1 a is thus surveyed spatially resolved at 1024 x 1024 points
- an optical Filtervor ⁇ chtung 3 is arranged, of which in Figure 1 by way of example three lenticular filters are shown
- the Filtervor ⁇ chtung 3 is designed such that depending on zugebuchten control signals different filters are introduced into the beam path between the semiconductor structure 1 and the lens 2 a of the camera 2
- the luminescence radiation in the semiconductor structure 1 is generated in the device shown in Figure 1 via a light source 4, it is thus photoluminescence
- the light source 4 is designed as a laser that generates light radiation with a wavelength of about 700 nm and includes a lens assembly by means of of which the laser radiation is flat and approximately homogeneous on the back side 1 b of the semiconductor structure 1 is mapped
- the measuring device in Figure 1 further comprises a control and evaluation unit, not shown, which is designed as a computer
- the computer is connected to both the light source 4, the Filtervor ⁇ chtung 3, and the camera 2, for controlling these elements and for storing and evaluating the Measuring signals of the camera 2
- FIG. 1 An exemplary embodiment of the measuring method according to the invention, applied to silicon as a semiconductor material, is carried out with the measuring device shown in FIG. 1 as follows
- luminescence radiation is generated in the semiconductor structure 1 for this purpose, the back side 1 b is fully flat and approximately homogeneously charged with radiation of wavelength 700 nm of the light source 4 The radiation penetrates into the semiconductor structure 1 and generates there electron-hole pairs The corresponding recombination of electron Hole pairs generated luminescence, which is emitted, inter alia, on the front side 1 a of the semiconductor structure 1
- the Filtervor ⁇ chtung 3 has three different short-pass filter
- the filter device 3 is controlled by the control unit such that a short-pass filter is swiveled in the beam path between semiconductor structure 1 and camera 2, which essentially only transmits radiation with a wavelength less than or equal to 900 nm.
- this measuring step only the Front side 1 a radiated luminescence detected with a wavelength less than or equal to 900 nm from the camera 2 spatially resolved and the corresponding measurement signals of the CCD camera are stored in the evaluation
- a second short-pass filter is pivoted into the beam path, which transmits only radiation smaller than or equal to 1000 nm, and the measuring signals of the CCD camera corresponding to this measuring step are stored separately by the evaluation unit
- a short-pass filter is swiveled in, which merely transmits radiation with a wavelength of less than or equal to 1050 nm, and the associated measuring signals of the camera are likewise stored separately in the evaluation unit
- the evaluation unit determines a first relationship between the diffusion length of the semiconductor structure 1 and the
- the semiconductor structure 1 represents a precursor of a solar cell, which consists of a p-dot ⁇ erten silicon wafer, on the front side 1 a n-doped emitter was diffused
- the surface recombination speed at the front 1 a is therefore irrelevant and for the evaluation is only the surface rekornbinations effet on the back 1 b relevant
- the evaluation unit now determines a first relationship between the diffusion length of the Mino ⁇ tatsladungstrager in the semiconductor structure 1 and the surface recombination of the reverse side 1 b depending on the determined in the evaluations A1 and A2 numerical values It is particularly advantageous if the quotient of the determined numerical values from the evaluations A1 and A2 is formed, since effects which have a multiplicative effect on the measurement result have no influence on the evaluation
- the evaluation unit now determines the value pair of diffusion length and surface recombination velocity, which corresponds to both the first and the second context Boundary wavelengths of the aforementioned short-pass filter differ the measurement conditions, so that only one value pair of diffusion length and surface recombination speed exists, which fulfills both relationships
- FIG. 2 shows a development of the measuring device is shown in Figure 1, with which a further advantageous embodiment of the erfmdungsgedorfen measurement method can be performed
- the measuring device in FIG. 2 additionally has a second camera 2 'designed as a CCD camera with a lens 2'a and a second filter device 3'
- the two cameras 2 and 2 'and Filtervor ⁇ chtache 3 and 3' are arranged on opposite sides of the semiconductor structure 1 to be measured
- the light source 4 which is also designed in Figure 2 as a laser with an output radiation in the range of 700 nm, arranged slightly laterally, wherein the optics of the light source 4 is designed such that the back side 1 b of the semiconductor structure 1 ganzflachig and is applied substantially homogeneously with the laser radiation
- the luminescence radiation radiated from the front side 1a and accordingly with the camera 2 'and the filter device 3' can thus be measured by means of filter device 3 and camera 2, the luminescence radiation radiated from the back side 1b
- the filter device 3 'additionally has a long-pass filter which only transmits radiation with the wavelength of 700 nm. This is necessary since the radiation of the light source 4 is partially reflected at the back side 1b and the measurement by means of the camera 2'.
- the aforementioned long-pass filter avoids interference with the measurement due to the radiation of the light source 4
- a first cutoff wavelength of 900 nm and a second cutoff wavelength of 1050 nm are defined.
- the filter devices 3 and 3 ' are designed in such a way that optionally corresponding shortpass filters can be swiveled into the beam path between the semiconductor structure 1 and the camera 2 or camera 2'
- the control and evaluation unit is connected to both Filtervor ⁇ chtitch and with both cameras
- a first evaluation A1 with the first cutoff wavelength with respect to the luminescence radiation emitted by the front side 1a, a second evaluation A2 of the second cutoff wavelength with respect to the luminescence radiation emitted by the front side by means of the camera 2 and the filter device 3 is carried out accordingly A3 with the first cut-off wavelength of the radiated from the back 1 b
- four numerical values, which in each case represent a measure of the intensity of the luminescence radiation, are thus available for the evaluation
- the evaluation unit now determines from the evaluations A1 and A2 a first relationship and from the evaluations A3 and A4 a second relationship between the diffusion length of the charge carriers and the surface recombination speed of the backside 1b of the semiconductor structure 1
- the measuring method which is carried out with the measuring device shown in FIG. 2, has a higher accuracy compared to the measuring method of the measuring device in FIG. 1, since the use of four evaluations and measurement of the luminescence radiation from two different sides of the semiconductor structure 1 achieves greater accuracy becomes
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