Resonance ultrasonic vibrations for crack detection in photovoltaic silicon wafers

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 852-858

  Dallas, W ^a   Polupan, O ^a   Ostapenko, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Crack detection; Defect; Micro crack; Photovoltaics; Resonance; Silicon; Solar cell; Wafer

Indexed keywords

CRACK DETECTION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MICROCRACKS; RESONANCE; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS;

ACOUSTIC PROBES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE CURVE; RESONANCE ULTRASONIC VIBRATIONS (RUV);

VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

CRACK DETECTION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MICROCRACKS; RESONANCE; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247222015     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/18/3/038     Document Type: Article

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