Combined dynamic and steady-state infrared camera based carrier lifetime imaging of silicon wafers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Ramspeck, Klaus ^a,b   Bothe, Karsten ^a   Schmidt, Jan ^a   Brendel, Rolf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH HAMELIN ISFH   (Germany)

^b SCHOTT Solar GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC EVALUATION; EXCITATION SOURCES; FREE CARRIER DENSITY; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; INFRARED EMISSIONS; LIFETIME MAPPING; ROUGH SURFACES; SIGNAL RATIOS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT;

CAMERAS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON WAFERS; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS;

CARRIER LIFETIME;

EID: 72449166950     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3261733     Document Type: Article

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