Electrical characterisation tool for mapping of bricks (or wafers) with mea- surement times of less than four minutes for a 500 mm brick at 1 mm resolution. Completely touch free measurements.

MDP ingot - Ingot or wafer mapping system for routine electrical characterisation.

MDPingot tool series feature a robust design for quick, flexible mapping of multicristalline silicon bricks and wafers. Simultaneous measurement of minority carrier lifetime, photoconductivity, resistivity and sample flatness, all maps at the same time. Setup of this tool is very easy only power is needed. All measurement necessities including workstation with database are included. Sample loading can be done manually or by a robot system. Measurement speed of less than four minutes for a 156 x 156 x 400 mm standard brick @ 1 mm resolution. Resistivity mapping option comes with long time stability without frequent recalibration. Calibration sets for reference measurements are available as well. Spatial resolved measurement of conduction type transformations due to segregation and over compensation of the intended doping type can be investigated for the first time with a high spatial resolution.

Wafering process

Those tools are designed for quality monitoring of processes and materials such as mono or polycrystalline silicon. Automated output of cut criteria for poly silicon bricks. Enables individual furnace monitoring, optimisation and investment decisions based on furnace output quality. MDPingot is a standard tool tor multicrystalline silicon brick producers as well as for furnace technology producers.

Facts

  • completely contactless destruction free electrical semiconductor characterisation

  • special “underneath the surface” lifetime measurement technique

  • advanced sensitivity for visualisation of so far invisible defects

  • automated cut criteria definition

  • spacial resolved p/n conduction type transformation detection

 

Advantages

  • Stand alone tool series for offline brick or wafer characterisation. Simultaneous mapping of minority carrier lifetime, photoconductivity, resistivity, p/n conduction type change and geometrical sample flatness.

  • Measurement speed of less than four minutes for a 156 x 156 x 400 mm standard brick at 1 mm resolution, all five maps at the same time.

  • Robust design and easy setup heavy duty performance. For setup only a power cord is needed. Workstation with database is included in the underneath compartment.

Detail

  • operator modus: quick standard measurement

  • ingot maps and line scans

  • parameter auto setting

  • R&D modus: highly flexible measurements

  • access to original measurement data

 

options

  • resistivity line scan

  • p/n equivalent maps with 1 mm² ­resolution

  • iron mapping capability

 

samples

  • typical samples: multi silicon brick, wafer

  • brick size: between 125 x 125 to 210 x 210 mm², wafers up to 300 mm diameter, maximum brick length: 500 mm

  • resistivity: 0.2 - 10³ Ohm cm

  • conduction type: p, n

  • material: multi- or monocrystalline silicon

  • properties measureable: lifetime (steady state or non equilibrium (μ-PCD) selectable), photoconductivity

  • excitation: 980 nm default

  • measurement time : for instance 1 mm resolution 156 x 156 mm², 300 mm long: less than four minutes

  • dimension: 1000 x 720 x 1500 mm, weight: 200 kg

  • power: 110/220 V, 50/60 Hz, 6 A

Case Studies

Iron concentration determination

The exact determination of the iron concentration is very important, since iron is one of the most abundant and also most detrimental defects in silicon. With the MDPingot tool it is possible to measure the iron concentration in an ingot inline and the laboratory tool MDPmap09 also enables very high resolution maps of the iron concentration.

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p/n detection

Changes in the conduction type of a multicrystalline ingot are frequent, since a high co dopant concentration is typical for the low quality feedstock, that is used in PV industry. With the MDPingot tool it is possible to detect pn-changes with a 1 mm resolution.

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Highly spatial resolved inline metrology on Multicrystalline Silicon

Non-destructive measurements of minority carrier lifetime are well established and widely used for process control and characterization of defects in crystalline silicon. With our novel tools MDPingot and MDPinline it is possible to map the minority carrier lifetime with a so far unsurpassed combination of spatial resolution, sensitivity and measurement speed.

Correlations with shunts and other crystallographic defects demonstrate the potential of these tools, e.g. investigation of passivation homogeneity, statistical monitoring and process control or monitoring of furnace properties.

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