Contactless determination of the carrier mobility sum in silicon wafers using combined photoluminescence and photoconductance measurements

Abstract

A contactless method to determine the carrier mobility sum in silicon wafers, based on a comparison between photoluminescence and photoconductance measurements is presented. The method is applied to monocrystalline silicon wafers and the results are found to be in good agreement with well-established mobility models and another measurement method. The potential of the proposed method to determine the carrier mobility sum of multicrystalline and compensated silicon wafers is then demonstrated. © 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.