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The Doping Concentration and Physical Properties Measurement of Silicon Wafer Using Terahertz Wave

테라헤르츠파를 이용한 실리콘 웨이퍼의 도핑 정도와 물리적 특성 측정에 관한 연구

  • 박성현 (한양대학교 융합기계공학과) ;
  • 오경환 (한양대학교 융합기계공학과) ;
  • 김학성 (한양대학교 융합기계공학과)
  • Received : 2016.09.07
  • Accepted : 2017.02.03
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

In this study, a terahertz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) imaging technique was used to measure doping concentration and physical properties (such as refractive index and permittivity) of the doped silicon (Si) wafers. The transmission and reflection modes with an incidence angle of $30^{\circ}$ were employed to determine the physical properties of the doped Si wafers. The doping concentrations of the prepared Si wafers were varied from $10^{14}$ to $10^{18}$ in both N-type and P-type cases. Finally, the correlation between the doping concentration and the power of the THz wave was determined by measuring the powers of the transmitted and reflected THz waves of the doped Si wafers. Additionally, the doped thickness, the refractive index, and permittivity of each doped Si wafer were calculated using the THz time domain waveform. The results indicate that the THz-TDS imaging technique is potentially a promising technique to measure the doping concentration as well as other optical properties (such as the refractive index and permittivity) of the doped Si wafer.

본 논문에서는 테라헤르츠파 시간분광영상시스템을 이용하여 도핑된 실리콘 웨이퍼의 물리적 특성을 측정하는 것에 관한 연구를 진행하였다. 투과모드와 $30^{\circ}$의 입사각을 가진 반사모드를 이용하여 측정하였으며 실리콘 웨이퍼의 도핑 정도는 N-type과 P-type 모두에서 $10^{14}$에서 $10^{18}$까지 다양하게 준비하였다. 그 결과, 도핑 정도와 테라헤르츠파와의 상관관계를 찾았으며 이를 이용하면 모든 경우에 대한 도핑된 실리콘 웨이퍼의 도핑 정도를 확인할 수 있다. 또한, 각 도핑된 실리콘 웨이퍼의 도핑된 두께, 굴절률, 유전율을 테라헤르츠 시간영역 파형분석을 통하여 계산할 수 있었다. 따라서, 테라헤르츠 시간분광영상화 기술은 도핑된 실리콘 웨이퍼의 굴절률과 유전율과 같은 물리적 특성뿐만 아니라 도핑 정도를 측정할 수 있는 유용한 기술이 될 것으로 기대된다.

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