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Page 1: Crystal Growth Laboratory - Fraunhofer - Nuremberg by Prof. Dr. Georg Mueller in 1979. Since 1996 the Crystal Growth Laboratory has established the working group "Crystal Growth" at

http://www.iisb.fraunhofer.de

Crystal Growth Laboratory

Your Competent Partner in Crystal Growth and Solidification Processes

Annual Report 2008

- Equipment and Process Development - - Optical and Electrical Characterization -

- Numerical Modeling -

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Content

Structure Overview Research Fields

Defect engineering to increase crystal yield of solidification of multi-crystalline silicon ingots Correlation of crystal defects with properties of 4H-SiC high power devices Avoiding macroscopic defects in liquid phase epitaxy of GaN Modeling of heat and mass transfer including chemical reactions using CrysMAS

Equipment Publications Contact

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Structure

Crystal Growth Laboratory

Epitaxy/Layer deposition

• Homo- and heteroepitaxial growth of GaN

• Chemical Vapor Deposition of SiC

Melt growth

• Mono and multi-crystalline silicon

• Low defect compound semiconductors

• Oxides and fluorides for optical applications

Modeling

• Process and defect models

• 3D simulation • Bulk growth processes • Crystal growth facilities • Licensing of software

Defect engineering

• Defects in SiC epitaxial layers

• Precipitates in multicrystalline silicon

• Dislocations in GaN and other compound semiconductors

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Overview

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Crystal growth processes provide basic materials for many applications. The research and development of crystal growth processes is driven by the demands which come from the specific applications; but in general there is a need for an increase of crystal dimensions, improved uniformity of the relevant crystal properties in the micro and macroscale and materials with new properties. The research focus of the Crystal Growth Laboratory (CGL) is to clarify – in close collaboration with its industrial partners - how the material properties of bulk crystals as well as those of thin epitaxial or other functional layers correlate with their respective production conditions. The strategy of CGL is to optimize the crystal growth processing by a combined use of experimental process analysis and computer modeling. These activities are based on a suitable experimental infrastructure and on highly efficient user friendly simulation programs. These computer codes, which are

continuously further developed, are used for and by the industrial partners to develop crystal growth equipment and processes. CGL was founded at the Department of Materials Science of the University of Erlangen - Nuremberg by Prof. Dr. Georg Mueller in 1979. Since 1996 the Crystal Growth Laboratory has established the working group "Crystal Growth" at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology (IISB) in Erlangen. This working group became the Department Crystal Growth in autumn 1999. Since 2005 the CGL is also present in Freiberg/Saxonia within the Fraunhofer Technology Center for Semiconductors which is a common department of Fraunhofer IISB from Erlangen and Fraunhofer ISE from Freiburg. Since the foundation of CGL more than 290 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings have been published. Furthermore, CGL has educated a lot of experts in this field. Around 200 "Study" and diploma theses and

around 40 PhD theses may serve as a reference for this. More than 90% of funding of the Department of Crystal Growth result from research contracts directly with industrial partners or with public funding organizations like the Federal Ministry for Education and Research, the Bavarian Research Foundation. Today, CGL consists of around 30-35 highly motivated coworkers including students. They are experts in different fields, like systems engineering, metrology, computer simulation, physics, material science, mathematics. In 2008 CGL has consolidated its position as word-wide acknowledged center of competence in the field of crystal growth. In the field of crystallization of solar silicon IISB together with its subsidiary in Freiberg, the Fraunhofer Technology Centre Semiconductor Materials, has developed ways to avoid the formation of harmful precipitates and gained valuable knowledge about the

Fig. 1: The members of the Crystal Growth Laboratory in 2008

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Overview

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heat and mass transport processes in large silicon melts of its industrial partner by a combination of experimental analyses and numerical simulation. A consequent optimization of the industrial solidification process of multi-crystalline silicon ingots resulted in an enhancement of the production yield. The investigations of crystal defects, affecting long term stability and reliability of silicon carbide devices, forms the focus in the area of research on high power devices. Within this frame it was possible to work out measures, which helped to avoid the formation of special crystal defects during epitaxy. This is considered as an important prerequisite for higher reliability of bipolar SiC devices. A detailed study with synchrotron white beam topography (SWBXRT) at the synchrotron ANKA (Karlsruhe) demonstrated that it is not possible to classify the types of dislocations present in SiC with carrier concentration n > 1019cm-3 by means of regular defect selective etching, as the usual etching techniques are

not selective enough. An additional research effort is therefore necessary in order to enable the distinction and correct identification of dislocation types in SiC by simple etching techniques. The capacities in the field of characterization were upgraded remarkably. A new high performance X-ray diffractometer was installed suitable for many different diffraction techniques, like high resolution experiments as well as reflectometry or other methods of thin film analysis. Structural properties of novel gate stacks, but also extreme thin layers made out of silicon nano-particles were analyzed. A new electron microscope offers a wide potential for various imaging techniques and spectroscopy from EDX over CL and EBIC for the study of physical material properties between room temperature and lower temperatures (77K). In the simulation sector the software CrysMAS which represents the main product of the Department of Crystal Growth was further tailored

towards the needs of the customers and the requirements concerning easier usage and higher efficiency of flow calculations. A model for the description of chemical reactions was developed and tested. Within the Fraunhofer exchange program Profx2 a new concept for the coupling of various software was found, which will be transferred to the coupling of CrysMAS and Openfoam, since Openfoam proofed to be especially powerful in the calculation of three dimensional flow patterns. Last but not least several invited talks during international conferences as well as the collaboration in different national and international expert panels in the field of crystal growth have contributed to strengthen the international reputation of the Department of Crystal Growth. Moreover the Crystal Growth Department organized several meetings itself. For his invited contribution to the International Workshop on Crystal Growth Technology, held in May 2008 in Beatenberg, Jochen Friedrich got the Best Lecture Award.

Fig. 2: Prepared for the future: New analysis tools were installed in 2008

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Defect engineering to increase crystal yield during solidification of multi-crystalline silicon ingots

contact: [email protected]

Photovoltaic is one of the economic branches, which has grown significantly in the last few years. This growth has a direct impact on the creation of new jobs. At the same time photovoltaic is one of the best answers to the greenhouse effect, which acts as one of the greatest threats to mankind. According to different market studies the rapid growth of photovoltaics in the last years will continue further despite of the economic crisis. More than 90% of absorber materials, which transform sun’s energy into electrical energy, consist of silicon. The necessary multi-crystalline (mc) silicon material for solar cells is manufactured by the

principle of directional solidification. A silicon block is produced from the granular feedstock material by a melting and crystallisation process. After separating the block into bricks the individual silicon wafers are produced by wire sawing. The quality of the silicon wafers is extremely dependent on the heat- and mass- transport occurring during the crystallisation and cooling process. Beside process optimization for improved material quality cost reduction steps by comparable solar cell efficiencies are getting in the focus. The use of cheaper silicon raw material as well as an increased silicon throughput per time unit for a crystal

growth run are dominating the developments. The properties of mc silicon like minority carrier lifetime or diffusion length, which are responsible for the solar cell efficiency, result from the interaction between structural defects (dislocations, grain boundaries) and the occurrence of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and metal contamination. Optimization of the crystal growth processes regarding higher wafer yields is an actual research topic at Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology (IISB) together with the Technology Centre for Semiconductor Materials (THM).

Fig.1: multi-crystalline silicon brick, source: Solar World AG

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Defect engineering to increase crystal yield during solidification of multi-crystalline silicon ingots

contact: [email protected]

Unlike normal industrial furnaces we have developed a special R&D furnace to vary individual process parameters very easily, to check the influence on the material quality. With the in-house development of the worldwide used simulation software CrysMAS it is possible to develop the so-called “virtual furnace” which allows to describe the experimental results of the R&D furnace on the PC. The main tasks were the calculation of

the stream-function and the mass transport in the melt. Melt convection is assumed to be responsible for the carbon, nitrogen and oxygen distribution. Furthermore a quantitative description of the mass transport and distribution for carbon, oxygen and nitrogen is possible. Researchers of the IISB and THM in close collaboration together with a leading industrial partner in producing silicon wafers for photovoltaic applications build up a typical

industrial crystal growth process in a labscale. The researchers developed process conditions for manufacturing multi-crystalline silicon wafers which lead to a significant yield increase in the industrial process. The research and development activities are funded partly by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and by the ministry of economics and employment of the state of Saxony.

Fig.2: Temperature field for the R&D-furnace calculated with CrysMAS

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Correlation of crystal defects with properties of 4H-SiC high power devices

contact: [email protected]

4H-Silicon Carbide (4H-SiC) is the preferred material for high voltage and high power devices because of its intrinsic physical properties. Applying such efficient devices in the field of power transformation and drives can save electrical energy because of reduced dissipation loss and cooling requirements of the devices. The quality and size of 4H-SiC wafers has been significantly improved during the last years. On one hand, the device-killing micropipes have been eliminated, on the other hand the size of the wafers has been increased to 100 mm diameter. Both achievements increase the production yield and the attractiveness of the alternative semiconducting material 4H-SiC.

The overall dislocation density typically amounts to the order of 104 cm-2. In general Threading Dislocations (TD) and Basal Plane Dislocations (BPD) can be distinguished. Threading Dislocations are propagating along the growth direction which is typically the [0001] c-direction. Basal Plane Dislocations are lying in the (0001) c-plane. Concerning Schottky barrier diodes, which are commercially available since 2001, all of these dislocation types are regarded as uncritical defects for the device performance. Unipolar devices are long-term stable. In case of bipolar diodes for blocking voltages > 2000 V, BPDs are suspected to be critical defects as they can

trigger the formation and expansion of Stacking Faults during device operation. This so-called recombination induced stacking fault formation leads to forward voltage drift of the bipolar diode and in the end to device failure. Such bipolar devices are not commercially available yet because of the defect-related device degradation. Detailed knowledge upon the defect properties and their impact on device performance is still missing up to now. To acquire such detailed knowledge, the industrial partners SiCrystal, SiCED Electronics Development and Infineon Technologies are working together with Fraunhofer IISB and the Chair for Applied Physics of the University of Erlangen-

Fig. 1: Topograph taken from a 4H-SiC wafer in back-reflection geometry, g=10.9. Small white dots represent TEDs, large white dots TSDs; narrow lines of contrast show BPDs.

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Correlation of crystal defects with properties of 4H-SiC high power devices

contact: [email protected]

Nuremberg within the “KoSiC” project. This project is funded by the Bayerische Forschungsstiftung, BFS under contract number AZ-720-06. The knowledge of mechanisms concerning the formation of defects and the interaction of defects with device parameters allows the identification of critical defect types and their avoidance in crystal growth and homoepitaxy. The Basal Plane Dislocations constitute the central part within the project. This defect type forms during crystal growth and hence it exists in each wafer with a density in the order of 102 to 104 cm-2. One of the early steps in bipolar device production is the growth of a homoepitaxial layer on top of the wafer. This step provides the ability of BPD conversion to

Threading Edge Dislocations (TED) instead of BPD propagation into the epitaxial layer. The conversion of BPDs from the substrate to TEDs in the epitaxial layer was confirmed by Synchrotron White Beam X-Ray Topography (SWB-XRT) at the Angström-quelle Karlsruhe (ANKA). Figure 1 shows the topograph of a blank substrate. Threading Screw Dislocations (TSD) are visible as large white dots, TED as small white dots and BPDs are represented as narrow white or black lines. The intersection points of BPDs at the substrate surface are marked for some examples. Comparing the topographs of substrates and corresponding epitaxial layers (fig. 2) grown on these substrates, one can observe a BPD conversion to TED.

As TEDs are regarded as of no impact to the bipolar device functionality, this BPD conversion is strongly aspired. Extensive homoepitaxial growth series have proven that with a suitable epitaxial process more than 99% of the BPDs from the substrate can be converted to TEDs in the epilayer, according to BPD densities < 3 cm-2. This homoepitaxial growth process with its specific parameters has been filed as a German Patent in 2008. As next step within the KoSiC project, bipolar diodes will be produced on selected epitaxial layers and substrates with special defect densities. Testing of these diodes leads to the evaluation of the long-term stability of bipolar diodes with low BPD densities.

Fig. 2: Topograph taken from a 4H-SiC homoepitaxial layer grown on the substrate shown in fig. 1 (topograph taken in back-reflection geometry, g=10.9). Small white dots represent TEDs,

large white dots TSDs; narrow lines of contrast show BPDs.

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Avoiding macroscopic defects in liquid phase epitaxy of GaN

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GaN is an important wide bandgap semiconductor for optoelectronic and electronic devices. A high quality of the surface of the substrate is an important factor for producing devices with advanced characteristics. The ideal substrates should have an absolutely flat surface without microscopic or macroscopic defects. Any type of surface preparation may cause damage to the crystalline structure in the near surface region (sub-surface damage). Using as grown substrates would be favourable with respect to quality as well as costs. The liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) of GaN from an ammonia atmosphere at am-bient pressure has been developed at Fraunhofer IISB during the last years. Different types of macroscopic defects are known to appear in those GaN-LPE layers: circular shaped defects, hexagonal islands, coalescence faults, misoriented areas as well as surface depressions. A typical surface of GaN-LPE layers exhibiting the latter defect is shown in figure 1a. Especially this kind of depressions is deleterious for device fabrication – they can cause a short circuit of the multi-quantum-wells of LEDs or LDs – and cannot be removed by surface preparation (e.g. polishing). Therefore, the formation of depressions during epitaxial growth should generally be avoided. It was experimentally shown that the depressions are developing locally at

positions where the wetting of the substrate is impeded by particles on the solid-liquid interface. There are several approaches to suppress the formation of particle induced depressions. First of all reducing the total number of particles in the growth furnace as far as possible is obligatory. However, it is very difficult if not impossible (at reasonable

costs) to avoid particles genera-ted by abrasion from sliding parts of the boat or small parasitic crystallites nucleating in the solution during GaN-LPE. So a different strategy was applied: If particles cannot be completely avoided and will be present in the solution, the contact between the particles and the LPE layer should be hindered, such that they cannot interact with the growth

Fig. 1: Plain view optical micrographs of as-grown epitaxial GaN layers

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Avoiding macroscopic defects in liquid phase epitaxy of GaN

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interface and cause the forma-tion of a macroscopic defect. In case that the seed is placed at the bottom of the crucible (bottom seeded process) this could be achieved by increa-sing the density of the solution until it is higher than that of the particles. Then, the particles will float on the surface of the solution and cannot sediment on the growing LPE layer. Because of the high specific densities of gold and silver, only small compositional variations are needed to achieve large differences in solution densities (see figure 2). The results of exemplary

experiments are summarized in Figure 2, where the calculated density of the “ideal solutions” is plotted against the concentra-tion. The occurrence of depressions in the resulting GaN-LPE layers is labelled by the respective symbols. From figure 2 it is obvious that there is a lower limit of the solution density for the growth of depression free layers (see figure 1b for an example of a LPE-layer without depressions). This limit fits well to the calculated density of GaN at process temperature. Indeed GaN particles were found in cross sections of some

depressions investigated. The principle of avoiding the formation of macroscopic defects originating from particles by adapting the density of the solution should be generally applicable to solution growth processes, regardless of the material system.

Fig. 2: Appearance of depressions depending on the density of solution

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Modeling of heat and mass transfer including chemical reactions using CrysMAS

e contact: [email protected]

A generic chemical model has been incorporated into the software CrysMAS. The implementation allows the specification of an arbitrary number of chemical reactions to take place either in transport media or at surfaces. These reactions are coupled with the diffusive and convective species transport in the melt and/or gas phase. The transport properties can depend on composition using different mixing rules, temperature dependent reaction rates and saturation values can be specified using arbitrary expressions. The

capabilities and limits of this generic model are demonstrated by computing the oxygen and carbon transport within a global model of a simplified setup for solidification of photovoltaic silicon. Fig. 1 shows a part of the model furnace: Silicon is molten (and subsequently solidified) in a silica crucible, there is an argon flow inside the furnace, 2 heaters and some graphite insulation parts are also shown. The left hand side of fig.1 shows the calculated temperature field, on the right hand side the convective flow in melt

and gas, as calculated, is shown. Fig.2 shows an incomplete overview of reactions that may happen in this setup: Starting with the dissolution of the silica crucible, oxygen is introduced into the silicon melt. It evaporates in form of SiO, which in contact with hot graphite parts, leads to deposition of silicon carbide and the formation of carbon monoxide in the gas. Carbon monoxide then can dissolve into the melt, forming oxygen again, and dissolved carbon in the melt. Finally (not shown), when carbon supersaturates

Fig. 1: Part of the model furnace

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Modeling of heat and mass transfer including chemical reactions using CrysMAS

e contact: [email protected]

inside the melt, this leads to the formation of silicon carbide particles, which can be incorporated into the growing crystal and adversely affect the material properties. On challenge for modeling this set-up is the length scales ranging from meters for the entire furnace down to some 10 micrometers

necessary for the resolution of very steep carbon concentration gradients at the crystal-melt interface, due to the low distribution coefficient and also very small momentum boundary layers. Another difficulty is posed by the necessity to repeatedly solve very badly conditioned linear systems with up to millions of unknowns. Iterative solvers

have completely failed for this problem. Currently we are using the direct solver GSSV, provided by the SuperLU library, but problems in some cases remain and will probably require further work in order to solve the problem in parallel.

Fig. 2: Schematic of part of chemical reactions taking place

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Publications

2008 C. Reimann, T. Jung, M. Trempa, J. Friedrich Modeling of convective heat and mass transfer processes in crystal growth of silicon for photovoltaic application Proc.of 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Valencia (2008), 1233-1239 J. Dagner, J. Friedrich, G. Müller Influence of forced convection to the directional solidification of AlSi alloys - comparison of experiments and simulation Proc. of 6th International Conference on CFD in Oil & Gas, Metallurgical and Process Industries, Trondheim (2008) CFD08-024 S. Hussy, P. Berwian, E. Meissner, J. Friedrich, G. Müller On the influence of solution density on the formation of macroscopic defects in the liquid phase epitaxy of GaN Journal of Crystal Growth 311 (2008) 62–65 J. Friedrich, B. Kallinger, I. Knoke, P. Berwian, E. Meissner Crystal growth of compound semiconductors with low dislocation densities IEEE Proc. 20th International Conference on Indium Phosphide and Related Materials, Paris (2008) WeB3.1-Inv T. Wunderer, J. Hertkorn, F. Lipski, P. Brückner, M. Feneberg, M. Schirra, K. Thonke, I. Knoke, E. Meissner, A. Chuvilin, U. Kaiser, and F. Scholz Optimization of semipolar GaInN/GaN blue/green light emitting diode structures on {1-101} GaN side facets In : Gallium Nitride Materials and Devices III, edited by H. Morkoç, C. W. Litton, J. Chyi, Y. Nanishi, E. Yoon, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 6894 (2008) V1-V9 G. Sun, E. Meissner, P. Berwian, G. Müller Application of a thermogravimetric technique for the determination of low nitrogen solubilities in metals: Using iron as an example Thermochimica Acta 474 (2008) 36–40 B. Kallinger, B. Thomas, J. Friedrich Influence of Substrate Preparation and Epitaxial Growth Parameters on the Dislocation Densities in 4H-SiC Epitaxial Layers Materials Science Forum Vols. 600-603 (2008) 143-146 I.Y. Knoke, E. Meissner, J. Friedrich, H.P. Strunk, G. Müller Reduction of the dislocation density in GaN during low-pressure solution growth Journal of Crystal Growth 310 (2008) 3351– 3357 B. Kallinger, E. Meissner, P. Berwian, S. Hussy, J. Friedrich, G. Müller Vapor phase growth of GaN using GaN powder sources and thermogravimetric investigations of the evaporating behaviour of the source material Cryst. Res. Technol. 43, No. 1 (2008) 14-21 S. Hussy, E. Meissner, P. Berwian, J. Friedrich, G. Müller Low pressure solution growth (LPSG) of GaN templates with diameters up to 3 inch Journal of Crystal Growth 310 (2008) 738–747

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Publications

2008 N. Bános, J. Friedrich, G. Müller Simulation of dislocation density: Global modeling of bulk crystal growth by a quasi-steady approach of the Alexander-Haasen concept Journal of Crystal Growth 310 (2008) 501–507 J. Friedrich Yield Improvement and Defect Control in Bridgman-Type Crystal Growth with the Aid of Thermal Modeling in Crystal Growth Technology: From Fundamentals and Simulation to Large-scale Production (Edited by Hans J. Scheel and Peter Capper) WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim (2008) 2007 G. Müller The Czochralski Method - where we are 90 years after Jan Czochralski´s invention Cryst. Res. Technol. 42, No. 12 (2007) 1150 – 1161 J. Friedrich Control of melt convection in VGF and CZ crystal growth configurations by using magnetic fields: Theory and examples in Crystal Growth Under Applied Fields (Editors: Sadik Dost and Yasunori Okano) (2007) 31-59 G. Müller Fundamentals of Melt Growth AIP Conf. Proc. Volume 916 (2007) 3-33 D. Vizman, J. Friedrich and G. Mueller 3D time-dependent numerical study of the influence of the melt flow on the interface shape in a silicon ingot casting process Journal of Crystal Growth 303 (2007) 231-235 D. Vizman, M. Watanabe, J. Friedrich and G. Müller Influence of different types of magnetic fields on the interface shape in a 200 mm Si-EMCZ configuration Journal of Crystal Growth 303 (2007) 221-225 G. Sun, E. Meissner, P. Berwian, G. Müller, J. Friedrich Study on the kinetics of the formation reaction of GaN from Ga-solutions under NH3 atmosphere Journal of Crystal Growth 305 (2007) 326-334 J. Fainberg, D. Vizman, J. Friedrich and G. Mueller A new hybrid method for the global modeling of convection in CZ crystal growth configurations Journal of Crystal Growth 303 (2007) 124-134 C. Reimann, J. Friedrich, G. Müller, S. Würzner, H.J. Möller Analysis of the Formation of SiC and Si3N4 Precipitates During Directional Solidification of Multicrystalline Silicon for Solar Cells Proc. of the 22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (2007) 1073-1077 G. Müller, J. Friedrich (Editors) Proc. of the 5th Int. Workshop on Modeling in Crystal Growth (IWMCG-5), 10-13 September 2006 Bamberg, Germany, published as special Issue of Journal of Crystal Growth Vol. 303 Issue 1 (2007)

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Equipment

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Laboratory space 200 m2 laboratory space in total at university and Fraunhofer IISB plus offices Crystal growth several multi-zone furnaces for vacuum and high pressure conditions (for 2" - 6" crystal

diameter) OKZ/300-100 for Czochralski and EFG techniques several multi zone furnaces for sample preparation and growth of small diameter crystals Analysis and characterization of materials Several optical/infrared microscopes Access to high resolution microscopes Mapping system for optical spectroscopy of semiconductor wafers Interferometric profilometer for surface analysis of semiconductor wafers X-ray Laue camera Hall-measurement-system (temperature dependent 15K-650K) Measurement system for characterization of deep and shallow levels by capacitance techniques

(CV, DLTS) and by conductance techniques (TSC, PICTS) Differential Thermal Analysis for determination of phase diagrams Differential Scanning Calorimeter for thermodynamic and kinetic studies Thermogravimetry Preparation and metallography Facilities for preparative work related to wafer preparation (grinder, annular and wire saws,

lapping and polishing equipment) Several evaporation systems Sputtering systems (DC, 6" target diameter)

NETZSCH-STA 449 Jupiter and gas installation at CGL

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Contact and travel information

Contact

Travel Information By car Use Autobahn A3, exit Tennenlohe, follow signs for Erlangen, after 2 km take exit for "Universität Südgelände", then follow signs for IISB: 1.6 km north on Kurt-Schumacher-Straße, then turn left twice into Cauerstraße and Schottkystraße. By plane From Nürnberg (Nuremberg) airport use taxi (15 minutes) or bus 32 to Nürnberg-Thon and then bus 30/30E to Erlangen-Süd (30 minutes). By train From Erlangen station, use taxi (15 minutes) or bus 287 to Stettiner Straße (30 minutes). Convenient train services from Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof (central station) to Erlangen station. Tourist Information Verkehrsverein Erlangen e.V. Rathausplatz 1, 91052 Erlangen, Germany Phone: +49-9131 89-150 Fax: +49-9131 89-5151 WWW: www.erlangen.de

Crystal Growth Laboratory Dr. Jochen Friedrich Fraunhofer IISB Schottkystrasse 10 91058 Erlangen Phone: +49-9131-761-270 Fax: + 49-9131-761-280 http://www.iisb.fraunhofer.de Email: [email protected]