Dr. W. Alan Doolittle

 

Contact Information:

Phone and Fax: 404-894-9884

Email: alan.doolittle@ece.gatech.edu

Mail:

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

777 Atlantic Dr.

Atlanta, GA 30332-0250

 

Advanced Semiconductor Technology Facility

 

Characterization Tools

Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry 

• Quantitative elemental analysis of materials

• Sample composition as a function of depth

• Sensitivity as high as 1 part per million

 

0.3 and 0-3 Tesla, temperature dependent Hall Mobility Measurement.  Quantitative evaluation of mobility, carrier density and polarity.

 

SIMS

Electron Beam Induced Current (EBIC) and Diffusion Length Mapping (DLM)

Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Image of an Edge Film Grown (EFG) Silicon sample

 

Electron Beam Induced Current (EBIC) Image(center) of the edge Film Silicon sample to the left.  Note detection of electrically active defects (diagonal lines) not seen in SEM image.

 

Electron Beam Induced Current Diffusion Length Map (EBIC-DLM) Image of the edge Film Silicon sample to the left obtained by quantitative analysis of the EBIC image.

 

Electron Beam Induced Current (EBIC) image of decorated dislocations in SiC

 

Patented High Energy Resolution DLTS system can detect very deep states in semiconductors.  All important information about the defect can be determined:

• Energy in the bandgap

• Concentration

• Capture cross-section: how strong does the defect attract electrons (or holes).

• Magnetic degeneracy breakage

 

Patented High Energy Resolution DLTS (HER-DLTS) System

 

Text Box: Phillips X-Pert MRD X-ray diffraction
Reciprocal space mapping
X-ray reflection
Pole figure
Composition analysis
Multi-layer theoretical fitting

State of the Art X-ray Analysis

 

Field and Temperature Variable Hall Measurement

2q-w X-ray scan contrasting two samples showing reduction of undesirable substrate crystal rearrangement (LiNbO3 ή LiNb3O8)  under suitable growth conditions.

 

MOS Impedance and Interface Characterization

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Highlighted tools on this page (scroll down):

Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (SIMS)

Electron Beam Induced Current (EBIC) and Diffusion Length  Mapping (DLM)

High Energy resolution Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy (HER-DLTS)

High Resolution X-Ray Diffraction

UHV STM/AFM/KPM

Hall Effect Measurement

MOS Impedance Characterization

Electrical characterization from 40millihertz to 40 gigahertz

3 Tesla electro-magnet and 0.3 tesla permanent magnet

 

Partial List:

 

Free Access within ASTF

Eight-Crystal High resolution X-Ray Diffraction

Powder X-ray Diffraction

High Energy Resolution-DLTS

40Hz - 110 MHz Impedance characterization (HP4294A)

Capacitance -Voltage vs Temperature

Current - Voltage vs Temperature

Isothermal capacitance transient spectroscopy

Temperature and Field dependant Hall

Contactless Photoconductive Decay

Electron Beam Induced Current (EBIC)

EBIC-Diffusion Length Mapping (EBIC-DLM)

Photoluminescence (PL)

Raman Spectroscopy

Radiant Technology Ferroelectric Tester

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)

Optical Reflection/Transmission

Extensive equipment for DC and RF diagnostic device measurements (IV, IVT, 40 GHz Network Analyzer...)

 

 

Shared Fee Access external to ASTF

Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (SIMS)

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

Electrostatic Force Microscopy (EFM)

Scanning Capacitance Microscopy (SCM)

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM)

X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)

Auger Spectroscopy

TEM/SEM/Holographic TEM

EDS/EELS