Design and fabrication of a simple four point probe system for electrical characterization of thin films
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Date
2011-07
Authors
Agumba, J.O.
Karimi, P.M.
Okumu, J.
Njoroge, W.K.
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Abstract
The electrical characteristics of semiconductor thin films are of great practical interest in
microelectronics industry hence the need to measure these parameters in a cheaper and faster
manner possible. In this study, we report on design and fabrication of a cheap, simple and
portable computer-aided four point probe system for thin film sheet resistivity measurement. The
designed system has been used to measure sheet resistivity of Cu2O semiconductor thin films
prepared at different sputter conditions by DC reactive magnetron sputtering technique. With the
Van der Pauw set-up and a square symmetry adopted, sheet resistivity of Cu2O thin films at room
temperature of 23oC was found to be 55.65 Ω cm when measured using the system. However, as
the samples were exposed to temperature rise, the sheet resistivity was found to decrease and was
at its minimum value of 29.67 Ω cm at 170oC. The sheet resistivity of Cu2O thin films were
further found to increase with increase in sputter pressure during film preparation. Films
deposited at sputtering pressure of 1.8x10-2 mbar had sheet resistivity of 33.64 Ω cm and this
increased to 62.23 Ω cm for films deposited at higher sputtering pressure of 2.4x10-2 mbar.
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Keywords
Magnetron, Sputtering, Thin film, Van der Pauw set-up, LabVIEW, Interfacing
Citation
International Journal of Current Research, Vol. 3, Iss. 7, pg.135-139, July 2011