Patterson et al., 2007 - Google Patents
Test structure and e-beam inspection methodology for in-line detection of (non-visual) missing spacer defectsPatterson et al., 2007
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- 18139297887242760598
- Author
- Patterson O
- Wu K
- Mocuta D
- Nafisi K
- Publication year
- Publication venue
- 2007 IEEE/SEMI Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference
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A test structure specifically designed to allow in-line detection of missing spacer is introduced. Missing spacer is too small to be physically detected with any current inspection tool and therefore its existence must be flagged using voltage contrast for detection with an e …
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