Chemical and Morphological Characterization of Low-k Dielectric Films Deposited From Hexamethyldisiloxane and Ethylene RF Glow Discharges

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 1022-1029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Maria Coclite ◽  
Antonella Milella ◽  
Fabio Palumbo ◽  
Francesco Fracassi ◽  
Riccardo d'Agostino
Author(s):  
Terence Kane ◽  
Michael P. Tenney

Abstract Atomic Force Probe (AFP) techniques are well suited for the electrical characterization of sub-65nm node SOI devices with multiple metal interconnect levels and low-k interlevel dielectric films. This paper discusses the use of these techniques on sub-30nm gatelength SOI MOSFETs.


2015 ◽  
Vol 119 (4) ◽  
pp. 1736-1746 ◽  
Author(s):  
John N. Myers ◽  
Xiaoxian Zhang ◽  
Jeff Bielefeld ◽  
Qinghuang Lin ◽  
Zhan Chen

Author(s):  
B. L. Soloff ◽  
T. A. Rado

Mycobacteriophage R1 was originally isolated from a lysogenic culture of M. butyricum. The virus was propagated on a leucine-requiring derivative of M. smegmatis, 607 leu−, isolated by nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis of typestrain ATCC 607. Growth was accomplished in a minimal medium containing glycerol and glucose as carbon source and enriched by the addition of 80 μg/ ml L-leucine. Bacteria in early logarithmic growth phase were infected with virus at a multiplicity of 5, and incubated with aeration for 8 hours. The partially lysed suspension was diluted 1:10 in growth medium and incubated for a further 8 hours. This permitted stationary phase cells to re-enter logarithmic growth and resulted in complete lysis of the culture.


Planta Medica ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 76 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
APPR Amarasinghe ◽  
RP Karunagoda ◽  
DSA Wijesundara

Author(s):  
D. Zudhistira ◽  
V. Viswanathan ◽  
V. Narang ◽  
J.M. Chin ◽  
S. Sharang ◽  
...  

Abstract Deprocessing is an essential step in the physical failure analysis of ICs. Typically, this is accomplished by techniques such as wet chemical methods, RIE, and mechanical manual polishing. Manual polishing suffers from highly non-uniform delayering particularly for sub 20nm technologies due to aggressive back-end-of-line scaling and porous ultra low-k dielectric films. Recently gas assisted Xe plasma FIB has demonstrated uniform delayering of the metal and dielectric layers, achieving a planar surface of heterogeneous materials. In this paper, the successful application of this technique to delayer sub-20 nm microprocessor chips with real defects to root cause the failure is presented.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. A. Rubin ◽  
W. Jolley ◽  
Y. Yang

Abstract Scanning Microwave Impedance Microscopy (sMIM) can be used to characterize dielectric thin films and to quantitatively discern film thickness differences. FEM modeling of the sMIM response provides understanding of how to connect the measured sMIM signals to the underlying properties of the dielectric film and its substrate. Modeling shows that sMIM can be used to characterize a range of dielectric film thicknesses spanning both low-k and medium-k dielectric constants. A model system consisting of SiO2 thin films of various thickness on silicon substrates is used to illustrate the technique experimentally.


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