Contactless probing of high-frequency electrical signals with scanning probe microscopy

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Merlin
Keyword(s):  
Scanning Probe Microscopy ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Scanning Probe ◽  
Electrical Signals ◽  
Probe Microscopy

scholarly journals Correlative Confocal Raman and Scanning Probe Microscopy in the Ionically Active Particles of LiMn2O4 Cathodes

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alikin ◽  
Slautin ◽  
Abramov ◽  
Rosato ◽  
Shur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scanning Probe Microscopy ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Raman Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Probe ◽  
Confocal Raman Microscopy ◽  
Limn2o4 Spinel ◽  
Probe Microscopy ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Confocal Raman

In this contribution, a correlative confocal Raman and scanning probe microscopy approach was implemented to find a relation between the composition, lithiation state, and functional electrochemical response in individual micro-scale particles of a LiMn2O4 spinel in a commercial Li battery cathode. Electrochemical strain microscopy (ESM) was implemented both at a low-frequency (3.5 kHz) and in a high-frequency range of excitation (above 400 kHz). It was shown that the high-frequency ESM has a significant cross-talk with topography due to a tip-sample electrostatic interaction, while the low-frequency ESM yields a response correlated with distributions of Li ions and electrochemically inactive phases revealed by the confocal Raman microscopy. Parasitic contributions into the electromechanical response from the local Joule heating and flexoelectric effect were considered as well and found to be negligible. It was concluded that the low-frequency ESM response directly corresponds to the confocal Raman microscopy data. The analysis implemented in this work is an important step towards the quantitative measurement of diffusion coefficients and ion concentration via strain-based scanning probe microscopy methods in a wide range of ionically active materials.

The Role of Scanning Probe Microscopy in Drug Delivery Research

1996 ◽  
Vol 13 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 225-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin M. Shakesheff ◽  
Martyn C. Davies ◽  
Clive J. Roberts ◽  
Saul J. B. Tendler ◽  
Philip M. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Drug Delivery ◽  
Scanning Probe Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Probe ◽  
Probe Microscopy

Extending Electrical Scanning Probe Microscopy Measurements of Semiconductor Devices Using Microwave Impedance Microscopy

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedict Drevniok ◽  
St. John Dixon-Warren ◽  
Oskar Amster ◽  
Stuart L Friedman ◽  
Yongliang Yang
Keyword(s):  
Scanning Probe Microscopy ◽  
Semiconductor Devices ◽  
Cmos Image Sensor ◽  
Image Sensor ◽  
Scanning Probe ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Probe Microscopy ◽  
Dopant Profiling ◽  
Capacitance Voltage

Abstract Scanning microwave impedance microscopy was used to analyze a CMOS image sensor sample to reveal details of the dopant profiling in planar and cross-sectional samples. Sitespecific capacitance-voltage spectroscopy was performed on different regions of the samples.

Cross-Section Sample Preparation Method for Imaging Dopant Related Anomalies Using Scanning Probe Microscopy Techniques

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swaminathan Subramanian ◽  
Khiem Ly ◽  
Tony Chrastecky
Keyword(s):  
Sample Preparation ◽  
Failure Analysis ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Scanning Probe Microscopy ◽  
Preparation Method ◽  
Fault Isolation ◽  
Scanning Probe ◽  
Sample Preparation Method ◽  
Probe Microscopy ◽  
Section Sample

Abstract Visualization of dopant related anomalies in integrated circuits is extremely challenging. Cleaving of the die may not be possible in practical failure analysis situations that require extensive electrical fault isolation, where the failing die can be submitted of scanning probe microscopy analysis in various states such as partially depackaged die, backside thinned die, and so on. In advanced technologies, the circuit orientation in the wafer may not align with preferred crystallographic direction for cleaving the silicon or other substrates. In order to overcome these issues, a focused ion beam lift-out based approach for site-specific cross-section sample preparation is developed in this work. A directional mechanical polishing procedure to produce smooth damage-free surface for junction profiling is also implemented. Two failure analysis applications of the sample preparation method to visualize junction anomalies using scanning microwave microscopy are also discussed.

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