• DocumentCode
    2032118
  • Title

    Incorporating SIMS Structures in Product Wafers in Order to Perform SIMS and other Material Analysis and Achieve Wafer Level Information about the Front-End Processing

  • Author

    Budri, Thanas ; Krott, Loren ; Patel, Neil ; Smith, Aaron ; Gurcan, Burcay ; Crocker, Kendra ; Supczak, Randy ; Printy, Craig

  • Author_Institution
    National Semicond., South Portland, ME
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    22-24 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    17
  • Lastpage
    20
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we summarize how the introduction of SIMS structures near the global alignment marks of product wafers serve as an additional way to acquire detailed analytical information about front-end processing and can minimize product yield loss without waiting for metal 1 processing when electrical testing (ET) becomes possible
  • Keywords
    materials testing; process monitoring; secondary ion mass spectroscopy; semiconductor technology; SIMS structures; electrical testing; front end processing; global alignment marks; material analysis; product wafers; wafer level information; Electron beams; Implants; Information analysis; Performance analysis; Probes; Semiconductor materials; Silicon germanium; Substrates; Testing; Transistors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference, 2006. ASMC 2006. The 17th Annual SEMI/IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA
  • ISSN
    1078-8743
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0254-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ASMC.2006.1638717
  • Filename
    1638717