• DocumentCode
    2326765
  • Title

    Non-contact internal-MMIC measurement using scanning force probing

  • Author

    Falkingham, C.J. ; Edwards, I.H. ; Bridges, G.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Manitoba Univ., Winnipeg, Man., Canada
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    11-16 June 2000
  • Firstpage
    1619
  • Abstract
    A non-contacting probe capable of internal vector measurements of MMICs is presented. Accurate internal amplitude and phase measurements can be made with micrometer spatial resolution, <1 fF loading and without the need to depassivate the circuit. A 10 GHz bandwidth probe is presented.
  • Keywords
    Atomic force microscopy; Failure analysis; Integrated circuit measurement; Integrated circuit reliability; MMIC; 10 GHz; internal amplitude measurements; internal phase measurements; internal vector measurements; micrometer spatial resolution; noncontact internal-MMIC measurement; scanning force probing; Bandwidth; Circuit testing; Force measurement; Frequency; Impedance; Monitoring; Performance evaluation; Phase measurement; Scanning probe microscopy; Spatial resolution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest. 2000 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5687-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2000.862287
  • Filename
    862287