• DocumentCode
    2979642
  • Title

    Surface Roughness Measurements on Semiconductors Using White Light Interferometry

  • Author

    Blunt, Roy

  • Author_Institution
    IQE Eur. Ltd., Cardiff
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    14-18 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    582
  • Lastpage
    585
  • Abstract
    The use of white light interferometry to directly measure surface roughness on a variety of substrates and epitaxially grown materials is described. This method has many advantages for process development and monitoring compared to competing technologies as it offers the ability to rapidly image surfaces and to produce quantitative values for roughness without contacting the surface or damaging it any way.
  • Keywords
    light interferometry; nondestructive testing; process monitoring; semiconductor epitaxial layers; substrates; surface roughness; surface topography measurement; epitaxially grown materials; process monitoring; semiconductor surface; substrates; surface roughness measurements; white light interferometry; Area measurement; Atomic force microscopy; Indium phosphide; Optical interferometry; Pollution measurement; Rough surfaces; Semiconductor materials; Substrates; Surface contamination; Surface roughness;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Indium Phosphide & Related Materials, 2007. IPRM '07. IEEE 19th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Matsue
  • ISSN
    1092-8669
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0875-X
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8669
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIPRM.2007.381256
  • Filename
    4266013