• DocumentCode
    2409364
  • Title

    Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy failure analysis for SOI devices

  • Author

    Soon-Hua, Lim ; Xinhua, Zheng ; Chea-Wei, Teo ; Narang, Vinod ; Hock, Teo Beng ; Chin, JM

  • Author_Institution
    Adv. Micro Devices Pte Ltd., Singapore
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    7-11 July 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    A FIB shorting technique to create a conducting path across the buried oxide to connect active silicon to silicon substrate is demonstrated to allow conductive atomic force microscopy (CAFM) failure analysis on SOI devices. CAFM is carried out at via and contact levels to provide current images that helped to localize the faulty node and also determine current-voltage characteristics at an area of interest.
  • Keywords
    atomic force microscopy; failure analysis; focused ion beam technology; integrated circuit testing; silicon-on-insulator; FIB shorting technique; SOI devices; buried oxide; conductive atomic force microscopy; failure analysis; focused ion beam shorting method; Atomic force microscopy; Contacts; Electron beams; Failure analysis; Ion beams; Optical microscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; Silicon on insulator technology; Substrates; Surface topography;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits, 2008. IPFA 2008. 15th International Symposium on the
  • Conference_Location
    Singapore
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2039-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2040-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPFA.2008.4588162
  • Filename
    4588162