• DocumentCode
    2603890
  • Title

    Failure Analysis of Oxide Defects

  • Author

    Ebel, G.H. ; Engelke, H.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Singer Kearfott Division, 150 Totowa Road, Wayne, N.J.
  • fYear
    1973
  • fDate
    26755
  • Firstpage
    108
  • Lastpage
    116
  • Abstract
    There have been many good papers presented on various failure analysis techniques for studying oxide defects. This paper will review some of these and will describe, in detail, the application of nematic liquid crystals to the problem of locating pinholes in oxide layers. Methods of isolating the defective area will also be covered. Some problems caused by the use off deposited oxide scratch coating and a method of removing these coatings without removing the underlying metalization are also discussed.
  • Keywords
    Aluminum; Circuit faults; Coatings; Electron beams; Failure analysis; Large scale integration; Liquid crystals; Probes; Process control; Resists;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Reliability Physics Symposium, 1973. 11th Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Las Vegas, NV, USA
  • ISSN
    0735-0791
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRPS.1973.362580
  • Filename
    4207955