• DocumentCode
    2699431
  • Title

    Explosion phenomenon of high resistance via during TEM sample preparation using FIB

  • Author

    Liu, Pan ; Tee, Irene ; Seah, Soo Sien ; Soo, Chi Wen ; Chen, Ye ; Mo, Zhi Qiang

  • Author_Institution
    Failure Anal. Dept., GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte Ltd., Singapore, Singapore
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    2-6 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    277
  • Lastpage
    281
  • Abstract
    High-resistance via explosion is a new damage phenomenon which is induced during TEM sample preparation using FIB. Two methods that will prevent this phenomenon are introduced. In practice, these methods have been effective in avoiding high-resistance via explosion.
  • Keywords
    electric breakdown; electric resistance measurement; focused ion beam technology; semiconductor device reliability; transmission electron microscopy; FIB; TDDB; TEM sample preparation; damage phenomenon; focused ion beam technology; high resistance explosion; resistance measurement methodology; semiconductor manufacturing reliability test; time dependent dielectric breakdown; Amorphous materials; Copper; Electron beams; Explosions; Failure analysis; Ion beams; Milling machines; Production; Testing; Wood industry; EM; FIB; High resistance; TEM sample preparation; Via explosion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS), 2010 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • ISSN
    1541-7026
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5430-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRPS.2010.5488816
  • Filename
    5488816