• DocumentCode
    3038579
  • Title

    SIMS sample preparation method for GOX analysis with small-size polysilicon patterns

  • Author

    Lei Zhu ; Teo, H.W. ; Lee, Mai T. ; Ng, H.P. ; Chen, C.Q. ; Ang, G.B. ; Hua, Y.N. ; Zhao, Si Ping ; Redkar, S.

  • Author_Institution
    QCE-FA Dept., GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte Ltd., Singapore, Singapore
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    15-19 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    478
  • Lastpage
    480
  • Abstract
    Conventional die soak in hydrofluoric acid (HF) to prepare SIMS sample for gate oxide depth profiling analysis works well for large-size poly-Si pattern. However, for small-size poly-Si pattern (<; 50μm), the HF soak results in abnormality in the SIMS depth profiling. A mechanical polish combined with HF soak was proposed to solve the problem.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; failure analysis; polishing; secondary ion mass spectroscopy; silicon; GOX analysis; HF soak; SIMS depth profiling; SIMS sample preparation method; Si; die soak; failure analysis; gate oxide depth profiling analysis; hydrofluoric acid; mechanical polish; small-size polysilicon patterns; Failure analysis; Hafnium; Integrated circuit reliability; Integrated circuits; Silicides; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits (IPFA), 2013 20th IEEE International Symposium on the
  • Conference_Location
    Suzhou
  • ISSN
    1946-1542
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-1241-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPFA.2013.6599204
  • Filename
    6599204