• DocumentCode
    954514
  • Title

    Electron-Beam-Induced Currents in Simple Device Structures

  • Author

    Galloway, Kenneth F. ; Leedy, Kathryn O. ; Keery, William J.

  • Author_Institution
    National Bureau of Standards,Washington,DC
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1976
  • fDate
    9/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    231
  • Lastpage
    236
  • Abstract
    Electron-beam-induced current (EBIC) in semiconductor devices produced by the electron beam of a scanning electron microscope (SEM) can be used to image sub-surface device features and to measure certain material parameters, This paper presents a simple method of calculation for estimating the magnitude of EBIC signals. EBIC signals from silicon p-n junction diodes are compared with the results of the calculation, The application of EBIC to more complicated device structures is discussed.
  • Keywords
    Electron-beam applications; Scanning electron microscopy; Semiconductor device measurements; Semiconductor materials measurements; Circuits; Conducting materials; Electron beams; Electronic components; NIST; P-n junctions; Scanning electron microscopy; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor materials; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Parts, Hybrids, and Packaging, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0361-1000
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPHP.1976.1135138
  • Filename
    1135138