Revision History for Chapter 8 – Testing/Inspection Equipment

Rev. No.

Date

Authors

Description of Revision

8.0 – Electrical Measurements

8.01 – Four-Point Probe Resistivity Measurement

00

01

6/04

4/07

J. Chang

D. Queen

N/A

-  Formatting and grammatical changes.

8.02 – Surface Charge Analyzer (SCA)

 

 

 

 

8.03 – I-V Probe Station

00

01

02

03

1/93

1/96

12/04

4/07

R. Rudell, S. Fang

K. Williams

B. Stoeber

D. Queen

N/A

N/A

N/A

-  Equipment list updated.

8.04 – General Probe Station (probe145)

00

01

8/05

5/08

A. Horvath

D. Queen

N/A

-  Reviewed – no changes.

8.05 – Electroglas Autoprobe in DCL (autoprobe)

 

 

 

 

8.10 - Profilometers

8.11 – Alpha-Step IQ Surface Profiler

 

 

 

 

8.12 – Dektak Profilometer

00

01

9/03

4/07

X. Meng

X. Meng, D. Queen

N/A

-  Both authors reviewed the chapter – No changes necessary

8.13 – Wyko NT3300 Profiling System

00

01

02

7/02

9/05

5/08

 M. Helmbrecht

M. Helmbrecht

 M. Helmbrecht

N/A

N/A

-   Reviewed – Minor changes. Replaced Figure 1 photo.

8.14 – DI AFM Nanoscope Dimension 3100: Atomic Force Microscope

00

01

8/03

12/07

R. Prohaska

Y.-C. Tseng

N/A

1)    Changed Section 1.0 to Title, Ownership & Training and added a paragrah.

2)    Modified Subsections 3.2.4 and 3.2.7.

3)    Changed 1st sentence under Section 6.0 – Safety. Modified Subsection 9.1.4.

4)    Added new Subsection 9.2.1 and changed order of 9.2.3 (Start Nanoscope software…) to come before Turn on the microscope…

5)    Added some precautions in 9.5.1 and 9.5.5.

6)    Added new Section 9.10 – Z-Offset. Minor corrections throughout the chapter.

8.20 – Microscopes/Optical

8.21 – Reichert Inspection Microscope

00

01

11/05

8/08

D. Bucher

D. Queen

-  Complete rewrite of previous manual by R. Doering (11/99) and C. Keller (2/01).

-  Cosmetic changes.

8.22 – Linewidth Measuring System

00

01

 

6/06

4/07

D. Pestal, D. Queen

D. Pestal

-  Initial write-up.

-  Added or changed info in Sections: 8.2 – Image Capture, 9.1 – Startup Subsections 9.1.4-9.1.7,

   9.3 – Image Capture, and a few lines at the beginning of  9.4 – Measure Menu.

8.23 – UVScope

00

01

3/01

3/07

J. Chang, S. Parsa

K. Chan

N/A

-   Changed log in and password. Changed file transfer and stage moving procedures.

8.24 – Memscope

 

 

 

 

8.25 – Computer Microvision System

 

 

 

 

8.30 – Thin Film Measurements

8.31 – Rudolph Ellipsometer

00

01

02

11/02

9/05

5/08

J. Chang

J. Chang

D. Queen

N/A

-  Reversed Sections 9.2.8 and 9.2.9, and made some minor changes.

-  Reviewed – no changes.

8.32 – Ellipsometer (sopra)

00

01

02

11/04

7/07

3/08

H. Takeuchi

E. Stateler, Y. Ben

D. Queen

-  Major re-write to update operational procedures for the latest software updates.

-  Changed “current” to “previous” in subsection 9.4.6.1.

-  Included a troubleshooting section for the singular matrix error during data analysis

   and recommended that at 100 nm oxide coated wafer be used for the calibration.

8.33 – Nanospec Film Thickness Measurement System (nanospec)

00

01

11/04

4/07

J. Chang

D. Queen

N/A

-   Minor grammatical updates.

8.34 – Nanometrics 210 XP Scanning UV – Nanospec/DUV Microspectrophotometer (nanoduv)

 

 

 

 

8.35 – Film Tek Thin Film Measurement

00

01

3/03

9/07

R. Su

D. Queen

N/A

-  Reviewed – No changes.

8.40 – E-Beam/X-Ray

8.41 – Jeol 6400 SEM and  Nanometer Pattern Generator System

 

 

 

 

8.42 – Leo SEM

00

01

02

03

04

8/99

9/05

11/05

12/05

10/07

J. Kedzierski

E. Stateler

K. Voros

K. Voros

E. Stateler

N/A

N/A

-  Addition of Appendix C: Nanometrology’s Initial Magnification Calibration Analysis (pdf)

-  Addition of new reservation policy.

-  Deletion of cdsem (Hitachi) and SEM (Mat. Sci. & Engg. Dept.) info in Section Other SEMs Available.

8.44 – Siemens D5000 X-Ray Diffractometer

00

01

12/03

4/07

R. Prohaska

E. Stateler

N/A

-  Minor modifications and addition of a paragraph in subsection 10.4.

8.50 – Others

8.51 – Sartorius A200S Electronic Analytical Balance

00

01

7/05

8/08

D. Bucher

D. Queen

-  Complete re-write of previous pages: 8/92, R. O'Donnell, J. Hutchinson.

-  Reviewed – No changes.

8.52 – Flexus Thin Film Stress Measurement

00

01

02

1/04

8/04

4/07

J. Chang

E. Kim

D. Queen

N/A

N/A

-  Removed reference to M: drive connecting the Win 3.1 computer to Silicon in Section 9.3.7

8.53 – Tensiometer (KSV Sigma 701)

00

01

7/02

6/07

W. Holtz

D. Queen

N/A

-  Reviewed – No changes

8.54 – Contact Angle Measurement System (Kruss)

00

01

02

03

04

05

4/00

2/06

9/06

10/07

2/08

9/08

T. Srinivasan

W. Flounders

A. Ohta

K. Chan

D. Pestal

D. Queen

N/A

-  Addition of Appendices.

-  Chapter reformatted.

-  Added SSH secure file transfer instruction and minor changes.

-  Added link to Krόss DSA (Drop Shape Analysis) Manual (pdf doc)

-  Users are now to move their files from the computer via floppy disk.

   This machine is no longer connected to the network.

8.55 – FTIR In Situ Depth Monitoring System

00

 

 

01

5/05

 

 

6/08

M. Wasilik,

S. Bosch-Charpenay,

N. Chen

M. Wasilik

N/A

 

 

-  Reviewed – No changes.

9/08 - ML