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

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01

02

6/04

4/07

8/09

J. Chang

D. Queen

D. Queen

N/A

Formatting and grammatical changes.

Reviewed. No changes.

8.02 – Surface Charge Analyzer (SCA)

00

01

02

12/02

2/07

7/09

J. Chang

J. Lai

L. Petho

N/A

N/A

Reviewed. No changes.

8.03 – I-V Probe Station

00

01

02

03

04

1/93

1/96

12/04

4/07

9/09

R. Rudell, S. Fang

K. Williams

B. Stoeber

D. Queen

L. Petho

N/A

N/A

N/A

Equipment list updated.

Reviewed. No changes.

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)

00

01

10/06

1/09

S. Parsa, T. Merport

L. Petho

Major rewrite to take into account all software/hardware upgrades.

Updated hardware and wafer setup procedures in subparagraphs 9.1.10, 11, 17, 24, 30,& 33.

8.10 - Profilometers

8.11 – Alpha-Step IQ Surface Profiler

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01

02

03

04

05

4/03

8/04

5/05

9/05

3/06

10/08

E. Kim, M. Wasilik

E. Kim

M. Wasilik

M. Wasilik

M. Wasilik

M. Wasilik

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Revised Figure 2 and added Figure 3.

Specifications extended and Section 8.1 - Surface Roughness Measurements added.

8.12 – Dektak Profilometer

00

01

02

9/03

4/07

8/09

X. Meng

X. Meng, D. Queen

D. Queen

N/A

Both authors reviewed the chapter – No changes necessary

Reviewed. No changes.

8.13 – Wyko NT3300 Profiling System

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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

02

3/01

3/07

7/09

J. Chang, S. Parsa

K. Chan

K. Chan

N/A

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

Changed font size, added space between line and log off sentence.

8.24 – Memscope

00

01

5/06

1/09

A. De La Fuente

D. Soltman

N/A

Added Section 10.2. Checked, all in order.

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)

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01

02

 

03

11/04

7/07

3/08

 

3/09

H. Takeuchi

E. Stateler, Y. Ben

D. Queen

 

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.

Added the Appendix.

8.33 – Nanospec Film Thickness Measurement System (nanospec)

00

01

02

11/04

4/07

8/09

J. Chang

D. Queen

D. Queen

N/A

Minor grammatical updates.

Reviewed. No changes.

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

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01

02

1/05

5/06

4/09

J. Chang

J. Chang

J. Chang

N/A

Added special instructions for UV programs.

Reviewed. No changes.

8.35 – Film Tek Thin Film Measurement

00

01

02

3/03

9/07

8/09

R. Su

D. Queen

D. Queen

N/A

Reviewed. No changes.

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

05

8/99

9/05

11/05

12/05

10/07

8/09

J. Kedzierski

E. Stateler

K. Voros

K. Voros

E. Stateler

L. Petho

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.

Reviewed. Minor editing throughout the text.

8.44 – Siemens D5000 X-Ray Diffractometer

00

01

02

03

12/03

4/07

9/08

7/09

R. Prohaska

E. Stateler

E. Stateler

C. Zhao

N/A

Minor modifications and addition of a paragraph in subsection 10.4.

Added a sentence at the end of subsection 6.2.

Minor addition in Section 2.0. Addition of paragraph 10.5 in Troubleshooting Section.

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

03

1/04

8/04

4/07

8/09

J. Chang

E. Kim

D. Queen

D. Queen

N/A

N/A

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

Reviewed. No changes.

8.53 – Tensiometer (KSV Sigma 701)

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01

02

7/02

6/07

8/09

W. Holtz

D. Queen

D. Queen

N/A

Reviewed. No changes.

Reviewed. No changes.

8.54 – Contact Angle Measurement System (Kruss)

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01

02

03

04

05

 

06

07

4/00

2/06

9/06

10/07

2/08

9/08

 

7/09

9/09

T. Srinivasan

W. Flounders

A. Ohta

K. Chan

D. Pestal

D. Queen

 

K. Voros

K. Chan

N/A

Addition of Appendices.

Chapter reformatted.

Added SSH secure file transfer instruction and minor changes.

Added link to Krüss 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.

Removed link to Krüss Drop Shape Analysis (DSA) Manual in Section 4.0.

Reviewed. No changes.

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.

9/09 - ML