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2D Dopant Profiling for Advanced Process Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

Xiang-Dong Wang
Affiliation:
Advanced Products Research and Development Labs (APRDL), Motorola Inc, 2100 E. Elliot Rd. Maildrop EL622, Tempe, AZ 85284
Qianghua Xie
Affiliation:
Advanced Products Research and Development Labs (APRDL), Motorola Inc, 2100 E. Elliot Rd. Maildrop EL622, Tempe, AZ 85284
Joe Hooker
Affiliation:
Advanced Products Research and Development Labs (APRDL), Motorola Inc, 2100 E. Elliot Rd. Maildrop EL622, Tempe, AZ 85284
Shifeng Lu
Affiliation:
Advanced Products Research and Development Labs (APRDL), Motorola Inc, 2100 E. Elliot Rd. Maildrop EL622, Tempe, AZ 85284
J. J. Lee
Affiliation:
Advanced Products Research and Development Labs (APRDL), Motorola Inc, 2100 E. Elliot Rd. Maildrop EL622, Tempe, AZ 85284
Phil Tobin
Affiliation:
Advanced Products Research and Development Labs (APRDL), Motorola Inc, 2100 E. Elliot Rd. Maildrop EL622, Tempe, AZ 85284
Wei Liu
Affiliation:
MOS12, Motorola Inc, Chandler, AZ.
Linda Cross
Affiliation:
MOS11, Motorola Inc, Austin, TX
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Abstract

As the CMOS device dimensions continue to shrink, it is more and more critical to control the process parameters during mass production of advanced VLSI chips in order to achieve high yield and profitability. 2D dopant characterization is one of the critical techniques to resolve manufacturing excursions. A quick access to dopant distribution, especially precise delineation of p-n junction would readily provide critical information for many manufacturing issues, as well as device design and process development. Here we present our approaches to some of those issues with available techniques. The main techniques we used are dopant selective etching (DSE) and scanning probe microscopy based electrical measurements including scanning capacitance microscopy (SCM) and scanning spread resistance microscopy (SSRM). These techniques provided complementary results and showed strengths in solving different issues. We have successfully delineated junction of CMOS devices with 0.13 μm technology with source/drain extensions. Other applications, including diode leakage, well-well isolation, and buried layer delineation with the combination of these methods are presented.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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