Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for high voltage device crystal defect detection
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Application No.: US14163062Application Date: 2014-01-24
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Publication No.: US09658278B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Chun Hao Liao , Chu Fu Chen , Po-Ju Chiu , Jun Yean Chiou , Chao-Jen Cheng
- Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
- Applicant Address: TW
- Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: TW
- Agency: Hauptman Ham, LLP
- Main IPC: H01L51/56
- IPC: H01L51/56 ; H01L21/70 ; G01R31/26 ; G01R31/28 ; H01L21/66

Abstract:
A semiconductor device comprises a first layer, a second layer configured to overlap with the first layer at a plurality of positions, a plurality of first layer contacts configured to be selectively activated to test the first layer for a first layer leakage current, and a plurality of second layer contacts configured to be selectively activated to test the second layer for a second layer leakage current. The first layer contacts are arranged on the first layer on a first side and a second side of the plurality of positions at which the second layer overlaps with the first layer. The second layer contacts are arranged on the second layer on a third side and a fourth side of the plurality of positions at which the second layer overlaps with the first layer. A determined first layer leakage current or second layer leakage current is indicative of the presence of a crystal defect in the semiconductor device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150212146A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH VOLTAGE DEVICE CRYSTAL DEFECT DETECTION Public/Granted day:2015-07-30
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