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公开(公告)号:US10541108B2
公开(公告)日:2020-01-21
申请号:US15899905
申请日:2018-02-20
Applicant: IMEC VZW
Inventor: Umberto Celano , Kristof Paredis , Wilfried Vandervorst
IPC: H01J37/28 , B82Y40/00 , H01J37/22 , H01J37/304 , H01J37/305
Abstract: The disclosure is related to a method and apparatus for transmission electron microscopy wherein a TEM specimen is subjected to at least one thinning step by scratching at least an area of the specimen with an SPM probe, and wherein the thinned area is subjected to an SPM acquisition step, using the same SPM probe or another probe.
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公开(公告)号:US20200033395A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-30
申请号:US16518730
申请日:2019-07-22
Applicant: IMEC VZW
Inventor: Kristof Paredis , Umberto Celano , Wilfried Vandervorst
IPC: G01R31/26
Abstract: A device is provided for electrically measuring surface characteristics of a sample. The device comprises at least one group of three electrodes: a first and second electrode spaced apart from each other and configured to be placed onto the surface of the sample, and a third electrode between the first two but isolated from these two electrodes by a one or more first insulators, wherein a second insulator further isolates the central electrode from the sample when the device is placed thereon. The three electrodes and the insulators are attached to a single or to multiple holders with conductors incorporated therein for allowing the coupling of the electrodes to power sources or measurement tools. The placement of the device onto a semiconductor sample creates a transistor with the sample surface acting as the channel. The device thereby allows the determination of the transistor characteristics of the sample in a straightforward way.
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公开(公告)号:US11125805B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-21
申请号:US16518730
申请日:2019-07-22
Applicant: IMEC VZW
Inventor: Kristof Paredis , Umberto Celano , Wilfried Vandervorst
Abstract: A device is provided for electrically measuring surface characteristics of a sample. The device comprises at least one group of three electrodes: a first and second electrode spaced apart from each other and configured to be placed onto the surface of the sample, and a third electrode between the first two but isolated from these two electrodes by a one or more first insulators, wherein a second insulator further isolates the central electrode from the sample when the device is placed thereon. The three electrodes and the insulators are attached to a single or to multiple holders with conductors incorporated therein for allowing the coupling of the electrodes to power sources or measurement tools. The placement of the device onto a semiconductor sample creates a transistor with the sample surface acting as the channel. The device thereby allows the determination of the transistor characteristics of the sample in a straightforward way.
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公开(公告)号:US20190025341A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-24
申请号:US16026428
申请日:2018-07-03
Applicant: IMEC vzw
Inventor: Kristof Paredis , Umberto Celano , Wilfried Vandervorst , Oberon Dixon-Luinenburg
IPC: G01Q60/30
Abstract: A method of measuring an electrical characteristic of a current path is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes a probe for scanning spreading resistance microscopy (SSRM), a test sample contacted by the probe, a back contact on the test sample, a bias voltage source and a logarithmic SSRM amplifier, when a modulation at a predefined frequency is applied to either the contact force of the probe or to the bias voltage, the device comprising electronic circuitry for producing in real time a signal representative of the electrical characteristic, according to the formula lognA=±VSSRM±logn(dV)+Vmultiplier.
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公开(公告)号:US20180240642A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-23
申请号:US15899905
申请日:2018-02-20
Applicant: IMEC VZW
Inventor: Umberto Celano , Kristof Paredis , Wilfried Vandervorst
IPC: H01J37/22 , H01J37/28 , H01J37/305 , H01J37/304
CPC classification number: H01J37/222 , H01J37/20 , H01J37/28 , H01J37/304 , H01J37/3053 , H01J37/3056 , H01J2237/2007 , H01J2237/2067 , H01J2237/2583 , H01J2237/2802 , H01J2237/31745 , H01J2237/31747
Abstract: The disclosure is related to a method and apparatus for transmission electron microscopy wherein a TEM specimen is subjected to at least one thinning step by scratching at least an area of the specimen with an SPM probe, and wherein the thinned area is subjected to an SPM acquisition step, using the same SPM probe or another probe.
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