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SEM tweak enables crystal study of particles as small as 10nm
… standard scanning electron microscope ( SEM ) for a roughly 10-fold improvement in ..... nitride (InGaN) nanowire, taken with an SEM using the new NIST technique, showing a ..... in criminal forensics, etc. In standard SEM -based electron diffraction, the researcher …
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AMAT debuts SEM for automatic 20nm defect inspection
… debuted its defect review scanning electron microscope (DR- SEM ) Applied SEMVision G5 system to image and analyze 20nm yield ..... powerful analysis engine make the SEMVision G5 system the only DR- SEM * capable of identifying, analyzing and finding defects in the …
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New RAVE division offers semiconductor makers custom lithography defect study
… division, Advanced Technical Instruments or ATI, comprising SEM , AFM, and other analysis tools, as well as custom semiconductor ..... and material analysis including scanning electron microscopy ( SEM ), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and time-of-flight secondary …
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TESCAN combines nano-analysis tools in one platform
… GM focused ion beam and scanning electron microscope (FIB-- SEM ) workstation, calling the system a multifunctional tool for ..... nanotechnology . The tool integrates a FIB column and field-emission SEM with a range of nano-structuring, imaging, and nano-analytical …
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Norcada microporous silicon nitride sample holders suit thin film study
… TEM) sample holders, suiting atomic layer deposition (ALD) analysis, thin film growth, and other applications under TEM, SEM , or STXM tools. The windows have a mesh structure with 2µm-diameter holes and 3µm distance, and their uniform high-quality …
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Evolution or revolution: the path for metrology beyond the 22nm node
… dimension-scanning electron microscope (CD- SEM ) measurements (resist and etch fin and ..... metrology methods used in HVM, such as CD- SEM and optical scatterometry, may be challenged ..... increased complexity of FinFETs. While CD- SEM demonstrates superior imaging capability …
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Nanoimprinted anti-reflective plastics improve viewing angle on next-gen displays
… less glare on televisions, and larger light-absorption areas on organic solar cells. Figure. Scanning electron microscope ( SEM ) image showing the engineered anti-reflective nanostructures (left) that mimic structures found in a moth’s eye (moth …
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Semiconductor metrology beyond 22nm: 3D memory metrology
… involved. Charged particle imaging techniques such as CD- SEM and helium ion microscopy (HeIM) [9] have sensitivity ..... based infrared reflectometry (MBIR), high voltage SEM (HV- SEM ) [11], environmental SEM (e- SEM ) [12], and conventional …
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Improved copper wire bonding with non-contact metrology
… used the scanning electron microscope ( SEM ) to visualize these issues and thereby identify ..... and the scanning electron microscope ( SEM ). For optical microscopy, the pad imprint ..... consuming and subjective manner. The SEM provides gage-capable quantitative data …
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Improved post-etch metal and oxide residue removal yields
… integrity of critical substrates. Figure 1. SEM images of an HA-based chemistry and one ..... shown in the scanning electron microscope ( SEM ) images (Fig. 1), HA-based chemistries ..... Al and Cu) and on substrate materials, SEM studies were conducted on wafers to characterize …
