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Análise de falhas de circuitos integrados

The semiconductor industry continues to shrink the size of electronic devices and sub-20 nm technology nodes are already available.

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Análise de falhas de circuitos integrados

Such integrated circuits are multilayer structures whose key elements are multi-gate transistors, where a source-drain channel („fin“) is surrounded by a 3D gate.

14 nm technology node Intel processor. A top view of the transistor contact layer after delayering by GIS-assisted Xe Plasma FIB etching, image obtained at an electron accelerating voltage of 500 V with the In-Beam detector

14 nm technology node Intel processor. A top view of the transistor contact layer after delayering by GIS-assisted Xe Plasma FIB etching, image obtained at an electron accelerating voltage of 500 V with the In-Beam detector

  • A failure analysis process of such integrated circuits typically involves delayering and electrical nano probing. After the defective area is found a lamella containing the failure of interest can be prepared for TEM inspection.
  • So far, delayering has been performed mainly by means of mechanical polishing. However, for future devices, mechanical polishing cannot be used due to micro and nanomechanical deformation and chemical interactions with polishing suspension.
  • TEM lamella preparation is done on FIB-SEM systems. These lamellae must be artefact-free with the thickness proportional to the technology node.

 

Failure analysis of integrated circuits typically includes:
  • Delayering and electrical probing in technology nodes of the last generation
  • Preparation of TEM lamella from integrated circuits
  • FIB-SEM tomography for 3D structural analysis (3D BSE reconstructions)
  • Electrical fault isolation (EBIC, EBAC)
  • Low voltage SEM inspection
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    TEM specimen prepared from a 66 nm SDRAM sample using TESCAN SOLARIS X Xe plasma FIB SEM

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  • SEM inspection of ICs at low beam energies

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  • Ultra-Thin TEM Lamella Preparation with Backside Polishing

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  • Artefact-free top-down TEM sample preparation of a 14 nm FinFET device

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  • Routine Ga FIB TEM sample preparation of a 14nm FinFET device

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  • Large-area Cross-sectioning for Failure Analysis of Advanced Packaging Technologies

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  • Visualization of doped active regions in semiconductor devices

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  • High resolution large format imaging for die inspection

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  • FIB Tomography of an Integrated Circuit

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