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An Introduction to Spreading Resistance Analysis
and its Application in the Semiconductor Industry
Sheila LoftisDan Dickey
Solecon Labs770 Trademark DrReno, NV 89521(775) 853-5900
www.solecon.com
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SPREADING RESISTANCE ANALYSIS REQUEST FORM
Date Company Engineer
Priority: High o Normal o(surcharge)
Mailing Address(Mail Stop too, please)
Tel #
Purchase Order # Message #(please!)
Fax #
Number of Samples _______________ Total Number of Profiles _______________ email
Sample #Approximate structure expected from surface down:
Type Depth Type Depth Type Depth Type Depth
MaximumDepth ofInterest
CircleSubstrate
Type
CircleCrystal
Orientation
P N <111> <100>
P N <111> <100>
P N <111> <100>
P N <111> <100>
P N <111> <100>
P N <111> <100>
P N <111> <100>
P N <111> <100>
Hard copy carrier concentration plots are supplied automatically. Also available are…Hard Copy: o Resistivity Plot, o Resistance Plot, o Data TableSoft Copy: o Text File(s), o Image File(s) -via:- o 3½" DOS, o E-mail
Reference Job # (if any):
Special Instructions: (Any specific region of the profile of greater importance than the rest?)
If device wafer, please indicate locations required by a sketch below or by attaching a photo or drawing .
Sketch:
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1. Solecon Labs privacy policy.
2. Provide us with as much information as possible.
3. An appropriate bevel angle is needed.
4. Solecon strives for over 20 data points per layer.
5. A shallow emitter at .2µm on base at .4µm on epi/buried layer at 5.5µm on p-type substrate. What are you really interested in?
Filling out our request form:
Shallow Profile of the Bipolar Structure
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Deep Profile of the Bipolar Structure
ISOLATION
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2. Pattern wafers and backups.
Size of pattern:
1. Our minimum requirements are 20µm wide x 100µm long.
2. The smaller the pattern size the greater the compromise.
3. For this reason we suggest dedicated spreading resistance test patterns which are 50 x 500µm.
Beveling:
1. Your samples are mounted on angled beveling blocks.
2. Samples should be beveled immediately before probing, to avoid interference from native oxide.
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Dedicated SRA Test Patterns
Schematic diagram of a spreading resistancemeasurement on a beveled sample
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Optical Profilometer view of a spreading resistancemeasurement on a beveled sample
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Birds Eye View of SRA Sample and Probes
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1. 2 probe tips made of tungsten carbide are used.
2. The probe tips are shaped so that they can be positioned within 20um of each other.
3. Each probe tip is mounted on the end of a separate arm.
4. Each arm pivots on a kinematic bearing system that eliminates lateral motion or "scrubbing" as it contacts the sample.
5. Probe tips are lowered gently onto the sample.
6. Because of the small contact area, pressure is in excess of a million pounds per square inch.
7. 5 millivolts are applied across the probes and the resistance is measured.
Probing
LINEAR CURRENT FLOW
SPREADING RESISTANCE
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Two Probes on a Thin Layer (t<a):
D. H. Dickey, NBS SP 400-48
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What is the significance of resistivity? In a semiconductorit is related to the concentration of electrons and holes:
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Calibration ChartSpreading Resistance
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High Resisitivity Epi (continued)
Resistivity Carrier Concentration
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can be very wrong! We have various levels of smoothing which we can use to reduce the scatter in your profiles.
Both layers corrected(Unsmoothed data)
Uncorrected layers(Unsmoothed data)
Top layer corrected and smoothed(Uncorrected/unsmoothed substrate)
SIMPLE CARRIER CONCENTRATION
PROFILES CAN BE CONVERTED
TO DOPANT PROFILES
USING OUR POISSON SOLVER
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Simple Carrier Concentration Profiles Can Easily Be Converted to Dopant Profiles using Our Poisson Solver
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Concentration Profile
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From : James Ehrstein et al, ASTM Special Technical Publication 850, D. C. Gupta, editor, p. 415.
SIMS Typically Reports Greater Depth in the Tail Region of B Diffusions.In the Following Example, Boron was Implanted into Single-crystal Si.
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11 MeV Arsenic Implant
“The implantations were carried out using the facilities of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. 11 MeV beams were obtained from a dynamatron with a 2.2 megavolt terminal. The ion source is a conducting crystal of gallium arsenide from which arsenic ions in the 5+ charge state were sputtered and extracted into the accelerator column.”
From Megavolt Arsenic Implantation into Silicon, a paper presented at the 1982 International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Process Technology by P.F. Byrne, N. W. Cheung, and D.K. Sadana, University of California, Berkeley.
Many thanks to Peter Byrne for permission to reproduce and disseminate this very impressive profile.
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Steeper Profile (Plotted on 2 Depth Scales)to Characterize the
N-Well, Epi, and Substrate
CMOS (P-channel Source-Drain)
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Factors influencing SRP measurements(X , Shape, Carrier Concentration)j
1) Bevel edge: Clear edge is required to identify fringes from different films near the active area, starting points and footprints. We use high quality optical microscope with dark field illumination to identify this
2) Bevel angle: Bevel angle multiplied by step increments influence the depth. Can influence shape, X , Base width measurements, etc. j
particularly in shallow SRPs
3) Step increments
4) Location of interest: Falling out of pattern and probing adjacent structures can lead to distorted profiles
5) Probe tip condition: Probe penetration, Calibration, Data Smoothing: While smoothing data, it is necessary to follow data trends, visually examine and suppress concavity or convexity and not allow data to follow random noise by choosing best fits and appropriate correction factors
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CMOS STRUCTURES
• Epi/Substrate
• P-Well/Epi
• N-Well/Epi
• Poly/Gate Ox/Epi
• Poly/Gate Ox/N-Channel
• Poly/Gate Ox/P-Channel
• P+/Epi
• P+/NWell
• N+/Epi
• N+/PWell
• NLDD
• PLDD
• Under field Ox with implant
• Under field Ox without implant
BIPOLAR STRUCTURES
• Epi/Substrate
• Epi/Buried Layer/Substrate
• Base/Epi
• Base/Epi/Buried layer/Sub
• Base/Isolation/Epi/Sub
• Emitter/Base/Epi
• Emitter/Base/Epi/Buried layer
• Sinker/Epi/Sub
• Sinker/Epi/Buried layer
• Isolation/Epi/Sub
QAChecklist SOLECON LABS, Reno, Nevada (775) 853-5900
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1. Was the profile run in the location specified by the requester?2. Were the final profiles shown to lab supervisor?3. Are the profiles plotted with correct crystal orientation?4. Was the customer contacted for information regarding orientation or a break
test done?5. Are the step increments optimal?6. Do the job numbers match those of customer copy?7. Do the sample numbers match those of customer copy?8. Are there different profiles for the same file numbers and sample numbers?9. Are the file numbers matching with customer copy?10. Was Calibration Check done for epi samples?11. Are the correction factors, smoothing factors optimal?12. Was hot probe done on all samples where this was necessary? Hot probes
wires not reversed?13. Do scalings (y axis) match so customer can overlay with reference jobs and
supreme 4?14. Has frsp been tried for p to p+ and n to n+ layers and for dips at epi to n+
junctions?15. Were the bevel angle scales chosen on the full axis according to information
posted at profilometer?16. Was there a close correlation between the 4 point probe and SRA data sheet rho
on bare silicon/test samples?17. Check customer satisfaction to see if profiles are in line with his expectations.
Qmetrics SOLECON LABS, Reno, Nevada (775) 853-5900
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Quality Systems In Line With ISO 9001/17025
• Management responsibility• Quality manual• Business planning• Contract review• Written procedures on critical operations• Purchasing• Control of customer supplied samples• Sample identification and traceability via job tracking system• Statistical techniques• Measurement and inspections• Control of measurement and test equipment• Control of non conforming profiles• Corrective and preventive actions• ESD control• Internal and external quality control audits• Control of quality records• Customer training records• Shipping of profiles• Customer satisfaction records• Inter lab comparisons, round robin records
WhySRA SOLECON LABS, Reno, Nevada (775) 853-5900
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1. Over 25 years of experience and continuous improvement in the art and science of beveling and probing with best known method on profiling carrier concentration.
2. High spatial resolution of dopant and depth profiles.
3. Low cost operation and high return on investment for customers, easily affordable.
4. Turnover within 24 hours available.
5. Fast and accurate feedback to fab and foundries.
6. Over 300 satisfied customers.
7. Both SRA and process expertise available at Solecon Labs.
8. Edge over competitors as far as reproducibility goes.
Why Solecon Labs and SRA