DIAMOND DELAYERING FOR ELECTRICAL PROBING

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15182571

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Milling using a scanning probe microscope with a diamond tip removes a layer of material and produces a surface that is sufficiently smooth that it can be probed using a nanoprober to provide site-specific sample preparation and delayering. Diamond milling provides in situ, localized, precision delayering inside of a nanoprobing tool, thereby decreasing the turnaround time for integrated circuit analysis. Furthermore, unlike focused ion beam delayering, the diamond tip should not alter the electrical characteristics of the integrated circuit.

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FEI EFA INC3400 W WARREN AVE FREMONT CA 94538

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Erickson, Andrew Norman Santa Barbara, US 13 64
Ippolito, Stephen Saint Petersburg, US 2 30
Zumwalt, Sean Oxnard, US 2 4

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