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    公开(公告)号:DE3683053D1

    公开(公告)日:1992-01-30

    申请号:DE3683053

    申请日:1986-10-23

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: The surface of the IC substrate and the pads on the surface which are connected to the conducting paths to be tested are covered with three layers. The first (13) is of passivating oxide, a second layer of electroluminescent material (15) and a third layer (17) of a conductive material which is so thin as to be transparent to the passage of photons. The focused laser beam is directed to a pad or pads to generate charges by photon-assisted tunnelling of electrons from each selected pad. Consequently, a specific voltage level is induced in each selectedpad and in each non-selected pad which is connected electrically with a selected pad. The whole substrate surface is flooded with a laser beam to excite voltage-dependent photon-assisted electron-tunnelling from pads, the tunnelling intensity being dependent on the potential of each pad. The excitation pattern is detected in the electroluminescent layer, viewed by a TV camera (21).

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    公开(公告)号:DE3685331D1

    公开(公告)日:1992-06-17

    申请号:DE3685331

    申请日:1986-10-23

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: The energy of the focused laser beam is sufficient to cause photo electric emission from each selected pad (P21) on which the beam is directed, but is insufficient to produce photoelectric emission from the non-conducting substrate. Consequently, a specific voltage level is induced in each selected pad and in each non-selected pad which is connected electrically to a selected pad. The action of the flooding laser beam causes voltage-dependent photoelectric emission from the pads, that is the electrons from the previously-charged pads are of lower kinetic energy than those from uncharged pads. A position-sensitive channel plate (15) is disposed in the vicinity of the flooded face for detecting the pattern of voltage-dependent photoelectric emission from the flooded face of the substrate.

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