Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a system for peeling of the backside layer of a semiconductor device, thereby exposing a structure of an FEOL semiconductor of the device, in order to perform electric or physical probing (verification) or both of them later. SOLUTION: A window is formed in a backside substrate layer of the semiconductor. Parallel ion plasma is generated, and it is guided by a shield plate for focusing so as to be brought into contact with the semiconductor only through an internal window. The focused parallel ion plasma is brought into contact with the semiconductor only through the internal window, while simultaneously rotating and tilting the semiconductor by a temperature-controlled stage to uniformly remove the semiconductor, so that a semiconductor structure is exposed at a position of the semiconductor corresponding to a backside window. The function of the backside peeling of the present invention can be strengthened by chemical reaction-aided ion beam etching (CAIBE). COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor device monitor structure which can detect localized defects due to floating-body effects, particularly on SOI device wafers. SOLUTION: The semiconductor device monitor structure includes a plurality of cells containing PFET or NFET device, disposed at a perimeter of the semiconductor device monitor structure which is bordered by an insulating region such as shallow trench isolation (STI). Each cell includes polysilicon gate structure having a specific spacing given by a first distance, and a portion extending beyond the perimeter a second distance. The cells are constructed in accordance with progressively varying ground rules, so that the first distance and the second distance are non-uniform between the cells. The cells may be turned to bit file map for single-cell failures, thereby enabling detection of the localized defects due to the floating-body effects. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO