Specific Process Knowledge/Characterization/AFM: Atomic Force Microscopy: Difference between revisions
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!style="background:silver; color:black;" align="left"|Purpose | !style="background:silver; color:black;" align="left"|Purpose | ||
|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"| | |style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Topografic measurement in the nanometer and and sub-micron regime||style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"| | ||
* | *surface roughness measurement | ||
*step/structure hight measurement | |||
* | *Surface image | ||
*Surface | |||
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!style="background:silver; color:black" align="left"|Performance | !style="background:silver; color:black" align="left"|Performance | ||
|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Scan range xy||style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"| | |style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Scan range xy||style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"| | ||
up to 90 µm square | |||
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|style="background:silver; color:black"|.||style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Scan range z | |style="background:silver; color:black"|.||style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Scan range z | ||
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1 µm (can go up to 6µm with special settings) | |||
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|style="background:silver; color:black"|.||style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Resolution xy | |style="background:silver; color:black"|.||style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Resolution xy | ||
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Down to 1.4 nm - accuracy better than 2% | |||
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|style="background:silver; color:black"|.||style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Resolution z | |style="background:silver; color:black"|.||style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Resolution z | ||
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<1 Å - accuracy better than 2% | |||
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|style="background:silver; color:black"|.||style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Max. scan depth as a function of trench width W | |style="background:silver; color:black"|.||style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Max. scan depth as a function of trench width W | ||
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1. | ~1 for our standard probe. Can be improved to about 10 with the right probe | ||
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!style="background:silver; color:black" align="left"|Hardware settings | !style="background:silver; color:black" align="left"|Hardware settings | ||
|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Tip radius | |style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Tip radius of curvature | ||
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* | *Standrad probe: <12 nm | ||
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!style="background:silver; color:black" align="left"|Substrates | !style="background:silver; color:black" align="left"|Substrates | ||
|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Substrate size | |style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Substrate size | ||
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*up to | *up to 6" | ||
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|style="background:silver; color:black"|.|| style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Substrate material allowed | |style="background:silver; color:black"|.|| style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Substrate material allowed | ||