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===Overview of the performance of Tencor P1 stylus profiler===


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!style="background:silver; color:black;" align="left"|Purpose
|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Profiler for measuring micro structures. ||style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"|
*Single point profiles
*Stress measurements by measuring wafer bow
*Surface roughness on a line scan
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!style="background:silver; color:black" align="left"|Performance
|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Scan range xy||style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"|
Line scan x: Full substrate size
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|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Scan range z
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<100 Å to ~0.3 mm
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|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Resolution xy
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up to 5900 data points per profile
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|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Resolution z
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1Å or 25Å
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|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Max. scan depth as a function of trench width W
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0.87(W[µm]-5µm)
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!style="background:silver; color:black" align="left"|Hardware settings
|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Tip radius
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*5 µm 60<sup>o</sup> cone
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!style="background:silver; color:black" align="left"|Substrates
|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Substrate size
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*up to 4"
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| style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Substrate material allowed
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*In principle all materials
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==Comparing the profilers==
==Comparing the profilers==
Take a look at the [[Specific Process Knowledge/Characterization/Topographic measurement|topographic measurement]] page.
Take a look at the [[Specific Process Knowledge/Characterization/Topographic measurement|topographic measurement]] page.