Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying
Patent
1994-12-20
1996-04-02
Hearn, Brian E.
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
437957, 437171, 374 5, 324766, H01L 7166, G01N 2572, G01N 2720
Patent
active
055040179
ABSTRACT:
Voids in a metallization pattern comprising a barrier layer, such as those generated by stress migration, are detected by applying a current across a test section of the metallization pattern to generate hot spots which are detected as by employing an infrared microscope or with a liquid crystalline material.
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Pramanick Shekhar
Yue John T.
Advanced Micro Devices , Inc.
Hearn Brian E.
Radomsky Leon
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