Mechanical stress characterization in semiconductor device

Details Mechanical stress characterization in semiconductor device Mechanical stress characterization in semiconductor device

2008-07-29

2010-10-19

Nguyen, Ha Tran T (Department: 2829)

Electricity: measuring and testing

Measuring, testing, or sensing electricity, per se

With rotor

C324S763010, C348S783000, C348S778000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07816909

ABSTRACT:
Methods of characterizing a mechanical stress level in a stressed layer of a transistor and a mechanical stress characterizing test structure are disclosed. In one embodiment, the test structure includes a first test transistor including a first stress level; and at least one second test transistor having a substantially different second stress level. A testing circuit can then be used to characterize the mechanical stress level by comparing performance of the first test transistor and the at least one second test transistor. The type of test structure depends on the integration scheme used. In one embodiment, at least one second test transistor is provided with a substantially neutral stress level and/or an opposite stress level from the first stress level. The substantially neutral stress level may be provided by either rotating the transistor, removing the stressed layer causing the stress level or de-stressing the stressed layer causing the stress layer.

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