Nanoscale AFM-IR Spectroscopy and Imaging for Failure Analysis of Electronic Devices

Characterizing nanometer-scale features in semiconductor devices using nanoIR spectroscopy

Investigate how photothermal AFM-IR spectroscopy and imaging provide ideal solutions for advanced micro/nano-fabrication.

This webinar explains how photothermal AFM-IR spectroscopy and imaging provide ideal solutions to chemically characterize the organic contaminants, nano-patterned metal/low-k dielectrics, and directed self-assembly of block copolymers used for advanced micro/nano-fabrication.

Webinar Summary

Due to the systematic shrinking of the size of devices in the semiconductor industry, characterizing nanoscale surface contaminations in interconnects and circuitries has become a pivotal issue in test and failure analysis. Continuous development in process technology/engineering has led to the fabrication of semiconductor devices with sub-µm feature resolution, which in turn demands high-resolution analytical tools for proper characterization. 

Nanoscale AFM-IR spectroscopy is a non-destructive chemical analysis method that takes advantage of the nanoscale capabilities of AFM and outputs easy-to-understand, FTIR-like spectra. As described by the presenters, the advantages of nanoscale AFM-IR can be leveraged in the semiconductor industry in many ways, like for chemical characterization of organic contaminants, nano-patterned metal/low-k dielectrics, and directed self-assembly of block copolymers.

 

 

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Speakers

Cassandra Phillips, Ph.D.
Application Scientist, Bruker

Cassandra did her Ph.D. at the University of Toronto exploring the photophysics of boron nitride nanotubes using scattering scanning nearfield optical microscopy (s-SNOM) and computational models. She has been working at Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology since September 2019 as an Applications Scientist focusing on nanoscale IR spectro-microscopy and other correlated imaging techniques realized with atomic force microscopy.

Dr. Anirban Roy

Senior Applications Scientist