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.
Senior Product Manager, 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