Scanning moire fringe imaging for quantitative strain mapping in semiconductor devices

作者：Kim Suhyun^*; Lee Sungho; Oshima Yoshifumi; Kondo Yukihito; Okunishi Eiji; Endo Noriaki; Jung Jaeryong; Byun Gwangsun; Lee Sunyoung; Lee Kyupil

来源：Applied Physics Letters, 2013, 102(16): 161604.

DOI：10.1063/1.4803087

The development of a method for the precise measurement of strain fields in semiconductor devices has become a critical requirement because the electrical performances of the devices are greatly influenced by the strain induced in their structures. We applied scanning moire fringe imaging to demonstrate the quantitative strain mapping of a Si/Si1-xGex interfacial layer. The strain field was measured at a nano-meter scale spatial resolution, with a detection precision of 0.1%. The maximum value of the strain was measured to be 1.1% +/- 60.1%, which is consistent with the direct measurement by high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy image.

• 出版日期2013-4-22