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Electric Force Microscopy with a Single Carbon Nanotube Tip
Published
Author(s)
John A. Dagata, F S. Chien, S Gwo, K Morimoto, T Inoue, J Itoh, H Yokoyama
Abstract
Carbon nanotube tips offer a significant improvement over standard scanned probe microscope (SPM) tips for electrical characterization of nanodevice structures. Carbon nanotube tips are compatible with requirements for integrated SPM probe station instruments in which SPM-based lithography, topography, electric force microscopy, and traditional current-voltage measurements are performed simultaneously, or sequentially. As device dimensions shrink, traditional diagnostics will be unable to probe nanometer-scale phenomena that affect device performance and reliability. At the same time, the introduction of novel materials such as silicon-on-insulator into standard processing will require methods that can rapidly identify defects and their local behavior. Electric force microscopy with carbon nanotube tips offers unique capabilities for satisfying these needs.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of SPIE, Metrology, Inspection, and Process Control for Microlithography XV, Neal T. Sullivan, Editor
Volume
4344
Conference Dates
February 26, 2001
Conference Location
Santa Clara, CA
Conference Title
AFM Metrology
Pub Type
Conferences
Keywords
carbon nanotube, electric force microscopy, lithography, scanned probe microscopy, silicon-on-insulator
Dagata, J.
, Chien, F.
, Gwo, S.
, Morimoto, K.
, Inoue, T.
, Itoh, J.
and Yokoyama, H.
(2001),
Electric Force Microscopy with a Single Carbon Nanotube Tip, Proceedings of SPIE, Metrology, Inspection, and Process Control for Microlithography XV, Neal T. Sullivan, Editor, Santa Clara, CA
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