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Ronald G. Dixson, William F. Guthrie, Michael W. Cresswell, Richard A. Allen, Ndubuisi G. Orji
Critical dimension atomic force microscopes (CD-AFMs) are rapidly gaining acceptance in semiconductor manufacturing metrology. These instruments offer non-destructive three dimensional imaging of structures and can provide a valuable complement to CD-SEM
Ndubuisi G. Orji, Ronald G. Dixson, B Bunday, M R. Bishop, Michael W. Cresswell, J Allgair
One of the key challenges in critical dimension (CD) metrology is finding suitable calibration standards. Over the last few years there has been some interest in using features measured with transmission electron microscope (TEM) as primary standards for
I Novicic, Z Kokovic, N Jakovljevic, V Ljubicic, M Bacetic, Nenad Anicic, Zuran Marjanovic, Nenad Ivezic
Apollo is an open source, experimental Inventory Visibility (IV) application. The IV applications enable both suppliers and customers to have a Web view and to manage activities that affect the customer inventory based on a certain inventory replenishment
Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Nenad Ivezic, Albert W. Jones, Yun Peng, Zhongli Ding, Rong Pan, Yang Yu, Hyunbo Cho
We propose a probabilistic framework to address uncertainty in ontology-based semantic integration and interopera-tion. This framework consists of three main components: 1) BayesOWL that translates an OWL ontology to a Bayes-ian network, 2) SLBN
Large automotive manufacturers, including automakers and the manufacturers of principal automotive subsystems, make their products in large volumes. This means that the demands on their suppliers are fairly predictable over a long term, but subject to
Boonserm Kulvatunyou, J Jang, B Jeong, J Chang, Hyunbo Cho
Integrating distributed manufacturing systems is a longstanding dream of industrial engineers. The advent of Internet technologies has provided opportunities to fulfill this dream, and has presented new challenges to overcome. Since most current Internet
Sankar Jayaram, Uma Jayaram, Young J. Kim, Charles Dechenne, Kevin W. Lyons, Craig Palmer, Tatsuki Mitsui
In this paper we report on two engineering case studies that have been conducted as part of a Virtual Assembly Technology Consortium. The objectives of the case studies were to determine if immersive virtual assembly capabilities allow industry assembly
The Automotive Industry Action Group- (AIAG) led consortium, formed to execute an ATHENA project validation pilot, demonstrated initial results at the AIAG Enterprise Interoperability Showcase on November 15 in Detroit, Michigan. As the basis of the ATHENA
B C. Park, J Choi, S J. Ahn, D H. Kim, L Joon, Ronald G. Dixson, Ndubuisi George Orji, Joseph Fu, Theodore V. Vorburger
The ever decreasing size of semiconductor features demands the advancement of critical dimension atomic force microscope (CD-AFM) technology, for which the fabrication and use of more ideal probes like carbon nanotubes (CNT) is of considerable interest
Steven J. Fenves, Eswaran Subrahmanian, Puja Goyal, Jean-Cyrus L. Angbo, Faouzi Daoud, Ram D. Sriram
This document serves as the summary report on the first year?s progress on the Architecture Development Facilitator (ADF) project covering the activities from December 15, 2005, to December 15, 2006. The ADF is intended to assist the Office of Network
B Bunday, J Allgair, E Solecky, C Archie, Ndubuisi George Orji
The need for 3D metrology is becoming more urgent to address critical gaps in metrology for both lithographic and etch processes. Current generation lithographic processing (ArF source, where lambda=193 nm) sometimes results in photoresist lines with re
Bryan M. Barnes, Lowell P. Howard, P Lipscomb, Richard M. Silver
Patterns of lines and trenches with nominal linewidths of 50 nm have been proposed for use as an overlay target appropriate for placement inside the patterned wafer die. The NIST Scatterfield Targets feature groupings of eight lines and/or trenches which
Wafer exposure process simulation and optical photomask feature metrology both rely on optical image modeling for accurate results. The best way to gauge the accuracy of an imaging model is to compare the model results with an actual image. Modeling
The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) Project, Customs / Logistics Strategies to Strengthen Long Distance Supply Chains, seeks to improve processes and information communication employed in intercontinental trade lanes. At the time this paper was
Marija Jankovic, Nenad Ivezic, T Knothe, Zuran Marjanovic, Pat Snack
In this paper, we describe an approach to validate the capability of the ATHENA-enhanced enterprise modelling solutions to capture necessary cross-organizational business information in a computable form and to exchange partial models using a proposed
Shaw C. Feng, Theodore V. Vorburger, Che B. Joung, Joseph Fu, Ronald G. Dixson, Li Ma
As integrated circuits become smaller and faster, the measurement of line width must have less uncertainty and more versatility. The common requirement for uncertainty is less than 10 nanometers. The industrial need for versatility is three dimensional
Simulation is defined as the imitation of the operation of a system or real-world process over time, and in many cases, manufacturing provides one of the most important applications of simulation (Zolfaghari and Roa, 2006). Standard interfaces could make
I Miletic, Marko Vujasinovic, Nenad Ivezic, Zuran Marjanovic
In this paper, we describe results of our work in developing transformation tools that enable use of RDF-based Semantic Mediation tools for integration of business applications that have implemented XML Schema-based interfaces. Specifically, we are
NIST has recently established an institutional membership with the Health Industy Business Communication Council (HIBCC) - the ANSI-accredited standards development organization. HIBCC featured a welcoming article in their Sept-Dec 2005 magazine that
Historically, business process models refer only to large information sets, and database models and messaging standards provide models of all information about the related business entities that might be used in any of several business processes. In short
Ulf Griesmann, Quandou (. Wang, Marc Tricard, Paul Dumas, Christopher Hill
With the evolution of exposure tools for optical lithography towards larger numerical apertures, the semiconductor industry expects continued demand for improved wafer flatness at the exposure site. The Allowable site flatness for 300 mm wafers is expected
While most dimensional metrologists know that the reference temperature for dimensional measurements is 20 C, very few know how or why that temperature was chosen. Many people have thought it was, in some sense, arbitrary. In actuality, the decision was
Wei Chu, Joseph Fu, Ronald G. Dixson, Theodore V. Vorburger
In scanned probe measurements of micrometer- or nanometer-scale lines, it is nearly impossible to maintain the sample in a perfectly level position, and even a small amount of tilt angle can contribute to the accuracy of the result of measurand such as
In this paper we have extended the Kinetic Monte-Carlo simulation method to study the etching dynamics of Si (111) surfaces in NH4F in a time-resolved basis. We have examined the step-flow dynamics of Si(111) etching using various simulation window sizes