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Method to test devices on high performance ULSI wafers

US6337218B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 28, 1999
Grant dateJan 8, 2002
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Expiry dateMay 28, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R31/312
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for testing structures in semiconductor wafers. The apparatus includes at least one test probe. At least one tool measures and controls deceleration of the at least one test probe as it approaches a surface of a structure in the semiconductor wafer.

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