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Non-contact mobile charge measurement with leakage band-bending and dipole correction

US6522158B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 1997
Grant dateFeb 18, 2003
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R31/311
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Corona charges are used to bias a wafer to push down mobile charges and then pull them up during temperature cycles. Mobile charge is measured from the drops in the corona voltage due to the mobile charges. Corrections are made in the measurements for dipole potentials, leakage and silicon band-bending.

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