International Business Machines Corporation

Andrew Deering

Philip V Kaszuba

Leon Moszkowicz

James Albert Slinkman

George W Banke, Jr

James M Robert

Terence Lawrence Kane

Michael P Tenney

Carmelo F Scrudato

A method for measuring an integrated circuit (IC) structure by measuring an imprint of the structure, a method for preparing a test site for the above measuring, and IC so formed. The method for preparing the test site includes incrementally removing the structure from the substrate so as to reveal an imprint of the removed bottom surface of the structure in a top surface of the substrate. The imprint can then be imaged using an atomic force microscope (AFM). The image can be used to measure the bottom surface of the structure.

Integrated circuit and methods of measurement and preparation of measurement structure

Methods of measurement and preparation of measurement structure of integrated circuit

Apparatus for exposure and probing of features in a semiconductor workpiece includes a hollow concentrator for covering a portion of the workpiece connected by a gas conduit to a supply of etchant gas. A stage supports and positions the semiconductor workpiece. Control means moves the stage and the semiconductor workpiece to the series of positions sequentially. An energy beam source directs a focused energy beam through an aperture through the concentrator onto a region on the surface of the workpiece in the presence of the etchant gas. The control means moves the stage to a series of positions with respect to the concentrator and the energy beam to direct the energy beam in the presence of the etchant gas to expose a series of regions on the surface of the semiconductor workpiece positioned below the hollow interior space of the concentrator, sequentially.

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