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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2017
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Chen-Fa Lu, Kaohsiung, TW;
Cheng-Yuan Tsai, Hsin-Chu County, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A stress monitoring device includes an anchor structure, a freestanding structure and a Vernier structure. The anchor structure is over a substrate. The freestanding structure is over the substrate, wherein the freestanding structure is connected to the anchor structure and includes a free end suspended from the substrate. The Vernier structure is over the substrate and adjacent to the free end of the freestanding structure, wherein the Vernier structure comprises scales configured to measure a displacement of the free end of the freestanding structure.