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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John C Stover, Charlotte, NC (US);
Bradley W Scheer, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
VLSI Standards, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73-189 ; 73105 ;
Abstract
A metrology standard that is useful for calibrating instruments for the levels of microroughness encountered in semiconductor, disk drive, and related industries today. In advanced applications, this level is about 5 .ANG. rms in a 0.01-1.0 .mu.m.sup.-1 spatial bandwidth range. This standard uses a one-dimensional square wave pattern etched in a silicon wafer to reduce the effects of instrument spatial bandwidth. The standard has approximately a 20 .mu.m pitch with feature depths as small as 8 .ANG..