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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1999
Khanh B. Nguyen, San Mateo, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A structure ( ) for determining an amount of line edge roughness (LER) on a patterned feature ( ) includes a plurality of source regions ( ) and drain regions ( ) formed in a semiconductor substrate ( ), with each of the source and drain regions ( ) having a channel ( ) therebetween. The source regions ( ) are electrically isolated from each other and the drain regions ( ) are electrically isolated from each other, respectively. The patterned feature of interest ( ) is formed over a gate oxide, extends over the channels ( ) in a direction which is transverse to the source regions ( ) and the drain regions ( ), and forms a common gate ( ) for a plurality of transistors ( ) formed with the plurality of source regions ( ) and drain regions ( ). The plurality of transistors ( ) are activated to conduct current therethrough by placing a predetermined voltage on the common gate ( ) and the currents of the plurality of transistors ( ) are used to determine the line edge roughness (LER) of the patterned feature