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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2004
Applicants:
David C. Newbury, Saratoga, CA (US);
Paul J. Steffan, Elk Grove, CA (US);
Inventors:
David C. Newbury, Saratoga, CA (US);
Paul J. Steffan, Elk Grove, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for failure analysis of small contacts in integrated circuits is provided. A number of opposing electrical contacts is configured to contact a sample in an offset pattern such that any one electrical contact may contact more than one conductor in the sample and any opposing electrical contact is offset-positioned to contact no more than one of the conductors contacted by the one electrical contact.