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Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014

Filed:

May. 18, 2006
Applicants:

Kurt H. Weiner, San Jose, CA (US);

Tony P. Chiang, Campbell, CA (US);

Gustavo A. Pinto, Belmont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kurt H. Weiner, San Jose, CA (US);

Tony P. Chiang, Campbell, CA (US);

Gustavo A. Pinto, Belmont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intermolecular, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention provides systems and methods for simultaneous, parallel and/or rapid serial testing of material parameters or other parameters of the result of a process. The testing is typically used for screening different methods or materials to select those methods or materials with desired properties. A reactor structure used to form the materials may consist of an array of small isolated reaction chambers that overlie the substrate so that the substrate forms a bottom surface of each isolated reaction chamber. Test structures are formed on the substrate, where the location of each test structure corresponds to an isolated reaction chamber area of the reaction structure. Test structures are used to measure certain parameters, such as by probing contact pads for each test structure, or such testing may be performed in-situ during processing.


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