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Autor:
Giuseppe Schiavone, N. L. Brockie, Stewart Smith, Christopher J. Wilson, J. Murray, Andrew R. Mount, J.T.M. Stevenson, Anthony J. Walton, Jonathan G. Terry, Alton B. Horsfall
Publikováno v:
IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing. 25:346-354
SU-8 is an epoxy-based, negative photoresist that is widely used in the manufacturing of micromechanical systems. The polymer cross-linking that occurs during the photolithographic processing of SU-8 can result in high levels of stress in the pattern
Autor:
Wayne S. Holland, Camelia Dunare, W. Parkes, M. J. MacIntosh, Robert Henderson, Yifan Li, Jonathan G. Terry, David Flynn, David Renshaw, J.T.M. Stevenson, K.R. Muir, Marc P.Y. Desmulliez, Bruce Rae, Ian Underwood, Anthony J. Walton, Andrew Bunting, Tong Boon Tang, Stewart Smith, H. Lin, Alan F. Murray
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University of St Andrews CRIS
Heriot-Watt University
Heriot-Watt University
Silicon based integrated circuit technology has shown astonishing progress scaling to smaller geometries as the industry follows Moore's predictions. However, in recent years the cost associated with staying at the leading edge of silicon IC technolo
Autor:
Stewart Smith, Ronald G. Dixson, James E. Potzick, Anthony J. Walton, Michael W. Cresswell, J.T.M. Stevenson, R.A. Allen, M. McCallum, Andreas Tsiamis, A.C. Hourd, Ndubuisi G. Orji
Publikováno v:
IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing. 22:72-79
This paper compares electrical, optical, and atomic force microscope (AFM) measurements of critical dimension (CD) made on a chrome on quartz photomask. Test structures suitable for direct, on-mask electrical probing have been measured using the abov
Publikováno v:
Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 17:1481-1488
This paper presents a robust anodic Ta2O5 dielectric as an alternative insulator for fabricating low-voltage electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) systems. Previously reported low-voltage EWOD technologies require high-temperature processes ( > 435degC
Autor:
A.J. Snell, Andrew Bunting, A.W.S. Ross, Stewart Smith, A.M. Gundlach, M.W. Cresswell, A.J. Walton, R.A. Allen, B.J.R. Shulver, L.I. Haworth, J.T.M. Stevenson
Publikováno v:
IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing. 21:495-503
Test structures have been fabricated to allow electrical critical dimensions (ECD) to be extracted from copper features with dimensions comparable to those replicated in integrated circuit (IC) interconnect systems. The implementation of these struct
Publikováno v:
IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing. 21:154-160
This paper presents a comparison of optical and electrical techniques for critical dimension (CD) metrology on binary and alternating aperture phase-shifting masks. Measurements obtained from on-mask electrical CD structures are compared with optical
Autor:
Andrew Bunting, H. Lin, Anthony J. Walton, Stewart Smith, Alan M. Gundlach, J.T.M. Stevenson, Camelia Dunare
Publikováno v:
IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing. 21:140-147
Test structures have been used to study the feasibility of bonding MEMS to CMOS wafers to create an integrated system. This involves bonding of prefabricated wafers and creating interconnects between the bonded wafers. Bonding of prefabricated wafers
Autor:
William Parkes, James S. Barton, C C Dunare, V Djakov, William N. MacPherson, J.T.M. Stevenson, Stuart Watson
Publikováno v:
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 17:1334-1342
Optical fibre pressure sensors have potential performance advantages over electrical sensors in measuring rapid transients such as shock waves from explosive blasts. We report the development of micromachined optical fibre Fabry–Perot pressure sens
Autor:
Steve Bull, Nicholas G. Wright, Alton B. Horsfall, Anthony J. Walton, Christopher J. Wilson, J.T.M. Stevenson, Anthony O'Neill, Jonathan G. Terry
Publikováno v:
IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability. 7:356-362
This paper reports the first direct experimental measurement of electromigration-induced stress in aluminum interconnects, using a series of microrotating stress sensors. The build-up of stress gradients in interconnect metallization, which is concom
Autor:
Anthony J. Walton, Stewart Smith, M.H. Dicks, J.T.M. Stevenson, C.L. Brown, Michael N. Kozicki, S. Enderling, Maria Mitkova
Publikováno v:
IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing. 19:2-9
This paper presents work on the development, fabrication and characterization of a suspended Greek cross measurement platform that can be used to determine the sheet resistance of materials that would contaminate Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconduct