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LM-ACT for Imaging RAM Devices in X-ray Diffraction Topographs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Warren T. Beard  and
Ronald W. Armstrong
Warren T. Beard
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Physical Sciences, College Park, HD 20
Ronald W. Armstrong
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
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Analysis of serai conductor material and associated integrated circuits (IC) is imperative for ensuring quality products. Currently, routine circuit testing is dominated by measurement of the optical and electrical material/device properties through final device performance and parametric testing.

Characterization of the crystal microstructure still is not considered a routine process test. Structural characterization usually is based on double-crystal rocking curves, x-ray topography, or a combination of these techniques.

Type
X. X-Ray Tomography, Imaging, and Topography
Information
Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 32: Thirty-Seventh Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 1-5, 1988 , 1988 , pp. 659 - 666
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1988

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