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JOURNAL OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
卷 40, 期 12, 页码 1849-1857出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jrs.2332
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Raman microscopy; grain growth; thin film; silicon; thermal stresses
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- Electron Microscopy Centre of the Swiss Institute of Technology (EMEZ)
- ETH Research [TH-39/05-1]
Mechanical stresses in microelectronics and micro-electromechanical systems may influence the reliability of applications and devices. The origin of the stresses can be because of the joining of dissimilar materials with regard to the thermal expansion coefficient, electromigration or the deposition process utilized. Stresses can lead to delamination, crack formation and stress migration and therefore to a failure of the device. Identifying the locations of highest stresses in a device is crucial for reliability improvement. Currently, both Laue X-ray micro diffraction and convergent-beam electron diffraction are able to locally determine the stresses in thin metal films. Here, we propose a modified method of indirect Raman microspectroscopy to measure stresses with a lateral resolution in the submicrometer range at a laboratory scale. The method encompasses the crystallization of an amorphous silicon layer by local laser annealing and its subsequent usage as a strain gage. Stresses in an aluminum thin film were determined as a function of temperature. In addition to the average stress, the stress distribution could be monitored. Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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