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Title: Simultaneous orientation and thickness mapping in transmission electron microscopy

Abstract

In this paper we introduce an approach for simultaneous thickness and orientation mapping of crystalline samples by means of transmission electron microscopy. We show that local thickness and orientation values can be extracted from experimental dark-field (DF) image data acquired at different specimen tilts. The method has been implemented to automatically acquire the necessary data and then map thickness and crystal orientation for a given region of interest. We have applied this technique to a specimen prepared from a commercial semiconductor device, containing multiple 22 nm technology transistor structures. The performance and limitations of our method are discussed and compared to those of other techniques available.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Ulm (Germany). Inst. for Experimental Physics
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1208603
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Ultramicroscopy
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 150; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0304-3991
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Orientation and thickness mapping; Transmission electron microscopy

Citation Formats

Tyutyunnikov, Dmitry, Özdöl, V. Burak, and Koch, Christoph T. Simultaneous orientation and thickness mapping in transmission electron microscopy. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.11.034.
Tyutyunnikov, Dmitry, Özdöl, V. Burak, & Koch, Christoph T. Simultaneous orientation and thickness mapping in transmission electron microscopy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.11.034
Tyutyunnikov, Dmitry, Özdöl, V. Burak, and Koch, Christoph T. Thu . "Simultaneous orientation and thickness mapping in transmission electron microscopy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.11.034. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1208603.
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title = {Simultaneous orientation and thickness mapping in transmission electron microscopy},
author = {Tyutyunnikov, Dmitry and Özdöl, V. Burak and Koch, Christoph T.},
abstractNote = {In this paper we introduce an approach for simultaneous thickness and orientation mapping of crystalline samples by means of transmission electron microscopy. We show that local thickness and orientation values can be extracted from experimental dark-field (DF) image data acquired at different specimen tilts. The method has been implemented to automatically acquire the necessary data and then map thickness and crystal orientation for a given region of interest. We have applied this technique to a specimen prepared from a commercial semiconductor device, containing multiple 22 nm technology transistor structures. The performance and limitations of our method are discussed and compared to those of other techniques available.},
doi = {10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.11.034},
journal = {Ultramicroscopy},
number = C,
volume = 150,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 04 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Thu Dec 04 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}

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