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Wafer Bow measurement
2006-06-07
deepa sree
2006-06-07
Lynn Rathbun
2006-06-07
deepa sree
2006-06-07
Hongjun-ECE
2006-06-07
Tom Bristow
2006-06-07
Kasman, Elina
Wafer Bow measurement
deepa sree
2006-06-07
Thank you Lynn for your suggestions., Yes it is a three inch wafer.

  Deepasree Konduparthi

Lynn Rathbun  wrote:  There are scanning laser devices
that are used to measure stress and curvature.
There are long scan profilometers that can be used to measure stress and
curvature.

On the cheap / crude side, you can use a precision optical microscope with
a large quality stage.  Make a stage insert with some wafer banking pins
and three support pins near the edge of the wafer. Take care that they are
all the same height - that requires careful machining and or
lapping..  Using the short depth of focus ( .5 um) of the highest power
lens ( 100x time 10) take note of the "height" at focus of the center of
the wafer and the "height"  at focus of the three support points. You can
read off the stage z adjustment knob if you trust it  or use an alternative
indicator. Simple math will give you the curvature assuming it is uniform.
Obviously there is some limit to the accuracy of this technique- bow less
than 5 um would be difficult- but it is quick and simple.  I am assuming
here a relatively small wafer (3 or 4",) .  It would take a pretty big
stage to do a 6 or 8 inch wafer.
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