page_title: Nanoprobing
section_title: Application and capabilities for semiconductor devices
hierarchical_section_title: Nanoprobing / Application and capabilities for semiconductor devices
caption_attribution_description: English: Example of Id-Vd Measurements of an NMOS transistor. The plots are also known as "Family of Curves". Important parameters can be extracted, such as saturation current (Idsat) and leakage current (Ioff).
context_page_description: Nanoprobing is method of extracting device electrical parameters through the use of nanoscale tungsten wires, used primarily in the semiconductor industry. The characterization of individual devices is instrumental to engineers and integrated circuit designers during initial product development and debug. It is commonly utilized in device failure analysis laboratories to aid with yield enhancement, quality and reliability issues and customer returns. Commercially available nanoprobing systems are integrated into either a vacuum-based scanning electron microscope or atomic force microscope. Nanoprobing systems that are based on AFM technology are referred to as Atomic Force nanoProbers.
context_section_description: Common nanoprobing techniques include, but are not limited to:
  Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy (CAFM) - only available in AFM based tools
  Scanning Capacitance Microscopy (SCM) - only available in AFM based tools
  Electrostatic Force Microscopy (EFM) - only available in AFM based tools
  DC transistor characterization (Id-Vg and Id-Vd Measurements)
  Characterizing SRAM bitcells
  BEOL Metal Resistance Measurements
  Electron-Beam Absorbed Current Imaging (EBAC) - only available in SEM based tools
caption: Example of Id-Vd Measurements of an NMOS transistor. The plots are also known as "Family of Curves". Important parameters can be extracted, such as saturation current (Idsat) and leakage current (Ioff).
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