Fundamental Studies of the Mechanical Behavior of Microelectronic Thin Film Materials

Abstract

It is appropriate to note that before this research program began, very little work had been done in universities on the mechanical properties of microelectronic thin film materials. As a result, much of our early work involved the development of experimental techniques, such as sub micron indentation and wafer curvature measurement, to study stresses and mechanical properties of thin films on substrates. Interest in these developments is indicated by the accepted publications and invited oral presentations listed at the end of this report. The recent MRS Symposium on Thin Films: Stresses and Mechanical Properties was an outgrowth of the research work started under this grant. Thin films, Microelectronics, Mechanical behavior.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA206057

Entities

People

  • William D. Nix

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Curvature
  • Elastic Properties
  • Engineering
  • Geometry
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Semiconductors
  • Shape
  • Silica Glass
  • Stresses
  • Thermal Stresses
  • Thin Films

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene