Method and apparatus for nondestructively measuring micro defects in materials
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Dec 18, 1990
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Nov 16, 1989
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Jul 13, 1988
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A method and apparatus are disclosed for nondestructively measuring the density and orientation of crystalline and other micro defects on and directly below the surface of a properly prepared material such as a semiconductor wafer. The material surface is illuminated with a probe beam of electromagnetic radiation which is limited to a nondestructive power level or levels. Polarization and wavelength or wavelengths of the electromagnetic radiation are selected according to certain characteristics of the material so that penetration depth is controlled. Specific orientation of the material with respect to the probe beam and the detector is required to detect that portion of the probe beam scattered from the defects of interest, surface or subsurface, without interference from other scatter sources and to identify the orientation of the defects. Maps of scatter intensity versus position are made according to the density of the defects encountered.
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