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US4609809A
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Method and apparatus for correcting delicate wiring of IC device
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1984-03-16
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Granted: 1986-09-02
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Expires: 2004-03-16
Abstract
Abstract The invention discloses a method and apparatus for correcting a device characterized in that an ion beam is extracted from an ion source having high luminance such as a liquid metal ion source or the like, the ion beam is then converged to a delicate spot by use of a charged particle optical system and apertures, a wiring portion formed on and outside of an active layer region of a device and connected to the device is located to the spot by observing the wiring portion through an SIM, the ion beam in neutralized by an electron shower so as to prevent the wiring portion from being charged electrically, the converged ion beam spot is radiated to the wiring portion to remove the wiring portion, and radiation of the ion beam is stopped while observing the ion beam by a second ion mass spectrometer which detects that the wiring portion is cut by the ion beam and the ion beam reaches an insulating layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroshi Yamaguchi
- 👤 Akira Shimase
- 👤 Tateoki Miyauchi
- 👤 Mikio Hongo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03F; G03F1/00; G03F1/68; G03F1/72; G03F1/74; B; B23; B23K; B23K15/00; B23K15/08; B23K17/00; H; H01; H01J; H01J37/00; H01J37/30; H01J37/305; H01J37/3053; H01J37/3056; H01J2237/00; H01J2237/06; H01J2237/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
143 words
A method of correcting a device comprising: extracting an ion beam from an ion source having a high brightness, such as provided by a liquid metal ion source or the like; converging said ion beam to a fine spot by means of a charge particle optical system and a plurality of aligned apertures; aligning said ion beam and locating a wiring portion formed outside an active layer region of a device by positioning said spot while observing a step surface portion of a passivation film on said wiring portion by means of a scanning ion microscope unit; and radiating said ion beam on the passivation film portion on said wiring portion and on said wiring portion itself to remove sequentially said passivation film portion and said wiring portion by a sputtering process without causing damage of said active layer region of the device.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
143 words
A method of correcting a device comprising: extracting an ion beam from an ion source having a high brightness, such as provided by a liquid metal ion source or the like; converging said ion beam to a fine spot by means of a charge particle optical system and a plurality of aligned apertures; aligning said ion beam and locating a wiring portion formed outside an active layer region of a device by positioning said spot while observing a step surface portion of a passivation film on said wiring portion by means of a scanning ion microscope unit; and radiating said ion beam on the passivation film portion on said wiring portion and on said wiring portion itself to remove sequentially said passivation film portion and said wiring portion by a sputtering process without causing damage of said active layer region of the device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
58 words
The method of correcting a device as defined in claim 1, wherein said ion beam is converged to a fine spot smaller than the wiring width, and said spot is radiated to said wiring portion while avoiding the active layer region of the device and is scanned by a deflection electrode over the surface of said wiring portion.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of correcting a device as defined in claim 1, wherein said ion beam is neutralized by an electron shower when said ion beam is radiated onto said wiring portion, so as to prevent said wiring portion from being charged electrically.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of correcting a device as defined in claim 1, wherein the radiation of said ion beam is stopped when an ion mass spectrometer detects that said wiring portion is removed and said ion beam reaches an insulating layer located below said wiring portion.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
54 words
The method of correcting a device as defined in claim 1, wherein a projection image of an aperture having a width substantially in agreement with the width of said wiring portion is formed from said ion beam by said charged particle optical system so as to remove said wiring portion by said projection image.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of correcting a device as defined in claim 1, wherein said ion beam is radiated onto a specimen having a film of other material on said wiring portion to remove said film of said other material, and said wiring portion is thereafter removed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of correcting a device as defined in claim 6, wherein another film exists on said wiring portion, and after both of said wiring portion and said film are worked by said ion beam, a film is deposited thereon using said ion beam.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
57 words
The method of correcting a device as defined in claim 1, wherein a voltage to be applied to said charged particle optical system is varied to carry out the work on a specimen at a voltage above several KV, and deposition is effected on said specimen by said ion beam at a voltage below said several KV.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of correcting a device as defined in claim 8, wherein a gas is introduced into a specimen portion and a compound between the element of said ion beam and said gas is deposited.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method of correcting a device as defined in claim 1, wherein an ion source providing a plurality of ion species is provided as the ion source, and a beam of selected ion species is extracted by mass separation, and work or deposition is effected using said extracted ion beam.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method of correcting a device as defined in claim 1, wherein a plurality of ion sources having different ion species are provided as the ion source, and are selectively changed over to extract the beam of a desired ion special, and work or deposition is effected using said extracted beam.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
68 words
The method of correcting a device as defined in claim 1, wherein a layer to be removed from a specimen portion, in which said layer to be removed exists at the lower part of a layer consisting of a plurality of kinds of materials, is removed sequentially from the upper portion, and the materials thus removed sequentially are deposited sequentially from the lower part of the upper part.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
135 words
An apparatus for correcting a device comprising: a specimen chamber formed inside a vacuum vessel; a table for placing a specimen thereon, disposed inside said specimen chamber; an ion source having a high brightness, such as provided by a liquid metal ion source, and disposed inside said vacuum vessel so as to oppose said specimen chamber; means for extracting an ion beam from said ion source; a charged particle optical system for focusing said ion beam thus extracted onto said specimen; and means for controlling the output of said ion beam, the spot diameter and the radiating direction of the spot so as to radiate said ion beam onto a wiring portion of a device, including a scanning ion microscope unit for visually observing said specimen during radiation of said ion beam onto said specimen.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
135 words
An apparatus for correcting a device comprising: a specimen chamber formed inside a vacuum vessel; a table for placing a specimen thereon, disposed inside said specimen chamber; an ion source having a high brightness, such as provided by a liquid metal ion source, and disposed inside said vacuum vessel so as to oppose said specimen chamber; means for extracting an ion beam from said ion source; a charged particle optical system for focusing said ion beam thus extracted onto said specimen; and means for controlling the output of said ion beam, the spot diameter and the radiating direction of the spot so as to radiate said ion beam onto a wiring portion of a device, including a scanning ion microscope unit for visually observing said specimen during radiation of said ion beam onto said specimen.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
49 words
The apparatus for correcting a device as defined in claim 13, wherein a plurality of apertures having adjustable sizes are disposed between said ion source and said specimen, and the image of said apertures of said ion beam is projected by said charged particle optical system onto said specimen.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
53 words
The apparatus for correcting a device as defined in claim 13, wherein a plurality of said ion sources having different ion species are provided in said vacuum vessel, and including means for selecting one of said ion sources so as to radiate said ion beam of a selected ion species onto said specimen.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
57 words
The apparatus for correcting a device as defined in claim 13, wherein an ion source producing a plurality of ion species is provided as said ion source and a mass separator is disposed at a mid position between said ion source and said specimen so that a specific kind of ion species reaches and bombards said specimen.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
195 words
A method of correcting a device comprising: extracting an ion beam from an ion source having a brightness such as provided by a liquid metal ion source or the like; converging said ion beam to a fine spot by means of a charged particle optical system applied at a voltage above several KV and an aperture; aligning said ion beam and locating a wiring portion outside an active layer region of a device by positioning said spot while observing a step surface portion of a passivation film on said wiring portion by means of a scanning ion microscope unit; radiating said ion beam onto the passivation film portion on said wiring portion and on said wiring portion itself to remove sequentially said passivation film portion and said wiring portion by a sputtering process without causing damage to a peripheral device or damage to the active layer region of the device; and depositiing a film on a bore portion produced when the passivation film portion and wiring portion were removed by said ion beam by radiating the ion beam at a voltage below said several KV to said specimen provided in an atmosphere introducing a gas.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
195 words
A method of correcting a device comprising: extracting an ion beam from an ion source having a brightness such as provided by a liquid metal ion source or the like; converging said ion beam to a fine spot by means of a charged particle optical system applied at a voltage above several KV and an aperture; aligning said ion beam and locating a wiring portion outside an active layer region of a device by positioning said spot while observing a step surface portion of a passivation film on said wiring portion by means of a scanning ion microscope unit; radiating said ion beam onto the passivation film portion on said wiring portion and on said wiring portion itself to remove sequentially said passivation film portion and said wiring portion by a sputtering process without causing damage to a peripheral device or damage to the active layer region of the device; and depositiing a film on a bore portion produced when the passivation film portion and wiring portion were removed by said ion beam by radiating the ion beam at a voltage below said several KV to said specimen provided in an atmosphere introducing a gas.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of correcting a device as defined in claim 17, wherein said film deposited on said bore portion is a compound of the element of said ion beam and said gas.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
56 words
The method of correcting a device as defined in claim 17, wherein an ion source consisting of a plurality of kinds of elements of different ion species is provided as the ion source, a beam of selected ion species is extracted by means of mass separation, and removal or deposition is performed using said ion beam.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of correcting a device as defined in claim 17, wherein a plurality of ion species are produced by the ion source, a beam of a desired ion species is extracted, and removal or deposition is performed using said extracted beam.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of correcting a device as defined in claim 17, wherein films consisting of a plurality of kinds of materials are deposited sequentially from the lower part to upper part on said bore portion.
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