Date of Award

1-1-2015

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Nanoscale Science and Engineering

Program

Nanoscale Sciences

Content Description

1 online resource (xx, 140 pages) : color illustrations.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Dr. Alain C. Diebold

Committee Members

Dr. Richard Farrell, Dr. Hassaram Bakhru, Dr. Carl Ventrice, Dr. Ernest Levine

Keywords

Directed self-assembly (DSA), Ellipsometry, Metrology, Mueller matrix, OCD, Scatterometry, Light, Optical measurements, Semiconductors, Nanostructured materials

Subject Categories

Materials Science and Engineering | Optics

Abstract

The semiconductor industry continues to drive patterning solutions that enable devices with higher memory storage capacity, faster computing performance, lower cost per transistors, and higher transistor density. These developments in the field of semiconductor manufacturing along with the overall minimization of the size of transistors require cutting-edge metrology tools for characterization.

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