3-9. Comet Tails
Comet tails have a discrete head and trailing tail. These features are aligned parallel to the major at. Usually, all comet tails tend to be of the same length. Count once per occurrence. Two comet tails within 200 microns count as one.
2-20.Linear Crystallographic Defects Crystalline solids exhibit a periodic crystal structure. The positions of atoms or molecules occur on repeating fixed distances, determined by the unit cell parameters. However, the arrangement of atom or molecules in most crystalline materials is not perfect. The regular patterns are [...]
5-3-1 High-Temperature Device Operation The wide bandgap energy and low intrinsic carrier concentration of SiC allow SiC to maintain semiconductor behavior at much higher temperatures than silicon, which in turn permits SiC semiconductor device functionality at much higher temperatures than silicon . As discussed in basic semiconductor electronic [...]
2-4.Wafer Surface Orientation Denotes the orientation of the surface of a wafer with respect to a crystallographic plane within the lattice structure. In wafers cut intentionally “off orientation”, the direction of cut is parallel to the primary at, away from the secondary at. Measured with [...]
3-1. Large Point Defects Defects which exhibit a clear shape to the unassisted eye and are > 50 microns across. These features include spikes, adherent particles, chips and craters. Large point defects less than 3 mm apart count as one defect.
2-34.Chemical Mechanical Polishing Chemical Mechanical Polishing/Planarization is short as CMP, a process of smoothing surfaces with the combination of chemical and mechanical forces. It can be thought of as a hybrid of chemical etching and free abrasive polishing.
2-13.Hex Plate Hexagonal shaped platelets on the surface of the wafer which appear silver in color to the unaided eye, under diffuse illumination.
