RESIDUAL-STRESS MEASUREMENTS OF THIN ALUMINUM METALLIZATIONS BY CONTINUOUS INDENTATION AND X-RAY STRESS MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

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LAFONTAINE, WR [1 ]
PASZKIET, CA [1 ]
KORHONEN, MA [1 ]
LI, CY [1 ]
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[1] CORNELL UNIV,DEPT MAT SCI & ENGN,ITHACA,NY 14853
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10.1557/JMR.1991.2084
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T [工业技术];
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Stress relaxation in aluminum films of several thicknesses was characterized by using both continuous indentation and x-ray diffraction techniques. Results of the indentation and x-ray stress measurements compare closely for films of small thicknesses. Indentation data from thicker films do not compare well to the x-ray data due to the presence of a residual stress distribution.
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