As 33 nm and 22 nm technology nodes move from development phases to full scale manufacturing, wafers contamination control becomes increasingly important. Nanoparticles, with diameters between 16-40 nm can be cause IC defects. Further, cleaning these particles from a wafer surface is problematic because cany destroy fragile structures. 3-D design of new wafer generations makes nano-contamination particularly damaging.
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