Fracture Strength Of Doped And Undoped Polysilicon

In this paper we present a study on the dopant and process dependence of the fracture stress of polysilicon films measured in situ using surface micromachined tensile test structures. The micromachined fracture test structures consist of a narrow center beam, loaded by wider beams which are under residual tensile stress.

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