V. Thivina, U. Hashim, M. Arshad, 'A. Ayoib, N. Nordin, R. Rajapaksha
{"title":"Micro IDEs versus Nano IDEs: Morphological and electrical characterizations","authors":"V. Thivina, U. Hashim, M. Arshad, 'A. Ayoib, N. Nordin, R. Rajapaksha","doi":"10.1109/RSM.2017.8069131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RSM.2017.8069131","url":null,"abstract":"Interdigitated Electrode are known as one of the hallmark of biosensors because of its numerous applications. Biosensors projects to be preferable devices especially in hospitals and other medical faculties as well as in other interdisciplinary fields because of its small size and high sensitivity. Since size plays a salient role in sensitivity and selectivity, in this research, 140 nm IDEs and 50μm IDEs were used to test the electrical characterization using current-voltage (I-V) for comparison. The morphological of IDEs were taken by using High Power Microscope with 50x magnification and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). Aim of this research is to test electrical characterization on bare aluminium IDEs and IDEs doped with pH solution for both nano Interdigitated Electrode (nIDEs) and also micro Interdigitated Electrodes (μIDEs). Each IDE was tested to achieve a stable pattern of electrical measurements and results were obtained by current-voltage graph. The pH solutions used for this research from pH 2 to pH 12 were dropped on nano IDEs as well as micro IDEs and conductivity was tested using two-point probe and based on the results it was proven that the conductivity of both types of IDEs differs depending on their finger gap size.","PeriodicalId":215909,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics (RSM)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124065142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impacts of fin width scaling on the electrical characteristics of 10-nm FinFET at different metal gate work function","authors":"N. A. F. Othman, S. Hatta, N. Soin","doi":"10.1109/RSM.2017.8069144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RSM.2017.8069144","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the effects of top fin width scaling (Wtop = 4, 6, 8 nm) of p-and n-type 10-nm FinFET on the electrical performance of the device, specifically optimized for low performance (LP) and high performance (Hp) devices. The work also studies the correlation of the metal work function to the device performance. It is observed that the transfer characteristics shown increased drain current in linear region towards increased Wtop for both p- and n-FinFET. The threshold voltage is shifted to the right for p-FinFET as the work function is increased. Oppositely for n-FinFET, they shifted to the left as the work function reduced. The Ion/Ioff ratio reduced as width increase. The observations on Ion/Ioff ratio for low performance device show the magnitude drops to 63% and 82% in n-FinFET and p-FinFET, respectively when the fin width is changed from 4 nm to 8 nm.","PeriodicalId":215909,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics (RSM)","volume":"199 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124456328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Omar I. Dallal Bashi, W. Z. Wan Hasan, N. Azis, S. Shafie, H. Wagatsuma
{"title":"Quadcopter sensing system for risky area","authors":"Omar I. Dallal Bashi, W. Z. Wan Hasan, N. Azis, S. Shafie, H. Wagatsuma","doi":"10.1109/RSM.2017.8069152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RSM.2017.8069152","url":null,"abstract":"There are certain areas that have risks that require doing some measurements. A typical area is sanitary landfill site where there is need to monitor gas concentration periodically even after it has been closed for many years. In this paper, we will develop a sensing system having the ability to measure the gas concentration in a landfill site, and we will focus on the type of gas distribution with respect to the gas emission source. Also, we will try to present a method to prove that our sensing system will be reliable.","PeriodicalId":215909,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics (RSM)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121511721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fabrication and characterization of carbon-based flexible strain sensor","authors":"F. Fadzil, R. Sidek, H. Jaafar, M. Hamidon","doi":"10.1109/RSM.2017.8069174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RSM.2017.8069174","url":null,"abstract":"This research covers carbon-based strain sensors which are designed and printed onto flexible substrates. Conductive nanocomposite of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and Carbon Black (CB) powder with 10% of CB have been used as the sensing element utilizing its flexibility and conductivity while silver conductive paste is used as the electrode for the strain sensor. Several designs with different length of strain sensors were printed using screen printing technology onto 0.75μm-Kapton HN film. Printed sensors were then cured at 85°C (for carbon printing) and 145°C (for silver printing). Parameters characterized are resistivity, conductivity and stretchability of the sensor using tensile test. The relationship between force, strain and resistance for all sensors designed are also discussed. The measured resistivity and conductivity of the sensor are 0.43 Ωm and 2.4 S/m respectively while the stretchability of the sensor on Kapton film has a maximum strain of 45%. This flexible strain sensor is very useful in many applications such as health monitoring systems, human motion detection and many more.","PeriodicalId":215909,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics (RSM)","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128343544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. A. Jamil, P. Menon, F. A. Said, K. A. Tarumaraja, G. Mei, B. Majlis
{"title":"Graphene-based surface plasmon resonance urea biosensor using Kretschmann configuration","authors":"N. A. Jamil, P. Menon, F. A. Said, K. A. Tarumaraja, G. Mei, B. Majlis","doi":"10.1109/RSM.2017.8069122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RSM.2017.8069122","url":null,"abstract":"The present paper analyses a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor based on graphene that leads to improvement on efficiency of an urea biosensor due to high adsorption. Kretschmann configuration is well known as the most effectively used technique for plasmon excitation. In this work, we investigated the effect of MoS2 with a fine layer of graphene deposited on a plasmonic material, gold (Au), into the configuration. Simulation is based on finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method for analysis. The performance of SPR biosensor can be monitored by analyzing the sensitivity and full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM) of the SPR spectrum. The measurements are observed at 670 nm and 785 nm for urea detection. The molarity and refractive index is varied from 1.335 to 1.347 for sensing layer. The results show that maximum sensitivity of as high as 230°/RIU and 173.16°/RIU can be achieved at 670 nm and 785 nm respectively, which indicates the proposed SPR biosensor is suitable for urea detection.","PeriodicalId":215909,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics (RSM)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131202397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correlation of wafer level wire bond and package level wire bond for bond pad quality evaluation","authors":"Lee Kuan Fang","doi":"10.1109/RSM.2017.8069116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RSM.2017.8069116","url":null,"abstract":"Bond pad quality and reliability evaluation is part of important structure test for wafer fabrication. In order to ensure production consistency, and part of continuous monitoring, as well as new process qualification, bond pad evaluation through wire bond is required. Usually the test was conducted by proceed through standard IC packaging such as wafer saw, die attach and wire bond to simulate actual mass production environment. Optionally this can also be done by using wafer level wire bond. Main advantage of wafer level wire bond is shorter test cycle as compare to conventional package level bonding. This could be a significant time saving especially in the fast pace semiconductor field. Key concern of wafer level bonding is the correlation of bonding performance as compare to real application in the field. In view of this, correlation work has been done to study wire bond responds on wafer level bonding as compare to typical package level bonding. Wire bond DOE was carefully planned and conducted for this evaluation. Ball shear and ball dimension data were collected from both type of bonder. This evaluation will also cover observations and challenges of wafer level bonding, together with the recommended solutions.","PeriodicalId":215909,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics (RSM)","volume":"234 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115011563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Alazzam, F. Alnaimat, A. Hilal-Alnaqbi, W. Waheed, B. Mathew
{"title":"Dielectrophoresis based focusing in microfluidic devices","authors":"A. Alazzam, F. Alnaimat, A. Hilal-Alnaqbi, W. Waheed, B. Mathew","doi":"10.1109/RSM.2017.8069139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RSM.2017.8069139","url":null,"abstract":"This document presents the mathematical model of a microfluidic device employing dielectrophoresis for purposes of 3D-focusing. The electrode configuration consists of multiple interdigitated transducer electrodes on either side of the bottom surface of the microchannel. The model consists of three equations of motion, one for each direction, equation of electric potential and electric field, and Navier-Stokes equation for fluid flow. The model accounts for forces such as inertia, gravity, buoyancy, and dielectrophoresis. The model is used for analyzing the influence of operating and geometric parameters on focusing. It is observed that the electrode configuration can achieve 3D-focusing irrespective of the radius and initial location of the micro-scale entity, volumetric flow rate, and applied voltage.","PeriodicalId":215909,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics (RSM)","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121238144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experimental investigation and physical explanation of shallow trench isolation stress effect in MOSFETs","authors":"Chiew Ching Tan, P. Beow Yew Tan","doi":"10.1109/RSM.2017.8069169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RSM.2017.8069169","url":null,"abstract":"STI has a significant impact on the channel carrier mobility in MOSFETs on account of the stress it introduces. This paper discusses the use of constant energy valleys of conduction and valence bands to explain CMOS Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) stress effect. The effect is observed to be dependent on channel's crystallographic orientation. By determining the current flow direction and the STI stress direction on the energy valleys, the CMOS drain current degradation or enhancement due to the mechanical stress effect can be identified. The amount of current degradation is about 2.5% in case of NMOS and is enhanced by 2.5% in case of PMOS for nominal sizes. The silicon data from 0.18μm CMOS technology supports the hypothesis in this paper.","PeriodicalId":215909,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics (RSM)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117177304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Structural and optical properties of anatase TİO2 thin films deposited by dip coating method","authors":"S. Samat, M. Sarah, M. Faizul Md Idros","doi":"10.1109/RSM.2017.8069170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RSM.2017.8069170","url":null,"abstract":"Nanocrystalline of TiO2 thin films have been prepared by sol-gel dip coating technique. The problem is the TiO2 thin films have received considerable attention of phase crystallinity because of their potential applications and proven in certain areas. It has been discussed throughout the years based on the application devices. In this study, the TiO2 thin films were varied in different molarities concentration and different number of layers towards the phase crystallinity. The deposited films were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV-Vis Spectrometer and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM). Result showed the effect of molarities concentration and numbers of layers changed the phase crystalline from amorphous into anatase (A) and Rutile (R) at 450°C with 0.50M and 2 layers thin films.","PeriodicalId":215909,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics (RSM)","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121616591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing the NSOP (non stick on pad) bond pad by EDX, XPS and ToFSIMS analysis","authors":"Lai Chin Yung, Ho Ing Hong, C. C. Fei","doi":"10.1109/RSM.2017.8069113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RSM.2017.8069113","url":null,"abstract":"NSOP defect is a common defect faced by IC packaging assembly house. The failure modes normally happen when the wire bond process is not able to bond the wire ball head on the silicon chip bond pad surface. In this analysis, the localized NSOP defect had been observed with the gold wire bonding process on gold bond pad itself. Preliminary surface analysis inspections by FESEM and EDX have been done and confirmed that the NSOP failure is cannot rule out is related to contamination issues or process. However, with the FESEM / EDX analytical tool, the real root cause of the NSOP defect still remains unresolved due to no differences in the results between the defect pad and good pad. To deeply understand the NSOP phenomena, surface sensitive analytical tools such as XPS and ToFSIMS have been applied in this analysis. XPS preliminary results finding showed that the NSOP defect is highly suspected due to the plasma cleaning process inducing bond pad surface polarity change and contributing to absorption / re-deposition of contaminate from surrounding. To further strengthen the hypothesis as mentioned, ToFSIMS analysis has also been carried out to prove the finding as observed from XPS analysis.","PeriodicalId":215909,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics (RSM)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126666096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}