SEMI International Standards
Standards Locale: North America
Committee: Silicon Wafer
Place of Meeting: San Francisco Marriott Marquis, San Francisco, CA
Date of Meeting: 07/11/2017
Meeting End Date: 07/11/2017
Recording SEMI Standards Staff: Kevin Nguyen
CER Posted to Web: 07/24/2017


Leadership Changes

WG/TF/SC/TC Name
Previous Leader
New Leader
Int'l AWG Task ForceJaydeep Sinha is retired
Committee Structure Changes
None.

Ballot Results

Document #
Document Title
Committee Action
A&R Forms for Approved Ballots
5915Line Item Revision to SEMI M1-1016: Specification For Polished Single Crystal Silicon Wafers (To add Illustration of Flatness Metrics for Silicon Wafers)
  • Line Item 1 - To add figures to newly provided Related Information 4 of M1 to illustrate the flatness metrics for silicon wafers and to add Table A1-1 to Appendix 1 with references for the figures added.
Passed with technical changes. Ratification Ballot will be issued in cycle 6-17.5915 Procedural Review.pdf5915 Procedural Review.pdf
6019ALine Item Revision of SEMI M1-1016, Specification for Polished Single Crystal Silicon Wafers
  • Line Item 1 - Change śR3-4.4 as follows to point out that minority carrier lifetime measurements in electronic silicon manufacture must be controlled by recombination at impurities
Passed as balloted6019A Procedural Review.pdf6019A Procedural Review.pdf
6041Line Item Revision of M21-1110 Guide For Assigning Addresses To Rectangular Elements In A Cartesian Array
  • Line Item 1 - Changes to various related sections shown
Passed with editorial changes6041 Procedural Review.pdf6041 Procedural Review.pdf
6042ALine Item Revision to SEMI MF1763-0706 (Reapproved 1111)Test Methods for Measuring Contrast of a Linear Polarizer (Title correction for conformance)
  • Line Item 1 - Correct title and concomitant text.
Passed as balloted6042A Procedural Review.pdf6042A Procedural Review.pdf
6096Line Item Revision to SEMI M53-0216 Practice for Calibrating Scanning Surface Inspection Systems Using Certified Depositions of Monodispere Reference Spheres on Unpatterned Semiconductor Wafer Surfaces
  • Line Item 1 - Addition of Related Information 2
Failed and will be reballoted
6169Line Item Revision to MF1390-1014: Test Method For Measuring Bow And Warp On Silicon Wafer By Automated Noncontact Scanning
  • Line Item 1 - Delete Note 3 in section 2.5 and MF657 in section 4.1
  • Line Item 2 - Deletion of Note 2 and modification of other sections as shown.
Both Line Items Passed as balloted6169 Procedural Review.pdf6169 Procedural Review.pdf


Ratification Ballot Results
None.

Activities Approved by the GCS between meetings of TC Chapter meeting
None.

Authorized Activities

#
Type
SC/TF/WG
Details
SNARFInt'l AWG TFLine Item Revision to SEMI M43, Guide for Reporting Wafer Nanotopgraphy
SNARFInt'l AWG TFLine Item Revision to SEMI M78, Guide for Determining Nanotopography of Unpatterned Silicon Wafers for the 130 nm to 22 nm Generations in High Volume Manufacturing
SNARFInt'l AWG TFLine Items Revision to SEMI M1-1016, Add Shape metrics of Bow 3p in appendix 2 which was mistakenly removed at previous ballot, and add Illustrations of Shape Metrics for Silicon Wafers in Appendix 2.
SNARFInt'l Polished Wafer TFReapproval of SEMI M8-0312 - Specification for Polished Monocrystalline Silicon Test Wafers
SNARFInt'l Polished Wafer TFReapproval of SEMI M38-0312 - Specification for Polished Reclaimed Silicon Wafers
SNARFInt'l Test Methods TFReapproval of
  • SEMI MF84-0312 - Test Method for Measuring Resistivity of Silicon Wafers With an In-Line Four-Point Probe
  • SEMI MF95-1107 (Reapproved 1012) - Test Method for Thickness of Lightly Doped Silicon Epitaxial Layers on Heavily Doped Silicon Substrates Using an Infrared Dispersive Spectrophotometer
  • SEMI MF950-1107 (Reapproved 0912) - Test Method for Measuring the Depth of Crystal Damage of a Mechanically Worked Silicon Wafer Surface by Angle Polished and Defect Etching
  • SEMI MF110-1107 (Reapproved 0912) Test Method for Thickness of Epitaxial or Diffused Layers in Silicon by the Angle Lapping and Staining Technique
  • SEMI MF1188-1107 (Reapproved 0912) Test Method for Interstitial Oxygen Content of Silicon by Infrared Absorption With Short Baseline
  • SEMI MF1388-0707 (Reapproved 0412) Test Method for Generation Lifetime and Generation Velocity of Silicon Material by Capacitance-Time Measurements of Metal-Oxide-Silicon (MOS) Capacitors
  • SEMI MF1392-0307 (Reapproved 0512) Test Method for Determining Net Carrier Density Profiles in Silicon Wafers by Capacitance-Voltage Measurements with a Mercury Probe
  • SEMI MF1527-0412 Guide for Application of Certified Reference Materials and Reference Wafers for Calibration and Control of Instruments for Measuring Resistivity of Silicon
  • SEMI MF1569-0307 (Reapproved 0512) Guide for Generation of Consensus Reference Materials for Semiconductor Technology
  • SEMI MF1617-0304 (Reapproved 0710) Test Method for Measuring Surface Sodium, Aluminum, Potassium, and Iron on Silicon and EPI Substrates by Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
  • SEMI MF1619-1107 (Reapproved 0912) Test Method for Measurement of Interstitial Oxygen Content of Silicon Wafers by Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy with p-Polarized Radiation Incident at the Brewster Angle
  • SEMI MF1630-1107 (Reapproved 0912) Test Method for Low Temperature FT-IR Analysis of Single Crystal Silicon for III-V Impurities
  • SEMI MF2074-0912 Guide for Measuring Diameter of Silicon and Other Semiconductor Wafers
  • SEMI MF374-0312 Test Method for Sheet Resistance of Silicon Epitaxial, Diffused, Polysilicon, and Ion-implanted Layers Using an In-Line Four-Point Probe with the Single-Configuration Procedure
  • SEMI MF397-0812 Test Method for Resistivity of Silicon Bars Using a Two-Point Probe
  • SEMI MF523-1107 (Reapproved 1012) Practice for Unaided Visual Inspection of Polished Silicon Wafer Surfaces
  • SEMI MF525-0312 Test Method for Measuring Resistivity of Silicon Wafers Using a Spreading Resistance Probe
  • SEMI MF576-0812 Test Method for Measurement of Insulator Thickness and Refractive Index on Silicon Substrates by Ellipsometry
  • SEMI MF657-0707E Test Method for Measuring Warp and Total Thickness Variation on Silicon Wafers by Noncontact Scanning
  • SEMI MF671-0312 Test Method for Measuring Flat Length on Wafers of Silicon and Other Electronic Materials
  • SEMI MF674-0705 (Reapproved 0611) Practices for Preparing Silicon for Spreading Resistance Measurements
  • SEMI M56-0307 (Reapproved 0512) Practice for Determining Cost Components for Metrology Equipment Due to Measurement Variability and Bias


Authorized Ballots


#
When
TF
Details
6205Cycle 6-17Int'l AWG TFLine Item Revision to SEMI M43, Guide for Reporting Wafer Nanotopgraphy
6206Cycle 6-17Int'l AWG TFLine Item Revision to SEMI M78, Guide for Determining Nanotopography of Unpatterned Silicon Wafers for the 130 nm to 22 nm Generations in High Volume Manufacturing
6096ACycle 6-17Int'l ASI TFLine Item Revision to SEMI M53-0216 Practice for Calibrating Scanning Surface Inspection Systems Using Certified Depositions of Monodispere Reference Spheres on Unpatterned Semiconductor Wafer Surfaces
  • Line Item 1 - Addition of Related Information 2
tbdCycle 7-17Int'l Polished Wafer TFReapproval of SEMI M8-0312 - Specification for Polished Monocrystalline Silicon Test Wafers
tbdCycle 7-17Int'l Polished Wafer TFReapproval of SEMI M38-0312 - Specification for Polished Reclaimed Silicon Wafers
tbdCycle 7-17Int'l Test Methods TFReapproval of
  • SEMI MF84-0312 - Test Method for Measuring Resistivity of Silicon Wafers With an In-Line Four-Point Probe
  • SEMI MF95-1107 (Reapproved 1012) - Test Method for Thickness of Lightly Doped Silicon Epitaxial Layers on Heavily Doped Silicon Substrates Using an Infrared Dispersive Spectrophotometer
  • SEMI MF950-1107 (Reapproved 0912) - Test Method for Measuring the Depth of Crystal Damage of a Mechanically Worked Silicon Wafer Surface by Angle Polished and Defect Etching
  • SEMI MF110-1107 (Reapproved 0912) Test Method for Thickness of Epitaxial or Diffused Layers in Silicon by the Angle Lapping and Staining Technique
  • SEMI MF1188-1107 (Reapproved 0912) Test Method for Interstitial Oxygen Content of Silicon by Infrared Absorption With Short Baseline
  • SEMI MF1388-0707 (Reapproved 0412) Test Method for Generation Lifetime and Generation Velocity of Silicon Material by Capacitance-Time Measurements of Metal-Oxide-Silicon (MOS) Capacitors
  • SEMI MF1392-0307 (Reapproved 0512) Test Method for Determining Net Carrier Density Profiles in Silicon Wafers by Capacitance-Voltage Measurements with a Mercury Probe
  • SEMI MF1527-0412 Guide for Application of Certified Reference Materials and Reference Wafers for Calibration and Control of Instruments for Measuring Resistivity of Silicon
  • SEMI MF1569-0307 (Reapproved 0512) Guide for Generation of Consensus Reference Materials for Semiconductor Technology
  • SEMI MF1619-1107 (Reapproved 0912) Test Method for Measurement of Interstitial Oxygen Content of Silicon Wafers by Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy with p-Polarized Radiation Incident at the Brewster Angle
  • SEMI MF1630-1107 (Reapproved 0912) Test Method for Low Temperature FT-IR Analysis of Single Crystal Silicon for III-V Impurities
  • SEMI MF2074-0912 Guide for Measuring Diameter of Silicon and Other Semiconductor Wafers
  • SEMI MF374-0312 Test Method for Sheet Resistance of Silicon Epitaxial, Diffused, Polysilicon, and Ion-implanted Layers Using an In-Line Four-Point Probe with the Single-Configuration Procedure
  • SEMI MF397-0812 Test Method for Resistivity of Silicon Bars Using a Two-Point Probe
  • SEMI MF523-1107 (Reapproved 1012) Practice for Unaided Visual Inspection of Polished Silicon Wafer Surfaces
  • SEMI MF525-0312 Test Method for Measuring Resistivity of Silicon Wafers Using a Spreading Resistance Probe
  • SEMI MF576-0812 Test Method for Measurement of Insulator Thickness and Refractive Index on Silicon Substrates by Ellipsometry
  • SEMI MF671-0312 Test Method for Measuring Flat Length on Wafers of Silicon and Other Electronic Materials
  • SEMI M56-0307 (Reapproved 0512) - Practice for Determining Cost Components for Metrology Equipment Due to Measurement Variability and Bias



SNARF(s) Granted a One-Year Extension
None.

SNARF(s) Cancelled
None.

Standard(s) to receive Inactive Status
SEMI M18-0912 - Guide for Developing Specification Forms for Order Entry of Silicon Wafers

SEMI M32-0307 - (Reapproved 0512) - Guide to Statistical Specifications

Special Announcements of the Committee (Workshops, Programs, etc.)
None.

Next Meeting
April 10, 2018 in conjunction with the NA Spring Standards meetings in Milpitas, California. Please check www.semi.org/standards under calendar for latest update.