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Compositions containing water, an organic dicarboxylic acid, a buffering agent and fluorine source and optionally a water miscible organic solvent are capable of removing etching residue.
1. A composition suitable for removing etching residue which comprises:
a. up to about 80% by weight of a water miscible organic solvent;
b. about 5 to about 50% by weight of water;
c. about 1 to 20% by weight of a dicarboxylic organic acid;
d. about 0.5 to about 20% by weight of a base, which in combination with the above dicarboxylic organic acid forms a buffering agent; and
e. about 0.1 to about 10% by weight of a source of fluoride ion.
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The present invention is concerned with selectively removing etching residues from a microstructure of an object. The present invention selectively removes residues without attacking metal and or silicon dioxide films exposed to the composition used for removing the residues. In addition, the present invention is concerned with certain cleaning compositions that are suitable for removing etching residues.
Numerous steps are involved in the fabrication of microelectronic structures. Within the manufacturing scheme of fabricating integrated circuits selective etching of semiconductor surfaces is sometimes required. Historically, a number of vastly different types of etching processes, to selectively remove material, have been successfully utilized to varying degrees. Moreover, the selective etching of different layers, within the microelectronic structure, is considered a critical and crucial step in the integrated circuit fabrication process.
Increasingly, reactive ion etching (RIE) is the process of choice for pattern transfer during via, metal line and trench formation. For instance, complex semi-conductor devices such as advanced DRAMS and microprocessors, which require multiple layers of back end of line interconnect wiring, utilize RIE to produce vias, metal lines and trench structures. Vias are used, through the interlayer dielectric, to provide contact between one level of silicon, silicide or metal wiring and the next level of wiring. Metal lines are conductive structures used as device interconnects. Trench structures are used in the formation of metal line structures. Vias, metal lines and trench structures typically expose metals and alloys such as Al, AlCu, Cu, Ti, TiN, Ta, TaN, W, TiW, silicon or a silicide such as a silicide of tungsten, titanium or cobalt. The RIE process typically leaves a residue (of a complex mixture) that may include re-sputtered oxide material as well as possibly organic materials from photoresist and antireflective coating materials used to lithographically define the vias, metal lines and or trench structures.
It would therefore be desirable to provide a selective cleaning material and process capable of removing the residues caused by selective etching using plasmas in general and RIE specifically. Moreover, it would be desirable to provide a selective cleaning material and process, capable of removing the etching residue, that exhibits high selectivity for the residue as compared to metal, silicon, silicide and/or interlevel dielectric materials such as deposited oxides that might also be exposed to the cleaning composition.
The present invention provides compositions capable of selectively removing etching residue from a substrate without attacking metal that might also be exposed to the composition. In addition, the present invention provides compositions that exhibit minimal silicon oxide and in general lower dielectric etch rates.
More particularly, the present invention relates to a composition suitable for removing etching residue that comprises:
A. up to about 80% of a water miscible organic solvent;
B. About 5 to about 50% by weight of water;
C. About 1 to about 20% by weight of a dicarboxylic organic acid;
D. About 1 to about 20% by weight of a base; and
E. About 0.1 to about 10% by weight of a source of fluoride ion. The base D in combination with the dicarboxylic acid C forms a buffering agent.
The present invention also relates to a method for removing etching residue from a substrate that comprises contacting the substrate with the above-disclosed composition.
Other objections and advantages of the present invention will become readily apparent to those skilled in this art from the following detailed description, wherein it is shown and described only the preferred embodiments of the invention, simply by way of illustration of the best mode contemplated of carrying out the invention. As will be realized, the invention is capable of other and different embodiments, and its several details are capable of modifications in various obvious respects, without departing from the invention. Accordingly, the description and drawings are to be regarded as illustrative in nature and not as restrictive.
FIG. 1 illustrates phosphorous doped un-densified TEOS etch rates of various diacid-containing formulations at the different pHs.
FIG. 2 illustrates undensified undoped TEOS etch rates of various diacid-containing formulations of different pHs.
FIG. 3 illustrates the PTEOS etch rates of a maleic acid buffered fluoride stripper and an aminosulfonic acid buffered fluoride stripper, both with the pH adjusted to 7.0.
FIG. 4 compares the PTEOS etch rates of three products: an acetic acid buffered fluoride stripper, an aminosulfonic acid buffered fluoride stripper and example 8.
FIG. 5 shows cleaning performance results on aluminum lines.
FIG. 6 shows cleaning performance results on sensitive oxide vias.
The present invention is concerned with selectively removing etching residues and especially residues cased by reactive ion etching. Moreover, the etching residues are present in an article that also includes metal, silicon, silicate and/or interlevel dielectric material such as deposited silicon oxides and derivitized silicon oxides such as TEOS and Spin-On Glass, wherein both the residues and the metal, silicon, silicide and/or interlevel dielectric materials will come in contact with the cleaning composition. The present invention provides for selectively removing the post etch residues without significantly attacking the metal, silicon, silicon dioxide and interlevel dielectric materials. The metal is typically copper, copper alloy, titanium, titanium nitride, tantalum, tantalum nitride, tungsten, titanium/tungsten, aluminum and/or aluminum alloys. The residues removed according to the present invention are preferably those created by reactive ion etching.
The compositions of the present invention comprise about 5 to 50% by weight, preferably about 20 to about 45%, and most preferably about 25 to about 30% by weight of water. The water employed is preferably deionized water.
In addition, the compositions of the present invention contain a dicarboxylic organic acid in an amount of 1 to about 20% by weight, preferably about 1 to about 10% by weight and most preferably about 2 to about 5% by weight.
The dicarboxylic acids can be saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched acyclic or cyclic.
Examples of suitable saturated acyclic acids include oxalic, malonic, succinic, glutaric and adipic acids. An example of an unsaturated acid is fumaric acid or maleic acid. Examples of cyclic acids are phthalic acid and terephthalic acid. The preferred acids are succinic acid, malonic acid, maleic acid, adipic acid and phthalic acid. The more preferred acids are maleic and adipic acids and the most preferred is adipic acid.
Surprisingly, according to the present invention, the presence of dicarboxylic acids in the compositon of the invention did not result in high oxide etch rates as would have been expected, based on the acidic pH of the stripper solutions. Instead, the oxide etch rates exhibited by the compositions are at most extremely low and in some cases are almost nonexistent. It has been observed that the inhibition of oxide etching requires the diacid and/or its salt. Compositions that do not include a diacid or salt thereof fail to exhibit the oxide etching inhibition achieved by the present invention.
In addition, the compositions of the present invention contain an organic or inorganic base, which in combination with an organic diacid, forms a buffering agent; typically in an amount of about 0.5 to about 20% by weight, preferably about 1 to about 10% by weight and most preferably about 2 to about 5% by weight.
The pH of these formulations can vary anywhere from 1 to about 7, and preferably about 5.5 to 6.0 depending on the specific diacid chosen and its effective buffering range. In particular, diacids are defined by two pKa values and a buffer is generally formed about 0.75 pH units on either side of a given pKa. For example, the pK values for malonic acid are pK1=2.8 and pK2=5.7. One can then expect malonic acid to act as a buffer between the pHs of 2.05-3.55 and again between 4.95-6.45. Similarly, the pK values for adipic acid are pK1=4.5 and pK2=5.5. Since the two pHs almost overlap, the effective buffering range of adipic acid is between the pHs of 3.75 and 6.25. Buffering has been shown to be important because both cleaning ability and dielectric and metal etching have some dependence on pH. A pH drift can cause significant variances in cleaning and substrate etching. For example, a semiaqueous fluoride stripper at pH=4.75 may not etch copper significantly, but at pH=7.5 or higher may severely attack copper, causing unacceptable loss of a device critical dimension.
Examples of suitable bases include, but are not limited to: ammonium hydroxide, amines, and quaternary ammonium hydroxides.
It is preferred that the base not include metal ions such as sodium and potassium since they tend to contaminate the substrate. The preferred bases are ammonium hydroxide or monoethanolamine (MEA).
Compositions of the present invention also include a fluoride ion source typically in an amount of about 0.1 to about 10% by weight, preferably about 0.1 to about 5% by weight and most preferably about 0.5 to about 3% by weight.
Typical compounds providing a fluoride ion source according to the present invention are hydrofluoric acid, ammonium fluoride, quaternary ammonium fluorides such as tetramethylammonium fluoride and tetrabutylammonium fluoride, fluoroborates, fluoroboric acid, tetrabutylammonium tetrafluoroborate, and aluminum hexafluoride. Also, a fluoride salt of an aliphatic primary, secondary or tertiary amine can be used. Such have the following formula:
wherein R1, R2 and R3 each individually represent H or an alkyl group,
Typically, the total number of carbon atoms in the R1, R2 and R3 groups is 12 carbon atoms or less. The preferred fluoride compound is ammonium fluoride.
The compositions of the present invention also include 0% to about 80% by weight and more typically about 1% to about 80% by weight of a water miscible organic solvent. The preferred amount of water miscible organic solvent is about 30 to about 65% by weight and most preferably about 50 to about 60% by weight.
Examples of water miscible organic solvents include, but are not limited to, dimethylacetamide, N-methyl pyrrolidinone, dimethylsulfoxide, dimethylformamide, N-methylformamide, formamide, dimethyl-2-piperidone (DMPD), tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol, glycerol, ethylene glycol, and other amides, alcohols or sulfoxides, or multifunctional compounds, such as hydroxyamides or aminoalcohols.
The preferred solvents, when employed, are dimethyl acetamide and dimethyl-2-piperidone and N-methylpyrrolidinone.
Also, if desired, the composition of the present invention can optionally include a corrosion inhibitor. When present, the corrosion inhibitor is employed typically in amounts up to about 10% by weight, preferably about 0.5 to about 5% by weight and most preferably about 1 to about 2% by weight.
Examples of corrosion inhibitors include, but are not limited to catechol, gallic acid, benzotriazole, resorcinol, other phenols, acids or triazoles.
In addition, it is preferred that the compositions of the present invention, when used on substrates containing copper do not contain benzotriazole which has a tendency to bind to copper surfaces. Benzotriazole is present in various prior art compositions.
Some examples of substrate compositions of the present invention are illustrated below in Table 1 and preferred compositions are illustrated in Table 2.
Table 3 below shows selected acid pKa values and expected effective buffering ranges.
The foregoing description of the invention illustrates and describes the present invention. Additionally, the disclosure shows and describes only the preferred embodiments of the invention but, as mentioned above, it is to be understood that the invention is capable of use in various other combinations, modifications, and environments and is capable of changes or modifications within the scope of the inventive concept as expressed herein, commensurate with the above teachings and/or the skill or knowledge of the relevant art. The embodiments described hereinabove are further intended to explain best modes known of practicing the invention and to enable others skilled in the art to utilize the invention in such, or other, embodiments and with the various modifications required by the particular applications or uses of the invention. Accordingly, the description is not intended to limit the invention to the form disclosed herein. Also, it is intended that the appended claims be construed to include alternative embodiments.
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Tag I had a great ride last night! I did not pass a single pirate
I would have placed the tag but after spending ten minutes triying to get a picture of the bike for the pick-up I was not going to fightit for the drop.
I would have taken stonecoal road but thought the multiple water crossing would cause problems since there was already standing water everywhere. I had to watch for rocks coming off the banks on 311 .I passed several that had rolled out in the road.
New tag at lunch if the wind lays down if not I will get it up tonight or in the morning.
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McAfee knob is one of the most photographed spots on the A T . If you have not done so I recomend taking a week-end and hiking from 220 to 311 around the cove across the cliffs and up to the knob you will not regret it. It is a little over 20 miles I think and can be done in a day but it is better done overnight.
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Regal Custard
14 Feb 2010
|Granulated sugar replacement
|5 Teaspoon
|Skim milk
|3 Cup (48 tbs) (Hot)
|Egg yolks
|Vanilla extract
|1 1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Creme de cacao
|3 Tablespoon
|Egg whites
Add 2 tsp (30 mL) of the sugar replacement to skim milk and stir to dissolve.
Beat egg yolks until frothy; gradually beat in hot milk mixture.
Add vanilla extract.
Pour into a well-greased 2 qt. (2 L) baking dish.
Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 35 to 45 minutes or until a knife comes out clean.
Remove from oven.
Pour cream de cacao over the surface.
Beat egg whites until stiff and gradually beat in the remaining 3 tsp (45 mL) of the sugar replacement and vanilla extract.
Spread half the meringue over the custard.
Decorate with remaining meringue by pressing it through a pastry tube or dropping it from a teaspoon.
Return to oven and bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until meringue is a delicate brown.
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Another day, another NFL player involved in some sort of criminal news… According to Viktoria Sundqvist of the Middletown Press, Lions safety Amari Spievey was arrested Tuesday in Connecticut after a fight with his girlfriend Lisamarie Santos over child support. Spievey has been charged with third-degree assault, risk if injury to a child, and disorderly conduct. Also charged was his girlfriend with risk of injury and disorderly conduct. Sundqvist writes: 'Santos told police she and Spievey, her live-in boyfriend, got into an argument about child support. She said he is the father of her 2-year-old daughter. At one point during the argument, Spievey put his hand around Santos' neck and pushed her, she told police. Police said they observed a small red mark on the front side of her neck. In a later statement to police, Santos said Spievey was telling her daughter "not to be like your mother." She also told police that when she asked Spievey for money, he told her to "take him to cour...
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Diagnostic testing of a charge coupled device is facilitated by interconnecting the reference node of the sense amplifier for each data block in the CCD device with a probe contact on the device, thereby eliminating the need for applying a microprobe to the sensitive reference node. Reference voltages under different operating conditions can be evaluated by measuring the device generated reference voltage or by applying variable reference voltages through the probe contact to the reference node.
1. In a charge coupled memory device having a reference voltage node for receiving a reference voltage and a first and a second external pin for receiving a first and a second external control signal, respectively, a memory testing apparatus comprising:
means coupled to said reference voltage node and said first and second external pins which is responsive to a control signal applied to said first external pin for connecting said reference voltage node to said second external pin.
2. A memory testing apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said memory device comprises means for receiving a pair of clock signals, φ1 and φ2, and said connecting means comprises means coupled to said clock signal receiving means which is responsive to said clock signals and said control signal applied to said first external pin for connecting said reference voltage node to said second external pin.
3. A memory testing apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said memory device comprises means for receiving a voltage level VDD and said connecting means comprises a bistable circuit means coupled to said voltage level receiving means which is responsive to said control and clock signals for connecting said reference voltage node to said second external pin when said control signal exceeds said voltage level VDD by a predetermined magnitude.
4. A memory testing apparatus according to claim 3 wherein the magnitude of said control signal, when it exceeds said predetermined magnitude, comprises a magnitude which exceeds the magnitude of control signals normally applied to said first external pin.
This invention relates generally to charge coupled devices (CCDs), and more particularly the invention relates to a method and means for diagnostically testing a CCD memory.
A charge coupled device comprises a plurality of interconnected transfer electrodes which can produce a moving array of electric potential wells. In a memory application the voltage potential or charge in each well can denote a binary "1" or binary "0".
CCD memories and structures are well known in the art. For example, see Varshney, Venkateswaran, and Amelio, U.S. Pat. No. 4,165,541. As disclosed in this patent, the memory is read by means of a sense amplifier which differentially compares the charge in a potential well and a reference charge with a flip-flop of the amplifier responding to the voltage differential on a sense node (indicative of the CCD charge package) and a reference node (indicative of the reference charge packet). The reference charge package is typically equal to half of the maximum charge packages of the CCD memory. Circuitry is also known for generating a reference voltage which is intermediate to a sense node zero charge indicating a binary "0" and a sense node full bucket charge potential indicating a binary "1". See Varshney et al., "A Byte Organized NMOS/CCD Memory With Dynamic Refresh Logic", IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. SC-11, No. 1, February 1976, pp. 18-24. The state of the flip-flop, in response to the sense node and reference node potential differential, is latched for readout in proper time sequence. The memory comprises a plurality of blocks and each block has a sense amplifier for reading data in the block.
A problem in any CCD memory device is establishing and verifying an optimum reference charge to have an equal detection margin for either a "0" or a "1" level of charge in the CCD potential wells. To evaluate the potential well charge and the reference charge or voltage, access to the sense node and reference node of the memory is required. In an unpackaged semiconductor chip these nodes can be accessed by a microprobe. However, in capacitively loading these two nodes by a microprobe, the results of a diagnostic test may not be the same as the sense amplifier would actually behave without the presence of the microprobe.
An object of the present invention is an improved method of diagnostic testing of a CCD memory.
Another object of the invention is means within a CCD memory chip for providing access to the reference voltage within the chip without the need for probing the reference node.
Briefly, in accordance with the invention, a charge coupled memory device having a sense amplifier including a signal node for receiving stored charge and a reference node for receiving a reference voltage is provided with interconnect means for connecting the reference node to an external pin. Means is provided for controlling the interconnect means whereby the reference node is connected to the external pin during the diagnostic testing of a stored charge. In one embodiment the charge coupled memory device operates with two clock signals, φ1 and φ2, and a write enable signal, WE, and the reference node is connected to the external pin in response to a diagnostic signal, DS. The external pin can be a pin of a chip package or a bonding pad or contact on the semiconductor chip. As used herein, reference to an external pin includes a bonding pad or contact external to the circuitry also.
In practicing the invention, a device such as a high impedance volt meter is connected to the external pin for measuring the reference voltage during the sensing of a stored charge. Alternatively, a variable voltage source can be connected to the external pin for applying a variable voltage to the reference node whereby the range of the reference voltage can be determined for sensing a binary "1" or a binary "0" charge at the sense node.
The invention and objects and features thereof will be more apparent from the following detailed description and appended claims when taken with the drawing, in which:
FIG. 1 is an electrical schematic of a sense amplifier in a conventional charge coupled memory device.
FIG. 2 is a simplified schematic of one embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 illustrate the circuitry for generating a diagnostic signal for use in the circuit of FIG. 2.
FIG. 5 illustrates control signals for normal device operation and for diagnostic testing.
FIGS. 6A-6D are plots of measured parameters employing the present invention.
Referring now to the drawings, FIG. 1 is a schematic of a sense amplifier as used in a conventional charge coupled memory device. Stored charge (shown as signal charge Q) is serially applied to a sense node SN, and a reference voltage VR is applied to a reference node RN. In response to a clock signal φ, the signal charge and reference voltage allow current to flow to transistors 10 and 12, respectively, and depending upon the conductance of transistors 10 and 12 a flip-flop shown generally at 14 assumes one of two stable conditions and provides a readout voltage at nodes 16 and 18 depending upon the relative value of the voltage at the sense node as compared to the reference node. The node SN is periodically precharged to VDD and node RN is periodically precharged to VR in response to the clock signal φR prior to the application of the signal charge to node SN.
Ideally, the reference charge or voltage is intermediate the maximum and minimum voltage at the sense node representing a binary "1" and a binary "0", respectively. The sense amplifier then has an equal margin to detect the "1" and "0" levels of charge.
To evaluate the charge from memory and the reference voltage access to the sense node and reference node has heretofore been required. However, the application of a microprobe to the two nodes capacitively loads the nodes and the measured voltage may not be the same as the sense amplifier would experience in actual practice.
Another technique to sense the presence or absence of charge is by generating a reference charge by means of a small shift register. This technique has been used commercially and is cost effective when the number of CCD blocks is small. When a large number of CCD blocks or shift registers are used in memory, it has been more advantageous to use a voltage generator for generating a reference voltage. However, microprobing of the reference voltage has been required.
In accordance with the present invention the diagnosis of a CCD memory is accomplished without microprobing the sensitive sense and reference nodes. As illustrated in the schematic of FIG. 2, the reference voltage VR is interconnected to an external pin 20 through a transistor 22. Conduction of transistor 22 is controlled by a diagnostic signal, DS, which is applied to the gate of transistor 22. Advantageously, the external pin 20 can be an existing pin on the CCD memory which is normally at a high voltage state when the memory is active. For example, in the 64 K bit CCD memory designated by product number F464 and manufactured by Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation, a chip enable, CE, pin is provided and is at a high state when the memory is active. Thus, for diagnostic purposes, the CE pin can be employed for reading out the reference voltage or for applying a test voltage to the reference node.
The Fairchild F464 CCD memory, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,165,541, utilizes two external clocks, φ1 and φ2, and a write enable, WE, signal in memory operation. FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are schematics of circuits for generating the DS signal for the F464 memory, and FIG. 5 illustrates control signals for normal operation of the testing of the F464 device in accordance with the invention.
In FIG. 3 a cross-coupled flip-flop circuit shown generally at 26 includes transistors 28 and 30 with the gate of transistor 28 connected to receive the WE signal and the gate of transistor 30 connected to VDD. Node 32 of flip-flop circuit 30 is connected to a node 33 through serially connected transistors 34 and 36. Node 33 is connected to the gate of transistor 38 and through transistor 40 to ground. Transistor 38 is connected through transistor 41 to VDD, and a signal DS is taken at the common terminal of transistors 38 and 41.
During normal operation of the F464 memory, the WE signal is less than VDD, as shown in FIG. 5, and consequently the biasing of transistors 28 and 30 keeps node 32 at a low voltage level (i.e. near ground). This low voltage is applied to node 33 through transistors 34 and 36 when WE has normal high level during φ1 time. If WE is at zero level during φ1 time, the node 32 is isolated from 33 and is kept low by periodically discharging node 33 by transistor 40 during φ1 high time. Thus, in normal operation transistor 38 is always non-conducting, and the DS signal is always high.
For diagnostic test, the WE signal is raised to a voltage higher than VDD, as shown in FIG. 5. The voltage at node 32 of flip-flop 26 goes high during φ1 high time. During the common high time of φ1 and WE, the serially connected transistors 34 and 36 apply the high voltage at node 32 to the node 33, thereby rendering transistor 38 conductive and DS goes low. Since transistor 41 is off after φ1 goes low, DS remains low during the rest of the cycle and during subsequent cycles so long as WE is kept higher than VDD during at least a portion of each φ1 clock high time.
In FIG. 4, the signal DS is generated in a voltage doubler circuit in which transistors 42 and 44 are serially connected between VDD and ground with transistor 46, capacitor 48, and transistor 50 also serially connected between VDD and ground. The common terminal of transistors 42 and 44 is connected to the common terminal of transistor 46 and capacitor 48. The common terminal of capacitor 48 and transistor 50 is connected through unidirectionally conductive transistor 51 to a DS output. The DS output is connected through transistor 52 to ground. The DS signal is applied to the gates of transistors 42 and 52, the φ1 clock is applied to the gate of transistor 44, and the φ2 clock is applied to the gate of transistor 46.
In operation, the voltage at the common terminal of capacitor 48 and transistor 50 is essentially doubled by establishing a nearly VDD voltage (VDD -VT, where VT is the threshold of device 50) across capacitor 48 during φ2 clock time when one terminal of capacitor 48 is grounded through transistor 46. During φ1 clock period a nearly VDD voltage Vφ1 -VT where Vφ1 is the high voltage level of φ1 and VT is the threshold of the device 44) is applied through transistor 44 to the previously grounded terminal of capacitor 48 whereby the voltage on the opposing plate of capacitor 48 becomes approximately two VDD. This coupled voltage is then transmitted through transistor 51 to the terminal for the DS signal and raises its potential by transferring the charge from the upper plate of the capacitor to node 71. The rise in potential of node 71 depends upon the ratio of its capacitive loading and the magnitude of capacitance 48. This process of charge pumping continues for several cycles and the voltage of DS keeps on increasing until the voltage reaches to a value which is equal to a VT below the voltage level at the upper plate of capacitor 48 during φ1 high time. Once the voltage of DS becomes higher than VDD, VR is connected to the CE pin, as shown in FIG. 2, allowing VR to be accessed from the CE pin.
FIGS. 6A-6D are illustrative plots of parameters which can be determined by employing the diagnostic technique according to the invention. In FIG. 6A the operable voltage range of the reference node voltage, VR, is shown as a function of VDD in order to sense both a zero level (VRO) and a one level (VR1) at the sense node.
The charge transfer efficiency of the charge coupled devices may be measured by using this technique for a sequence of "1" charges and a trailing "0" charge and is shown in FIG. 6B. In FIG. 6C the "1" and "0" voltage levels can be determined as a function of temperature with the slope of the "0" level lines evaluated for one or more sequential "1" bits of information. The slope increases as the number of sequential "1" bits increases. In FIG. 6C the maximum charge capacity for each block in a memory having several blocks can be determined by illuminating the chip with uniform light or heating the chip to a higher temperature. FIG. 6D illustrates a method of measuring operating reference voltage range for different n blocks of a CCD memory, where n is the number of blocks.
Thus, by using an external pin which can be selectively interconnected with the reference node of a sense amplifier, various diagnostic testing can be employed with a charge coupled integrated device. While the invention has been described with reference to several embodiments, the description is illustrative of the invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention. Various modifications and applications may occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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Another Final Four game, another controversial call in the final minute. Trailing 58-56 with the ball, Syracuse had a chance to tie the game with under 30 seconds to play. Senior Brandon Triche drove to the right, where he'd been having recent success, but Jordan Morgan slid over to try to draw the charge. It worked, Triche fouled out, and Syracuse lost a golden opportunity. The Orange had another change to tie late, but an odd play involving Trevor Cooney driving to the hoop when Syracuse trailed by three ultimately wound up being the team's last possession. Michigan, led by freshman Mitch McGary's monster game, is headed for the chance to play for a national title on Monday vs. Louisville. Here's a GIF of the charge. Do you think Morgan got there in time?
The officiating was a bit inconsistent, but mostly they let things go. Otherwise Syracuse would have probably had their whole starting five fouled out rather than just the front court. Triche should have been called for a charge on a drive where he ran into McGary a bit earlier, but since McGary is so big and didn't fall down when contact was made, the refs decided the foul was on him (McGary), even though Triche caused the contact, so the refs are mostly just guessing out there and hoping they don't mess up too bad. The team that played better won the game.
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CM Punk and John Cena had one of the best matches ever on Raw. WWE called it an "instant classic," and that's no hyperbole. It's that good, even with Cena falling on his head during a hurracarrana. Cena won, so he's going on to face The Rock for the WWE Championship in the main event of WrestleMania. WWE has done wrestling fans a solid and posted the full-length match on YouTube. Watch it in its bad-ass entirety after the jump.
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Looks like Paulina Gretzky is over her mini-meltdown from yesterday. Papa Gretzky is fine, no heart attack or hospital visit, so Paulina went back to doing what she does best…slutting it up on the beach and posting pics of it to Instagram. Her and a friend hit the beach today and complained about a lack of tanning oil and she tweeted out an inspirational message with her ass-shot.
Not thanking God for your daddies health? Sure seemed pretty fired up about it yesterday. Either way, BC would like to thank God for you and your frisky Instagram/Twitter habits. How else would we get through a Friday afternoon without you?
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This memo explains the procedures that you will need to follow for filling out, printing, and returning your medical forms and insurance information in order to participate in athletics at Iona College. The forms must be completed online, printed, and handed to the sports medicine staff on the day your team is scheduled for orthopedic screenings or sent in via mail or fax by the date listed below.
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Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed the additional cash for the Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme - taking the total funding it has received to £275 million.
The initiative has already helped more than 1,100 people buy a new home since it was introduced in September last year.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. A major initiative to create alternative nesting sites for the largest colony of Caspian terns in the world and to help protect juvenile salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River is finding early success.
A recent survey of a new nesting site at Crump Lake in southern Oregon, which was just constructed in February by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, found more than 135 nesting pairs of Caspian terns, as well as more than a thousand pairs of gulls and two nesting pairs of double-crested cormorants.
Redistributing the terns is critical because research by Oregon State University scientists found that terns and cormorants annually consume more than 10 million juvenile salmon and steelhead migrating through the Columbia River estuary en route to the Pacific Ocean. OSU researchers helped lure the Caspian terns to Crump Lake, which is northeast of Lakeview, with decoys and recorded sounds of nesting terns that they had recorded in the Columbia estuary.
"It is amazing that more than 520 Caspian terns have found the new island, which was only constructed five months ago and that some have decided to nest there," said Dan Roby, an OSU professor of fisheries and wildlife and principal investigator in the study. "There is a history of nesting at Crump Lake and clearly the birds have some kind of 'populational' memory of the place. That is a real key to the success."
The joint effort between the Corps, OSU, Real Time Research, Inc., and the U.S. Geological Survey's Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit is being funded by a $2.1 million grant to OSU from the Corps and Bonneville Power Administration.
The Corps' avian predation program aims to reduce the number of young salmon consumed by terns in the estuary and "substantially improve the survival of fish listed as threatened or endangered" under the Endangered Species Act, said Geoff Dorsey, a wildlife biologist with the Corps' Portland Distr
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It's been an up-and-down summer for Pau Gasol. While he's learned that he'll be staying in Los Angeles for at least one more season – which was great news for the Spaniard who loves playing for the Lakers – he's also once again worked with UNICEF and closely followed the situation in Syria; he even made a trip out to the Syrian refugee camp in Iraq. In the video below, Gasol talks about the issues in Syria, as well as how Dwight Howard leaving for Houston will allow him to become a focal point inside on offense once again, a move that could see Pau get back to the championship form that he was in a few years ago. .bottom-of-post-responsive { width: 300px; height: 250px; } @media(min-width: 500px) { .bottom-of-post-responsive { width: 300px; height: 250px; } } @media(min-width: 800px) { .bottom-of-post-responsive { width: 336px; height: 280px; } }
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In the Know: City Mattress plans new store in North Naples
City Mattress plans to snap up one of the most visible, undeveloped outparcel lots in the Naples area.
The 1.5-acre vacant commercial property in front of the Super Target at Immokalee Road and Interstate 75 in North Naples is the proposed site of the latest store for the Bonita Springs company.
The 11,995-square-foot freestanding store will be built closer to the south side of Immokalee Road than the adjacent Burger King and other outparcels in Tarpon Bay Plaza because City Mattress will not have parking on the north side of its building. Its parking lot will abut Super Target's lot, Collier County planning records show.
The store's groundbreaking is scheduled for April 28, said Eric Anderson, director of advertising and marketing at City Mattress.
"There's not a whole lot I can say at this point," Anderson said. "All the details should be resolved by the 24th."
City Mattress of Florida Inc. representatives went before a county hearing examiner on Thursday to seek a variance for a third wall sign on the future store at 2419 Tarpon Bay Blvd. The company had approval for signs on the building facing both Immokalee Road and I-75, but it wants a third sign on the façade toward Target.
The company was successful in obtaining a variance for the third sign, but not at the size it wanted. The sign facing the parking lot and the rest of the shopping center can be no more than 60 square feet, not 150 square feet as requested, said Nancy Gundlach, principal planner for the county's Planning and Zoning Department.
Once the City Mattress store is built in North Naples, holiday vendors that have regularly set up shop in tents on the property will have to find another venue. The temporary businesses will not be able to shift operations to the vacant parcel that will remain between the new store and the interstate. The nearly 3 acres is a stormwater management area for rain runoff.
"The stormwater management area cannot be used for the sale of fireworks or Christmas trees. Temporary tents cannot be erected in the area, either," Gundlach said.
The new store will be the second City Mattress store in Collier County. The company has a location on U.S. 41 North across from Chili's in Park Shore Plaza. The company also has stores on U.S. 41 in Bonita Springs and Fort Myers, and its corporate headquarters is in Bonita Springs.
In addition, City Mattress has seven stores on the east coast of South Florida, six in the Buffalo, N.Y., area and four in the Rochester, N.Y., region.
This year is the 50th anniversary for the mattress and bedroom furniture retailer, which was founded in 1964 in Buffalo by Jay Schiller. The company expanded into Southwest Florida in the early 1990s. Today, Jay's sons run the company. Its CEO is Stephen Schiller, and the president of the company is Marc Schiller, who is the familiar face of City Mattress advertising campaigns.
Tarpon Bay Plaza already has a mattress retail store. Mattress Firm has a 4,800-square-foot store near the shopping center's entrance. The national chain based in Houston operates more than 1,100 locations across 28 states, including 225 in Florida.
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