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A scanning force microscope (SFM) test system is used for voltage cont
rast studies on 0 . 5 mu m integrated circuits. Waveform measurements
are performed on passivated 0 . 5 mu m conducting lines up to 4 GHz. A
dditionally two-dimensional measurements at 10 MHz demonstrate the pot
ential for device internal function and failure analysis in the sub-mu
m regime by direct correlation between voltage contrast and quantitat
ive topography images.