Semiconductor device and methods of formation
AssigneeTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
InventorKuei-Sung CHANG
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AssigneeTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
InventorKuei-Sung CHANG
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Product dies that include micro-electromechanical-system (MEMS) devices are manufactured on a wafer along with one or more process control monitoring (PCM) dies. The width of a seal structure around a cavity in the one or more PCM dies on the wafer is controlled so that the cavities of the PCM dies are more susceptible to gas leakage than the cavities of the product dies. The width of the seal structure enables measurement of a change in the cavity pressure of a PCM die to be performed between a first time T0 and a second time T1. The change in cavity pressure may cause the quality factor (Q) of the PCM die to change by a greater amount than the product dies, thereby enabling leakage to be more easily detectable in the PCM dies without subjecting the product dies to damaging levels of stress. The seal structure may have various designs.
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