Three-Dimensional Morphology Parameters Measurement of T-Type Phase Change Random Access Memory Based on Optical Scatterometry

Zhengqiong Dong; Shun Yuan; Chenyang Li; Shaokang Tang; Lei Nie

doi:10.3788/LOP202259.1929001

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