Volume 32, Issue 4 e23036
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Quantum near field probe for integrated circuits electromagnetic interference at wafer level

Xiaohan Yin

Xiaohan Yin

School of Communications and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China

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Xinyu Liu

Xinyu Liu

School of Communications and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China

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Bangxing Gu

Bangxing Gu

School of Communications and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China

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Jingjing Zhang

Jingjing Zhang

School of Foreign Studies, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China

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Xiaochun Li

Xiaochun Li

Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of Design and Electromagnetic Compatibility of High-Speed Electronic Systems, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

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Guanxiang Du

Corresponding Author

Guanxiang Du

School of Communications and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China

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Guanxiang Du, School of Communications and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China.

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First published: 22 December 2021
Citations: 1

Abstract

With the complexity and integration of integrated chips increasing, existing integrated circuits electromagnetic interference techniques using metallic probes cannot meet the emerging demand at single die level or wafer level, which requires micron spatial resolution and ultraweak invasiveness. In this article, we developed a non-invasive near field probe in the fiber format using nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond, which was attached to the tip of fiber as microwave B-field sensing element. Subsequently, we applied the fiber diamond probe to near field scanning of a low noise amplifier chip and a power amplifier chip. Through numerical simulation, we find that the surface field strength is proportional to current density at chip surface, thus this probe can be used as a current imaging technique at microwave frequency.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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