Particles on Chips: A Metal Ball

Here is the large size picture of a metal particle, probably a tiny drop of Al that was burnt of by a an electrical discharge in a sputtering machine and hit the Si as a solidified droplet . It was coated with Al which was subsequently structured by etching. Four conducting lines are now short circuited.
Metal ball on memory chip

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