Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid inspection system for efficient process window discovery
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Application No.: US15727212Application Date: 2017-10-06
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Publication No.: US10551827B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Brian Duffy
- Applicant: KLA-Tencor Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Milpitas
- Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corporation
- Current Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Milpitas
- Agency: Suiter Swantz pc llo
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50 ; G05B19/418 ; G03F7/20 ; G03F1/84

Abstract:
An inspection system includes a controller communicatively coupled to a physical inspection device (PID), a virtual inspection device (VID) configured to analyze stored PID data, and a defect verification device (DVD). The controller may receive a pattern layout of a sample including multiple patterns fabricated with selected lithography configurations defining a process window, receive locations of PID-identified defects identified through analysis of the sample with the PID, wherein the PID-identified defects are verified by the DVD, remove one or more lithography configurations associated with the locations of the PID-identified defects from the process window, iteratively refine the process window by removing one or more lithography configurations associated with VID-identified defects identified through analysis of selected portions of stored PID data with the VID, and provide, as an output, the process window when a selected end condition is met.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190033838A1 Hybrid Inspection System for Efficient Process Window Discovery Public/Granted day:2019-01-31
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