Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated use of model-based metrology and a process model
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Application No.: US14107850Application Date: 2013-12-16
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Publication No.: US10769320B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Alexander Kuznetsov , Andrei V. Shchegrov , Stilian Ivanov Pandev
- 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: Spano Law Group
- Agent Joseph S. Spano
- Main IPC: G06F30/20
- IPC: G06F30/20 ; G03F7/20 ; G06F30/398

Abstract:
Methods and systems for performing measurements based on a measurement model integrating a metrology-based target model with a process-based target model. Systems employing integrated measurement models may be used to measure structural and material characteristics of one or more targets and may also be used to measure process parameter values. A process-based target model may be integrated with a metrology-based target model in a number of different ways. In some examples, constraints on ranges of values of metrology model parameters are determined based on the process-based target model. In some other examples, the integrated measurement model includes the metrology-based target model constrained by the process-based target model. In some other examples, one or more metrology model parameters are expressed in terms of other metrology model parameters based on the process model. In some other examples, process parameters are substituted into the metrology model.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140172394A1 INTEGRATED USE OF MODEL-BASED METROLOGY AND A PROCESS MODEL Public/Granted day:2014-06-19
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