Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Overlay measurement using multiple wavelengths
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Application No.: US16092559Application Date: 2018-09-03
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Publication No.: US11158548B2Publication Date: 2021-10-26
- Inventor: Yuval Lamhot , Eran Amit , Einat Peled , Noga Sella , Wei-Te Cheng , Ido Adam
- 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: Hodgson Russ LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2018/049295 WO 20180903
- International Announcement: WO2019/182637 WO 20190926
- Main IPC: H01L21/00
- IPC: H01L21/00 ; H01L21/66 ; G01N21/31 ; H01L21/67

Abstract:
A method of determining overlay (“OVL”) in a pattern in a semiconductor wafer manufacturing process comprises capturing images from a cell in a metrology target formed in at least two different layers in the wafer with parts of the target offset in opposing directions with respect to corresponding parts in a different layer. The images may be captured using radiation of multiple different wavelengths, each image including +1 and −1 diffraction patterns. A first and second differential signal may be determined for respective pixels in each image by subtracting opposing pixels from the +1 and −1 diffraction orders for each of the multiple wavelengths. An OVL for the respective pixels may be determined based on analyzing the differential signals from multiple wavelengths simultaneously. Then an OVL for the pattern may be determined as a weighted average of the OVL of the respective pixels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200381312A1 OVERLAY MEASUREMENT USING MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS Public/Granted day:2020-12-03
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