Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and metrology tool for determining information about a target structure, and cantilever probe
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Application No.: US17634711Application Date: 2020-07-22
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Publication No.: US12209994B2Publication Date: 2025-01-28
- Inventor: Zili Zhou , Mustafa Ümit Arabul , Coen Adrianus Verschuren
- Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Veldhoven
- Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
- Current Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Veldhoven
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
- Priority: EP19191736 20190814,EP20158028 20200218
- International Application: PCT/EP2020/070683 WO 20200722
- International Announcement: WO2021/028174 WO 20210218
- Main IPC: G01N29/24
- IPC: G01N29/24 ; G01N29/34 ; G03F9/00

Abstract:
The disclosure relates to determining information about a target structure formed on a substrate using a lithographic process. In one arrangement, a cantilever probe is provided having a cantilever arm and a probe element. The probe element extends from the cantilever arm towards the target structure. Ultrasonic waves are generated in the cantilever probe. The ultrasonic waves propagate through the probe element into the target structure and reflect back from the target structure into the probe element or into a further probe element extending from the cantilever arm. The reflected ultrasonic waves are detected and used to determine information about the target structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220283122A1 METHOD AND METROLOGY TOOL FOR DETERMINING INFORMATION ABOUT A TARGET STRUCTURE, AND CANTILEVER PROBE Public/Granted day:2022-09-08
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