Invention Application
- Patent Title: METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ELECTRICAL DEFECT OF CONTACT/VIA PLUGS
- Patent Title (中): 检测接触电极缺陷的方法
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Application No.: US14275437Application Date: 2014-05-12
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Publication No.: US20150323583A1Publication Date: 2015-11-12
- Inventor: Hsiang-Chou Liao , Tuung Luoh , Ling-Wuu Yang , Ta-Hone Yang , Kuang-Chao Chen
- Applicant: MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Main IPC: G01R31/04
- IPC: G01R31/04 ; G01R31/305 ; H01J37/28 ; H01J37/22 ; H01J37/244

Abstract:
A method for detecting an electrical defect of contact/via plugs is provided. In the method, the contact/via plugs are monitored by an electron-beam (E-Beam) inspection tool to capture an image with a VC (voltage contrast) difference, and then an image extraction is performed on the image with the VC difference, wherein the image extraction is based on Target gray level/back ground gray level. The extracted image is contrasted with a layout design base to obtain a blind contact or Quasi-blind issue of contact/via plugs. A grayscale value of the VC difference having the blind contact or Quasi-blind issue is compared with a determined range of grayscale value to determine whether the VC difference is abnormal.
Public/Granted literature
- US09244112B2 Method for detecting an electrical defect of contact/via plugs Public/Granted day:2016-01-26
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