Invention Publication
- Patent Title: PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD USING THE SAME
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Application No.: US18243835Application Date: 2023-09-08
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Publication No.: US20240192154A1Publication Date: 2024-06-13
- Inventor: Kwangeun Kim , Sewon Kim , Huisoo Kim , Jeongho Ahn , Sungeun Lee
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Priority: KR 20220174207 2022.12.13 KR 20230017259 2023.02.09
- Main IPC: G01N23/2251
- IPC: G01N23/2251

Abstract:
A pattern inspection apparatus includes a sample including a plurality of holes having thicknesses that are different from each other, an electron gun configured to generate an input electron beam and emit the input electron beam onto a wafer and the sample, a stage configured to support the wafer and the sample, a detector configured to generate a scanning electron microscope (SEM) image by detecting emitted electrons from the wafer and the sample, and a processor configured to process the SEM image into a three-dimensional profiling image containing depth information of the wafer and determine whether a condition of the input electron beam has changed based on the processing of the SEM image.
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