Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Review of suspected defects using one or more reference dies
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Application No.: US14798153Application Date: 2015-07-13
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Publication No.: US09673022B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Ofir Greenberg , Yuval Gronau
- Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD.
- Applicant Address: IL Rehovot
- Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD.
- Current Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: IL Rehovot
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: G01N21/88
- IPC: G01N21/88 ; H01J37/22 ; H01J37/28

Abstract:
A system for reviewing a wafer, the system may include a memory unit that is configured to store information about locations of a set of suspected defects that are located at multiple dice of the wafer; electron optics that is configured to obtain images of reference elements, wherein the reference elements are located within a first reference die of the wafer; and a processor that is configured to: compare the first sub-set of suspected defects to a first sub-set of reference elements to provide a first evaluation result; and select, in response to the first evaluation result, a source of a second sub-set of reference elements. The electron optics is further configured to obtain images of a second sub-set of reference elements that are located within a second reference die of the wafer when it is determined that the second reference die is the source of the second sub-set of reference elements. The processor is further configured to compare the second sub-set of suspected defects to the second sub-set of reference elements to provide a second evaluation result.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170018398A1 REVIEW OF SUSPECTED DEFECTS USING ONE OR MORE REFERENCE DIES Public/Granted day:2017-01-19
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