- Patent Title: Automated inline inspection and metrology using shadow-gram images
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Application No.: US14630252Application Date: 2015-02-24
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Publication No.: US09734568B2Publication Date: 2017-08-15
- Inventor: Himanshu Vajaria , Sina Jahanbin , Bradley Ries , Mohan Mahadevan
- 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
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G06T7/00 ; G01N21/95 ; G06K9/48 ; G06K9/62 ; G06T7/13 ; G06T7/62

Abstract:
Shadow-grams are used for edge inspection and metrology of a stacked wafer. The system includes a light source that directs collimated light at an edge of the stacked wafer, a detector opposite the light source, and a controller connected to the detector. The stacked wafer can rotate with respect to the light source. The controller analyzes a shadow-gram image of the edge of the stacked wafer. Measurements of a silhouette of the stacked wafer in the shadow-gram image are compared to predetermined measurements. Multiple shadow-gram images at different points along the edge of the stacked wafer can be aggregated and analyzed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150243018A1 AUTOMATED INLINE INSPECTION AND METROLOGY USING SHADOW-GRAM IMAGES Public/Granted day:2015-08-27
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