Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for defect detection and photoluminescence measurement of a sample
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Application No.: US15167721Application Date: 2016-05-27
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Publication No.: US09772289B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Romain Sappey
- 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: Suiter Swantz pc llo
- Main IPC: G01N21/64
- IPC: G01N21/64 ; G01N21/95 ; G01N21/88

Abstract:
Defect detection and photoluminescence measurement of a sample directing a beam of oblique-illumination wavelength light onto a portion of the sample, directing a beam of normal-illumination wavelength light for causing one or more photoluminescing defects of the sample to emit photoluminescent light onto a portion of the sample, collecting defect scattered radiation or photoluminescence radiation from the sample, separating the radiation from the sample into a first portion of radiation in the visible spectrum, a second portion of radiation including the normal-illumination wavelength light, and at least a third portion of radiation including the oblique-illumination wavelength light, measuring one or more characteristics of the first portion, the second portion or the third portion of radiation; detecting one or more photoluminescence defects or one or more scattering defects based on the measured one or more characteristics of the first portion, the second portion or the third portion of radiation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160377548A1 System and Method for Defect Detection and Photoluminescence Measurement of a Sample Public/Granted day:2016-12-29
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