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- Patent Title: On-device metrology
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Application No.: US14252323Application Date: 2014-04-14
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Publication No.: US09875946B2Publication Date: 2018-01-23
- Inventor: Andrei V. Shchegrov , Jonathan M. Madsen , Stilian Ivanov Pandev , Ady Levy , Daniel Kandel , Michael E. Adel , Ori Tadmor
- 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: Spano Law Group
- Agent Joseph S. Spano
- Main IPC: H01L21/66
- IPC: H01L21/66

Abstract:
Methods and systems for performing semiconductor metrology directly on device structures are presented. A measurement model is created based on measured training data collected from at least one device structure. The trained measurement model is used to calculate process parameter values, structure parameter values, or both, directly from measurement data collected from device structures of other wafers. In some examples, measurement data from multiple targets is collected for model building, training, and measurement. In some examples, the use of measurement data associated with multiple targets eliminates, or significantly reduces, the effect of under layers in the measurement result, and enables more accurate measurements. Measurement data collected for model building, training, and measurement may be derived from measurements performed by a combination of multiple, different measurement techniques.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140316730A1 ON-DEVICE METROLOGY Public/Granted day:2014-10-23
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