Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Increasing dynamic range of a height sensor for inspection and metrology
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Application No.: US15269892Application Date: 2016-09-19
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Publication No.: US09958257B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Shifang Li
- 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: G01B11/28
- IPC: G01B11/28 ; G01B11/06 ; G02B27/00 ; G02B21/00

Abstract:
A system includes a first beam splitter, a second beam splitter, and a mirror. The second beam splitter can produce two lines of light, which are received by at least one sensor. The two lines of light have different focal heights on the wafer. A distance between the second beam splitter and the mirror can be configured to change a focal height on the wafer. A height of an illuminated region on a surface of the wafer relative to a normal surface of the wafer can be determined using the two lines of light.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170082424A1 Increasing Dynamic Range of a Height Sensor for Inspection and Metrology Public/Granted day:2017-03-23
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