END-TO-END MEASUREMENT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SPECIMENS

    公开(公告)号:US20240105522A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US17947972

    申请日:2022-09-19

    CPC classification number: H01L22/12 G06K9/6256 G06N20/00

    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for examining a semiconductor specimen. The method includes obtaining a runtime image of the specimen, and providing the runtime image as an input to an end-to-end (E2E) learning model to process, thereby obtaining, as an output of the E2E learning model, runtime measurement data specific for a metrology application. The E2E learning model is previously trained for the metrology application using a training set comprising a plurality of training images of the specimen and respective ground truth measurement data associated therewith, and one or more cost functions specifically configured to evaluate, for the plurality of training images and corresponding training measurement data outputted by the E2E learning model, one or more metrology benchmarks from a group comprising precision, correlation, and matching.

    MACHINE LEARNING BASED DEFECT EXAMINATION FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SPECIMENS

    公开(公告)号:US20250086781A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-13

    申请号:US18244857

    申请日:2023-09-11

    Abstract: There is provided a system and method of defect examination on a semiconductor specimen. The method comprises obtaining a runtime image of the semiconductor specimen; generating a reference image based on the runtime image using a machine learning (ML) model; and performing defect examination on the runtime image using the generated reference image. The ML model is previously trained alternately between two training modes using a training set: a stochastic mode where the ML model is configured to generate a predicted reference image with a stochastic pattern variation (PV) from a PV distribution, and a deterministic mode where the ML model is configured to generate a predicted reference image with a predetermined PV selected from the PV distribution, the PV distribution being learnt by the ML model based on PVs observed across the training set.

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