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公开(公告)号:US12057355B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-06
申请号:US17607044
申请日:2020-04-28
Applicant: NOVA LTD
Inventor: Michael Shifrin , Avron Ger
IPC: G06F30/367 , G06F30/398 , H01L21/66 , G06F119/18
CPC classification number: H01L22/24 , G06F30/367 , G06F30/398 , G06F2119/18
Abstract: Controlling semiconductor device manufacture by acquiring training scatterometric signatures collected at training locations on training semiconductor wafers and corresponding to locations within a predefined design of a training semiconductor device, the training signatures collected after predefined processing steps during manufacture of the device on the training wafers, acquiring manufacturing outcome data associated with the training locations, training a prediction model using the training signatures and the manufacturing outcome data, and applying the prediction model to a candidate scatterometric signature to predict a manufacturing outcome, the candidate signature collected at a candidate location on a candidate semiconductor wafer, the candidate location corresponding to a location within the same predefined design of a candidate semiconductor device, the candidate signature collected after any of the processing steps during manufacture of the candidate device on the candidate wafer.
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公开(公告)号:US11710616B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-25
申请号:US17722421
申请日:2022-04-18
Applicant: NOVA LTD
Inventor: Vladimir Machavariani , Michael Shifrin , Daniel Kandel , Victor Kucherov , Igor Ziselman , Ronen Urenski , Matthew Sendelbach
CPC classification number: H01J37/26 , G06T7/0006 , G06T7/0008 , G06T7/251 , G06T7/60 , G06T15/205 , H01J37/222 , G06T2207/10061 , G06T2207/20076 , H01J2237/221 , H01J2237/24592
Abstract: A metrology method for use in determining one or more parameters of a three-dimensional patterned structure, the method including performing a fitting procedure between measured TEM image data of the patterned structure and simulated TEM image data of the patterned structure, determining a measured Lamellae position of at least one measured TEM image in the TEM image data from a best fit condition between the measured and simulated data, and generating output data indicative of the simulated TEM image data corresponding to the best fit condition to thereby enable determination therefrom of the one or more parameters of the structure.
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公开(公告)号:US11450541B2
公开(公告)日:2022-09-20
申请号:US16650405
申请日:2018-08-29
Applicant: NOVA LTD.
Inventor: Vladimir Machavariani , Michael Shifrin , Daniel Kandel , Victor Kucherov , Igor Ziselman , Ronen Urenski , Matthew Sendelbach
Abstract: A metrology method for use in determining one or more parameters of a patterned structure, the method including providing raw measured TEM image data, TEMmeas, data indicative of a TEM measurement mode, and predetermined simulated TEM image data including data indicative of one or more simulated TEM images of a structure similar to the patterned structure under measurements and a simulated weight map including weights assigned to different regions in the simulated TEM image corresponding to different features of the patterned structure, performing a fitting procedure between the raw measured TEM image data and the predetermined simulated TEM image data and determining one or more parameters of the structure from the simulated TEM image data corresponding to a best fit condition.
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公开(公告)号:US11309162B2
公开(公告)日:2022-04-19
申请号:US17170938
申请日:2021-02-09
Applicant: NOVA LTD.
Inventor: Vladimir Machavariani , Michael Shifrin , Daniel Kandel , Victor Kucherov , Igor Ziselman , Ronen Urenski , Matthew Sendelbach
Abstract: A metrology method for use in determining one or more parameters of a three-dimensional patterned structure, the method including performing a fitting procedure between measured TEM image data of the patterned structure and simulated TEM image data of the patterned structure, determining a measured Lamellae position of at least one measured TEM image in the TEM image data from a best fit condition between the measured and simulated data, and generating output data indicative of the simulated TEM image data corresponding to the best fit condition to thereby enable determination therefrom of the one or more parameters of the structure.
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