SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING A FILM BY X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON AND LOW-ENERGY X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY
    25.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING A FILM BY X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON AND LOW-ENERGY X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY 有权
    用X射线光电子和低能量X射线荧光光谱表征薄膜的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20130077742A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-28

    申请号:US13246488

    申请日:2011-09-27

    IPC分类号: G01N23/223 G21K1/00

    摘要: Systems and methods for characterizing films by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) are disclosed. For example, a system for characterizing a film may include an X-ray source for generating an X-ray beam having an energy below the k-edge of silicon. A sample holder may be included for positioning a sample in a pathway of the X-ray beam. A first detector may be included for collecting an XPS signal generated by bombarding the sample with the X-ray beam. A second detector may be included for collecting an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) signal generated by bombarding the sample with the X-ray beam. Monitoring/estimation of the primary X-ray flux at the analysis site may be provided by X-ray flux detectors near and at the analysis site. Both XRF and XPS signals may be normalized to the (estimated) primary X-ray flux to enable film thickness or dose measurement without the need to employ signal intensity ratios.

    摘要翻译: 公开了通过X射线光电子能谱(XPS)表征膜的系统和方法。 例如,用于表征胶片的系统可以包括用于产生具有低于硅的k边缘的能量的X射线束的X射线源。 可以包括样品保持器以将样品定位在X射线束的通路中。 可以包括第一检测器以收集通过用X射线束轰击样品而产生的XPS信号。 可以包括第二检测器,用于收集通过用X射线束轰击样品而产生的X射线荧光(XRF)信号。 在分析现场的X射线通量探测器附近和分析现场可以提供监测/估计分析现场的主要X射线通量。 XRF和XPS信号都可以归一化为(估计的)初级X射线通量,以实现膜厚度或剂量测量,而不需要使用信号强度比。

    Measurement system with separate optimized beam paths
    27.
    发明授权
    Measurement system with separate optimized beam paths 有权
    测量系统具有单独优化的光束路径

    公开(公告)号:US07227637B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-06-05

    申请号:US11399841

    申请日:2006-04-07

    IPC分类号: G01J3/28 G01N21/55

    摘要: The subject invention relates to a broadband optical metrology system that segregates the broadband radiation into multiple sub-bands to improve overall performance. Each sub-band includes only a fraction of the original bandwidth. The optical path—the light path that connects the illuminator, the sample and the detector—of each sub-band includes a unique sub-band optical system designed to optimize the performance over the spectral range spanned by the sub-band radiation. All of the sub-band optical systems are arranged to provide small-spot illumination at the same measurement position. Optional purging of the individual sub-band optical paths further improves performance.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及宽带光学测量系统,其将宽带辐射分离成多个子带以提高整体性能。 每个子带仅包括原始带宽的一部分。 光路 - 连接每个子带的照明器,样品和检测器的光路包括一个独特的子带光学系统,设计用于优化由子带辐射跨越的光谱范围的性能。 所有子带光学系统被布置成在相同的测量位置处提供小点照明。 各个子带光路的可选清洗进一步提高了性能。