Method and apparatus to measure step height of device using scanning electron microscope
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    Method and apparatus to measure step height of device using scanning electron microscope 有权
    使用扫描电子显微镜测量器件的台阶高度的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08759763B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-06-24

    申请号:US13680347

    申请日:2012-11-19

    Abstract: A method of measuring a step height of a device using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), the method may include providing a device which comprises a first region and a second region, wherein a step is formed between the first region and the second region, obtaining a SEM image of the device by photographing the device using a SEM, wherein the SEM image comprises a first SEM image region for the first region and a second SEM image region for the second region, converting the SEM image into a gray-level histogram and calculating a first peak value related to the first SEM image region and a second peak value related to the second SEM image region, wherein the first peak value and the second peak value are repeatedly calculated by varying a focal length of the SEM, and determining a height of the step by analyzing a trend of changes in the first peak value according to changes in the focal length and a trend of changes in the second peak value according to the changes in the focal length.

    Abstract translation: 使用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)测量器件的台阶高度的方法可以包括提供包括第一区域和第二区域的器件,其中在第一区域和第二区域之间形成台阶, 通过使用SEM拍摄该装置来获得该装置的SEM图像,其中,SEM图像包括用于第一区域的第一SEM图像区域和用于第二区域的第二SEM图像区域,将SEM图像转换为灰度级直方图 以及计算与第一SEM图像区域相关的第一峰值和与第二SEM图像区域相关的第二峰值,其中通过改变SEM的焦距来重复计算第一峰值和第二峰值,并且确定 通过根据焦距的变化分析第一峰值的变化趋势和根据焦距变化的第二峰值变化的趋势的步骤的高度 th。

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