摘要:
A method and device for observing a specimen, in which a convergent electron beam is irradiated and scanned from a desired direction, on a surface of a calibration substrate on which a pattern with a known shape is formed, and a beam SEM image of the pattern formed on the calibration substrate is obtained. An actual direction of the electron beam irradiated on the surface of the calibration substrate is calculated by use of the information about an apparent geometric deformation of the known shape on the SEM image, and the actual direction of the electron beam to the desired is adjusted direction by using information of the calculated direction. The pattern with the known shape formed on the calibration substrate has a crystal plane formed by anisotropic chemical etching
摘要:
A method and device for observing a specimen in which an electron beam is irradiated and scanned from an oblique direction, onto a surface of a calibration substrate on which a pattern with a known shape is formed, and an SEM image of the surface of the calibration substrate is obtained. An angle in an oblique direction of the electron beam irradiated is obtained and is adjusted to a desired angle. The electron beam is irradiated from the adjusted desired angle in the oblique direction, onto a specimen substrate on which a pattern is formed, and an SEM image of the specimen substrate is obtained. The SEM image of the specimen substrate is processed by use of the information of the desired angle, and a 3D image of the pattern on the specimen substrate or a shape of a cross section of the pattern is obtained.
摘要:
It is predicted that an observational direction (or an incident direction of an electron beam) in an observed image actually obtained has some errors compared to a set value. The error portion affects the analysis of the observed image later. Therefore, a convergent electron beam is irradiated on a specimen with a known shape, electrons discharged from the specimen surface are detected, an image of the electron is obtained, an incident direction of the convergent electron beam is estimated based on a geometric deformation on an image of the specimen with a known shape, and a 3D shape or a shape of a cross section of a specimen to be observed from a SEM image of the specimen to be observed is obtained by use of the information of the incident direction of the estimated convergent electron beam.
摘要:
In the past, when a shape was corrected by adjusting parameters of a shape calculating equation proper for a measuring method used in measuring a two-dimensional or three-dimensional shape by correlating the parameters and a shape index value, the degree of freedom of modifying a shape by correction depended on a model equation used in the calculation of the shape, and therefore such a shape correction method was unsuitable for objects of correction having a number of shape variations. According to the present invention, the three-dimensional shape is corrected by fitting a curvature equation to a three-dimensional shape of a semiconductor pattern measured by any three-dimensional shape measuring method and by adjusting parameters of the curvature equation based on a shape index value separately calculated. The relations between the shape index value and the parameters are stored in a data base, and at the time of measurement the measured shapes are corrected based on the relations mentioned above.
摘要:
This invention relates to a SEM system constructed to create imaging recipes or/and measuring recipes automatically and at high speed, and improve inspection efficiency and an automation ratio, and to a method using the SEM system; a method for creation of imaging recipes and measuring recipes in the SEM system is adapted to include, in a recipe arithmetic unit, the steps of evaluating a tolerance for an imaging position error level at an evaluation point, evaluating a value predicted of the imaging position error level at the evaluation point when any region on circuit pattern design data is defined as an addressing point, and determining an imaging recipe and a measuring recipe on the basis of a relationship between the tolerance for the imaging position error level at the evaluation point and the predicted value of the imaging position error level at the evaluation point.
摘要:
A charged particle beam adjustment apparatus for tilting an electron beam by a tilt deflector is disclosed. The tilt angle adjustment of the electron beam and the distortion adjustment for correcting the image distortion generated when the electron beam is tilted are conducted on a specified sample such as a pyramidal sample. The images before and after the tilting are acquired and processed to determine the tilt angle value and the distortion amount. The tilt angle adjustment and the adjustment for correction of the distortion are automated in accordance with a predetermined processing flow.
摘要:
It is predicted that an observational direction (or an incident direction of an electron beam) in an observed image actually obtained has some errors compared to a set value. The error portion affects the analysis of the observed image later. Therefore, a convergent electron beam is irradiated on a specimen with a known shape, electrons discharged from the specimen surface are detected, an image of the electron is obtained, an incident direction of the convergent electron beam is estimated based on a geometric deformation on an image of the specimen with a known shape, and a 3D shape or a shape of a cross section of a specimen to be observed from a SEM image of the specimen to be observed is obtained by use of the information of the incident direction of the estimated convergent electron beam.
摘要:
A method and device for observing a specimen, in which a convergent electron beam is irradiated and scanned from a desired direction, on a surface of a calibration substrate on which a pattern with a known shape is formed, and a beam SEM image of the pattern formed on the calibration substrate is obtained. An actual direction of the electron beam irradiated on the surface of the calibration substrate is calculated by use of the information about an apparent geometric deformation of the known shape on the SEM image, and the actual direction of the electron beam to the desired is adjusted direction by using information of the calculated direction. The pattern with the known shape formed on the calibration substrate has a crystal plane formed by anisotropic chemical etching.
摘要:
A method and device for observing a specimen in which an electron beam is irradiated and scanned from an oblique direction, onto a surface of a calibration substrate on which a pattern with a known shape is formed, and an SEM image of the surface of the calibration substrate is obtained. An angle in an oblique direction of the electron beam irradiated is obtained and is adjusted to a desired angle. The electron beam is irradiated from the adjusted desired angle in the oblique direction, onto a specimen substrate on which a pattern is formed, and an SEM image of the specimen substrate is obtained. The SEM image of the specimen substrate is processed by use of the information of the desired angle, and a 3D image of the pattern on the specimen substrate or a shape of a cross section of the pattern is obtained.
摘要:
In the past, when a shape was corrected by adjusting parameters of a shape calculating equation proper for a measuring method used in measuring a two-dimensional or three-dimensional shape by correlating the parameters and a shape index value, the degree of freedom of modifying a shape by correction depended on a model equation used in the calculation of the shape, and therefore such a shape correction method was unsuitable for objects of correction having a number of shape variations. According to the present invention, the three-dimensional shape is corrected by fitting a curvature equation to a three-dimensional shape of a semiconductor pattern measured by any three-dimensional shape measuring method and by adjusting parameters of the curvature equation based on a shape index value separately calculated. The relations between the shape index value and the parameters are stored in a data base, and at the time of measurement the measured shapes are corrected based on the relations mentioned above.