Abstract:
A semiconductor device producing method and a semiconductor device producing system employs a processing apparatus provided with a dust particle detecting apparatus. The dust particle detecting apparatus measures the condition of adhesion of dust particles adhering to a work at least before or after processing the work, manages the condition of incremental adhesion of dust particles to the work resulting from processing for each lot of works or for each work on the basis of the measured condition of adhesion of dust particles measured before or after processing the work, and determines the time when the processing apparatus is to be cleaned or the cycle of cleaning the processing apparatus on the basis of the managed condition of adhesion of dust particles.
Abstract:
In a mass production line of a semiconductor manufacturing process, foreign particle inspection method and apparatus for preventing occurrence of large quantities of defects and for keeping a necessary yield. The inspection apparatus is made up in a small-sized apparatus and disposed at inlet/outlet of processing apparatuses of the production line or to a transfer system between the processing apparatuses. The inspection apparatus includes at least one monitor for real-time sampling foreign particles possible deposited on wafer which is being carried by the transfer system, thereby enabling simplification in construction of the production line and reduction of manufacturing cost. The inspection apparatus may comprise a refractive index changeable type lens array, a spatial filter and a pattern data elimination circuit, and makes possible to conduct foreign particle inspection on repetitively-patterned portions of the wafers during transfer. With the spatial filter for eliminating repetitive data of the repetition patterns the small-sized compact inspection apparatus is capable of real-time inspecting the foreign particles on the wafers at a high speed.
Abstract:
A test apparatus for detecting defects on a plate is disclosed. An illumination light is focused to one surface of the plate and another illumination light is focused to the other surface of the plate, and scattered light from the defects on the surfaces are detected to separately detect the defects on the front and rear surfaces of the plate.
Abstract:
A focusing position detecting device in which a laser beam is directed through an objective lens toward the surface of an object to form a minute spot on the surface of the object, and the beam reflected from the surface of the object is led through the objective lens again toward a concentrating point, so as to detect the focusing position of the objective lens by measuring the position of the concentrating point. In the device, a photoelectric element is provided to detect the intensity of the reflected beam, and the intensity of the laser beam is so controlled that the output of the photoelectric element is maintained constant.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus of inspecting a sample, in which the sample is inspected under a plurality of inspection conditions, and inspection data obtained by inspecting the sample under each of the plurality of inspection conditions and position information on the sample of the inspection date in correspondence with the respective inspection conditions, are stored. The inspection data for each of the plurality of inspection conditions is against each other by the use of the position information on the sample to determine a position to be inspected in detail, and an image of the sample at a position to be inspected in detail is obtained. The obtained image is classified, the inspection condition of the sample by the use of information of classification of the image is determined.
Abstract:
An inspecting apparatus and method including first and second illuminating units for illuminating a surface of a specimen to be inspected with different incident angles and first and second detecting optical units arranged at different elevation angle directions to the surface of the specimen for detecting images of the specimen illuminated by the first and second illuminating units.
Abstract:
An inspecting apparatus and method including first and second illuminating units for illuminating a surface of a specimen to be inspected with different incident angles and first and second detecting optical units arranged at different elevation angle directions to the surface of the specimen for detecting images of the specimen illuminated by the first and second illuminating units.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus of inspecting a sample, in which the sample is inspected under a plurality of inspection conditions, and inspection data obtained by inspecting the sample under each of the plurality of inspection conditions and position information on the sample of the inspection date in correspondence with the respective inspection conditions, are stored. The inspection data for each of the plurality of inspection conditions is against each other by the use of the position information on the sample to determine a position to be inspected in detail, and an image of the sample at a position to be inspected in detail is obtained. The obtained image is classified, the inspection condition of the sample by the use of information of classification of the image is determined.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus of detecting a defect by inspecting a specimen in which a surface of a specimen on which plural patterns are formed is illuminated with an elongated shape light flux from one of plural directions which are different in elevation angle by switching an optical path of the light flux emitted from an illuminating light source in accordance with a kind of defect to be detected. Plural optical images of the specimen illuminated by the elongated shape light flux are captured with plural image sensors installed in different elevation angle directions by changing an enlarging magnification in accordance with a density of the pattern formed on the sample in an area irradiated with the illuminating elongated shape light flux. A defect on the specimen is detected by processing the images captured by the plural image sensors.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus of inspecting a sample, in which the sample is inspected under a plurality of inspection conditions, and inspection data obtained by inspecting the sample under each of the plurality of inspection conditions and position information on the sample of the inspection date in correspondence with the respective inspection conditions, are stored. The inspection data for each of the plurality of inspection conditions is against each other by the use of the position information on the sample to determine a position to be inspected in detail, and an image of the sample at a position to be inspected in detail is obtained. The obtained image is classified, the inspection condition of the sample by the use of information of classification of the image is determined.