SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PREDICTIVE IMAGES FOR WAFER INSPECTION USING MACHINE LEARNING

    公开(公告)号:US20220375063A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-24

    申请号:US17761578

    申请日:2020-09-14

    Abstract: A system and method for generating predictive images for wafer inspection using machine learning are provided. Some embodiments of the system and method include acquiring the wafer after a photoresist applied to the wafer has been developed; imaging a portion of a segment of the developed wafer; acquiring the wafer after the wafer has been etched; imaging the segment of the etched wafer; training a machine learning model using the imaged portion of the developed wafer and the imaged segment of the etched wafer; and applying the trained machine learning model using the imaged segment of the etched wafer to generate predictive images of a developed wafer. Some embodiments include imaging a segment of the developed wafer; imaging a portion of the segment of the etched wafer; training a machine learning model; and applying the trained machine learning model to generate predictive after-etch images of the developed wafer.

    METHOD FOR PREDICTING STOCHASTIC CONTRIBUTORS

    公开(公告)号:US20230081821A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17986829

    申请日:2022-11-14

    Abstract: Described herein is a method for training a machine learning model to determine a source of error contribution to multiple features of a pattern printed on a substrate. The method includes obtaining training data having multiple datasets, wherein each dataset has error contribution values representative of an error contribution from one of multiple sources to the features, and wherein each dataset is associated with an actual classification that identifies a source of the error contribution of the corresponding dataset; and training, based on the training data, a machine learning model to predict a classification of a reference dataset of the datasets such that a cost function that determines a difference between the predicted classification and the actual classification of the reference dataset is reduced.

    METHOD FOR PREDICTING RESIST DEFORMATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220075275A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-10

    申请号:US17416314

    申请日:2019-12-13

    Abstract: A method for determining a deformation of a resist in a patterning process. The method involves obtaining a resist deformation model of a resist having a pattern, the resist deformation model configured to simulate a fluid flow of the resist due to capillary forces acting on a contour of at least one feature of the pattern; and determining, via the resist deformation model, a deformation of a resist pattern to be developed based on an input pattern to the resist deformation model.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING LAYER DEFORMATION

    公开(公告)号:US20200320238A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-08

    申请号:US16763376

    申请日:2018-11-29

    Abstract: A method involving obtaining a resist deformation model for simulating a deformation process of a pattern in resist, the resist deformation model being a fluid dynamics model configured to simulate an intrafluid force acting on the resist, performing, using the resist deformation model, a computer simulation of the deformation process to obtain a deformation of the developed resist pattern for an input pattern to the resist deformation model, and producing electronic data representing the deformation of the developed resist pattern for the input pattern.

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