METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED LOCALIZED FEATURE QUANTIFICATION IN SURFACE METROLOGY TOOLS
    5.
    发明申请
    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED LOCALIZED FEATURE QUANTIFICATION IN SURFACE METROLOGY TOOLS 有权
    用于改进表面计量工具中的本地化特征量化的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20120177282A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-12

    申请号:US12986176

    申请日:2011-01-07

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00

    摘要: A method for enabling more accurate measurements of localized features on wafers is disclosed. The method includes: a) performing high order surface fitting to more effectively remove the low frequency shape components and also to reduce possible signal attenuations commonly observed from filtering; b) constructing and applying a proper two dimensional LFM window to the residual image from the surface fitting processing stage to effectively reduce the residual artifacts at the region boundaries; c) calculating the metrics of the region using the artifact-reduced image to obtain more accurate and reliable measurements; and d) using site-based metrics obtained from front and back surface data to quantify the features of interest. A method for filtering data from measurements of localized features on wafers is disclosed. This method includes an algorithm designed to adjust the filtering behavior according to the statistics of extreme data samples.A method for utilizing the 2D window and the data filtering to yield a more robust and more accurate Localized Feature quantification methodology is disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种能够更精确地测量晶片上局部特征的方法。 该方法包括:a)执行高阶表面拟合以更有效地去除低频形状分量,并且还可以减少通常从滤波观察到的可能的信号衰减; b)从表面拟合处理阶段构造和应用适当的二维LFM窗口到残余图像,以有效地减少区域边界处的残余伪像; c)使用伪影图像计算该区域的度量以获得更准确和可靠的测量; 以及d)使用从前面和背面数据获得的基于站点的度量来量化感兴趣的特征。 公开了一种用于从晶片上的局部特征的测量中滤出数据的方法。 该方法包括根据极端数据样本统计来调整过滤行为的算法。 公开了一种利用2D窗口和数据过滤产生更强大和更准确的局部特征量化方法的方法。

    Methods and systems for improved localized feature quantification in surface metrology tools
    6.
    发明授权
    Methods and systems for improved localized feature quantification in surface metrology tools 有权
    用于改进表面计量工具中局部特征量化的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08630479B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-01-14

    申请号:US12986176

    申请日:2011-01-07

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00

    摘要: A method for enabling more accurate measurements of localized features on wafers is disclosed. The method includes: a) performing high order surface fitting to more effectively remove the low frequency shape components and also to reduce possible signal attenuations commonly observed from SEMI standard high pass, such as Gaussian and Double Gaussian filtering; b) constructing and applying a proper two dimensional LFM window to the residual image from the surface fitting processing stage to effectively reduce the residual artifacts at the region boundaries; c) calculating the metrics of the region using the artifact-reduced image to obtain more accurate and reliable measurements; and d) using site-based metrics obtained from front and back surface data to quantify the features of interest. Additional steps may also include: filtering data from measurements of localized features on wafers and adjusting the filtering behavior according to the statistics of extreme data samples.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种能够更精确地测量晶片上局部特征的方法。 该方法包括:a)执行高阶表面拟合,以更有效地去除低频形状分量,并减少通常从SEMI标准高通(如高斯和双高斯滤波)观察到的信号衰减; b)从表面拟合处理阶段构造和应用适当的二维LFM窗口到残余图像,以有效地减少区域边界处的残余伪像; c)使用伪影图像计算该区域的度量以获得更准确和可靠的测量; 以及d)使用从前面和背面数据获得的基于站点的度量来量化感兴趣的特征。 附加步骤还可以包括:根据晶片上局部特征的测量过滤数据,并根据极端数据样本的统计调整滤波行为。