摘要:
A method and a system for processing a semiconductor device intended to improve the overlay accuracy of a semiconductor device product, particularly in its device area, in carrying out the mix-and-match exposure process are designed to calculate the difference of exposure distortions between two layers in the device area and the difference of exposure distortions between the two layers at the overlay measurement mark position from data of exposure field distortions of two exposure tools used for the mix-and-match exposure process and data of device area and overlay measurement mark position of the product, calculate a modification value which relates both differences to each other, calculate a first exposure condition correction value from the measurement result of overlay, and carry out the exposure process based on a second exposure condition correction value which is evaluated by modifying the first exposure condition correction value with the modification value.
摘要:
An exposure mask includes an optically transparent substrate, a device area constituted with a pattern formed on the substrate, and alignment marks formed on the substrate. Further measurement data for relative positional displacement between the device area and the alignment marks on the substrate is appended together with information for identifying the substrate to the substrate.
摘要:
A relative positional error is caused between an alignment mark and a device area on a mask due to an error inherent to the mask drawing apparatus, which causes an alignment error in the device area even when alignment upon exposure has no problem. Then, according to this invention, a relative positional error between the alignment mark and the device area on the mask is measured in an off line manner, the result of measurement is set upon exposure as a correction value to an exposure device thereby correcting the mask drawing error to reduce alignment errors in the device area.
摘要:
A method of measuring a pattern shape of performing a shape measurement of a semiconductor pattern at a high accuracy even when a process margin is narrow with respect to miniaturization of a semiconductor device is provided. In the method of measuring a pattern shape, when a best-match calculated waveform cannot be selected, at least one parameter among shape parameters is set as a fixed value based on information obtained by another measurement apparatus that uses a measurement method independent to the pattern shape measurement, a matching of a library and a detected waveform is performed again, a best-match calculated waveform is selected, and shape information of an object pattern is obtained from the best-match calculated waveform.
摘要:
A system for manufacturing a semiconductor device which predicts a difference in registration error between a circuit pattern and an overlay mark from a pattern dimension, illumination conditions and the wave aberration of an exposure lens, feeds a correction value based on the predicted difference back to an exposure device and modifies an overlay inspection data control limit.
摘要:
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for reviewing a defect with high throughput by detecting the defect to be reviewed with high sensitivity, comprising: an optical microscope; a correction means; and a scanning electron microscope which reviews the existing defect on the sample; wherein the optical microscope has: an optical height detection system which optically detects a vertical position of an upper surface of the sample placed on the stage; an illumination optical system which illuminates the defect with light; an image detection optical system which converges and detects reflected light or scattered light generated from the defect illuminated by the illumination optical system to obtain an image signal; and a focus adjusting means which adjusts a focus position of the optical microscope based on the vertical position of the upper surface of the sample, which is detected by the optical height detection system.
摘要:
A method of measuring a pattern shape of performing a shape measurement of a semiconductor pattern at a high accuracy even when a process margin is narrow with respect to miniaturization of a semiconductor device is provided. In the method of measuring a pattern shape, when a best-match calculated waveform cannot be selected, at least one parameter among shape parameters is set as a fixed value based on information obtained by another measurement apparatus that uses a measurement method independent to the pattern shape measurement, a matching of a library and a detected waveform is performed again, a best-match calculated waveform is selected, and shape information of an object pattern is obtained from the best-match calculated waveform.
摘要:
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for reviewing a defect with high throughput by detecting the defect to be reviewed with high sensitivity, comprising: an optical microscope; a correction means; and a scanning electron microscope which reviews the defect existed on the sample; wherein the optical microscope has: an optical height detection system which optically detects a vertical position of an upper surface of the sample placed on the stage; an illumination optical system which illuminates the defect with light; an image detection optical system which converges and detects reflected light or scattered light generated from the defect illuminated by the illumination optical system to obtain an image signal; and a focus adjusting means which adjusts a focus position of the optical microscope based on the vertical position of the upper surface of the sample, which is detected by the optical height detection system.
摘要:
To realize a method for detecting variations in conditions (drift of the exposure and drift of the focus) in exposure equipment at a product wafer level in lithography process, the process is specified in such a way that calculation results of feature quantities such as electron beam images, line profiles, dimensions, etc. under various sets of the exposure and the focus are stored as a library, and an electron beam image of the product wafer is compared with these pieces of data in the library so that detection of drifts of the exposure and the focus a check of the results on the screen can easily be performed.
摘要:
A system for manufacturing a semiconductor device which predicts a difference in registration error between a circuit pattern and an overlay mark from a pattern dimension, illumination conditions and the wave aberration of an exposure lens, feeds a correction value based on the predicted difference back to an exposure device and modifies an overlay inspection data control limit.