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公开(公告)号:US11961219B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-16
申请号:US17170688
申请日:2021-02-08
Applicant: KLA Corporation
Inventor: Bjorn Brauer
CPC classification number: G06T7/0006 , G06N3/045 , G06N3/088 , G06N20/00 , G06T2207/10061 , G06T2207/10152 , G06T2207/20081 , G06T2207/30148
Abstract: Methods and systems for generating a simulated image for a specimen are provided. One system includes one or more computer subsystems and one or more components executed by the one or more computer subsystems. The one or more components include a generative adversarial network (GAN), e.g., a conditional GAN (cGAN), trained with a training set that includes portions of design data for one or more specimens designated as training inputs and corresponding images of the one or more specimens designated as training outputs. The one or more computer subsystems are configured for generating a simulated image for a specimen by inputting a portion of design data for the specimen into the GAN.
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公开(公告)号:US11776108B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-03
申请号:US17155037
申请日:2021-01-21
Applicant: KLA Corporation
Inventor: Richard Wallingford , Ge Cong , Sangbong Park
CPC classification number: G06T7/0006 , G06F18/214 , G06N3/045 , G06N3/08 , G06T7/70 , G06T11/00 , G06T2207/10061 , G06T2207/20081 , G06T2207/30148
Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting defects on a specimen are provided. One system includes one or more computer systems and one or more components executed by the one or more computer systems. The component(s) include a deep learning model configured for, for a location on a specimen, generating a gray scale simulated design data image from a high resolution image generated at the location by a high resolution imaging system. The computer system(s) are configured for generating a simulated binary design data image for the location from the gray scale simulated design data image. The computer system(s) are also configured for detecting defects at the location on the specimen by subtracting design data for the location from the simulated binary design data image.
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公开(公告)号:US11749495B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-05
申请号:US17494784
申请日:2021-10-05
Applicant: KLA Corporation
Inventor: Youfei Jiang , Michael Steigerwald
IPC: H01J37/244 , H01J37/28 , H01J37/05 , H01J37/147
CPC classification number: H01J37/244 , H01J37/05 , H01J37/1471 , H01J37/28 , H01J2237/0492 , H01J2237/2448 , H01J2237/24475
Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting charged particles from a specimen are provided. One system includes a first repelling mesh configured to repel charged particles from a specimen having an energy lower than a first predetermined energy and a second repelling mesh configured to repel the charged particles that pass through the first repelling mesh and have an energy that is lower than a second predetermined energy. The system also includes a first attracting mesh configured to attract the charged particles that pass through the first repelling mesh, are repelled by the second repelling mesh, and have an energy that is higher than the first predetermined energy and lower than the second predetermined energy. The system further includes a first detector configured to generate output responsive to the charged particles that pass through the first attracting mesh.
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公开(公告)号:US11748871B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-05
申请号:US17157992
申请日:2021-01-25
Applicant: KLA Corporation
Inventor: Xuguang Jiang , Tong Huang , N R Girish , Yiyu Zhang , Faisal Omer , Wei Kang , Ashok Varadarajan , Vadim Romanovski
CPC classification number: G06T7/001 , G01N21/9501 , G06T7/337 , G06T7/74 , H01L21/67288 , G06T2207/20221 , G06T2207/30148
Abstract: Methods and systems for setting up alignment of a specimen are provided. One system includes computer subsystem(s) configured for acquiring two-dimensional (2D) images generated from output of a detector of an output acquisition subsystem at template locations in corresponding areas of printed instances on a specimen. The computer subsystem(s) determine offsets in x and y directions between the template locations using the 2D images and determine an angle of the specimen with respect to the output acquisition subsystem based on the offsets. If the angle is greater than a predetermined value, the computer subsystem(s) rotate the specimen and repeat the steps described above. If the angle is less than the predetermined value, the computer subsystem(s) store one of the 2D images for alignment of the specimen in a process performed on a specimen. The 2D images may include multi-mode images, which may be fused prior to determining the offsets.
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公开(公告)号:US12051183B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-30
申请号:US17238106
申请日:2021-04-22
Applicant: KLA Corporation
Inventor: Kedar Grama , Santosh Kumar
CPC classification number: G06T7/0004 , G06N3/045 , G06N20/00 , G06T2207/20081 , G06T2207/20084 , G06T2207/30148
Abstract: Methods and systems for determining information for a specimen are provided. The embodiments described herein are configured for training a machine learning (ML) model for generating higher resolution images of a specimen from images of the specimen generated by an inspection subsystem. The training includes a pre-training step that is performed using only simulated images and a re-training step that is performed using actual images of a test specimen. The higher resolution images generated by the trained ML model from lower resolution inspection images can be used for applications to including nuisance filtering and defect classification.
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公开(公告)号:US11868689B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-09
申请号:US17959712
申请日:2022-10-04
Applicant: KLA Corporation
Inventor: Chad Huard , Premkumar Panneerchelvam , Guy Parsey , Ankur Agarwal
IPC: G06F119/18 , G06F30/27
CPC classification number: G06F30/27 , G06F2119/18
Abstract: Systems and methods for setting up a physics-based model are provided. One system includes one or more components that are executed by one or more computer subsystems and that include a physics-based model describing a semiconductor fabrication-related process and a set up component configured for setting up the physics-based model in multiple phases in each of which only a subset of all of the parameters of the physics-based model are set up. A configuration of the set up component is changed between at least two of the multiple phases based on the subset of all of the parameters of the physics-based model set up in the at least two of the multiple phases. The set up component may perform a Bayesian optimization technique for cascaded model set up or calibration using multiple information sources and objective functions.
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公开(公告)号:US11983865B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-14
申请号:US17308878
申请日:2021-05-05
Applicant: KLA Corporation
Inventor: Bjorn Brauer , Richard Wallingford
CPC classification number: G06T7/001 , G06T7/337 , G06T2207/20081 , G06T2207/20084 , G06T2207/30148
Abstract: Methods and systems for deep learning alignment for semiconductor applications are provided. One method includes transforming first actual information for an alignment target on a specimen from either design data to a specimen image or a specimen image to design data by inputting the first actual information into a deep generative model such as a GAN. The method also includes aligning the transformed first actual information to second actual information for the alignment target, which has the same information type as the transformed first actual information. The method further includes determining an offset between the transformed first actual information and the second actual information based on results of the aligning and storing the determined offset as an align-to-design offset for use in a process performed on the specimen.
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公开(公告)号:US11748872B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-05
申请号:US17165826
申请日:2021-02-02
Applicant: KLA Corporation
Inventor: Hong Chen , Bjorn Brauer , Abdurrahman Sezginer , Sangbong Park , Ge Cong , Xiaochun Li
CPC classification number: G06T7/001 , G01N21/8806 , G01N21/8851 , G06T3/4007 , G01N2021/8861 , G01N2021/8887 , G06T2207/30148
Abstract: Methods and systems for setting up inspection of a specimen are provided. One system includes one or more computer subsystems configured for acquiring a reference image for a specimen and modifying the reference image to fit the reference image to a design grid thereby generating a golden grid image. The one or more computer subsystems are also configured for storing the golden grid image for use in inspection of the specimen. The inspection includes aligning a test image of the specimen generated from output of an inspection subsystem to the golden grid image.
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公开(公告)号:US11644756B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-09
申请号:US17393979
申请日:2021-08-04
Applicant: KLA Corporation
Inventor: Scott A. Young , Kris Bhaskar , Lena Nicolaides
CPC classification number: G03F7/7065 , G03F7/70508 , G03F7/70666 , G06N3/04 , G06T7/0004 , G06T2207/20081 , G06T2207/20084 , G06T2207/30148
Abstract: Methods and systems for determining information for a specimen are provided. Certain embodiments relate to bump height 3D inspection and metrology using deep learning artificial intelligence. For example, one embodiment includes a deep learning (DL) model configured for predicting height of one or more 3D structures formed on a specimen based on one or more images of the specimen generated by an imaging subsystem. One or more computer systems are configured for determining information for the specimen based on the predicted height. Determining the information may include, for example, determining if any of the 3D structures are defective based on the predicted height. In another example, the information determined for the specimen may include an average height metric for the one or more 3D structures.
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公开(公告)号:US12080050B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-03
申请号:US17557014
申请日:2021-12-20
Applicant: KLA Corporation
Inventor: David Kucher , Sophie Salomon , Vijay Ramachandran
CPC classification number: G06V10/7715 , G06N3/063 , G06T5/50 , G06T7/194 , G06T7/73 , G06V10/54 , G06V10/82 , G06T2207/20084 , G06T2207/30148
Abstract: Methods and systems for determining information for a specimen are provided. One system includes a computer subsystem configured for determining a global texture characteristic of an image of a specimen and one or more local characteristics of a localized area in the image. The system also includes one or more components executed by the computer subsystem. The component(s) include a machine learning model configured for determining information for the specimen based on the global texture characteristic and the one or more local characteristics. The computer subsystem is also configured for generating results including the determined information. The methods and systems may be used for metrology (in which the determined information includes one or more characteristics of a structure formed on the specimen) or inspection (in which the determined information includes a classification of a defect detected on the specimen).
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