Measuring apparatus and method of wafer geometry

    公开(公告)号:US12072176B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-27

    申请号:US17561902

    申请日:2021-12-24

    发明人: An Andrew Zeng

    IPC分类号: G01B11/24 G01B11/06 G01B11/30

    摘要: Embodiments of the present application provide a measuring apparatus and method of a wafer geometry. The measuring apparatus of the wafer geometry includes: an air-bearing chuck, configured to generate an air cushion to keep a wafer to be measured floating up on a top surface of the air-bearing chuck; and an interferometer, disposed on one side, away from the air-bearing chuck, of the wafer, and configured to obtain an interference fringe image of a front surface of the wafer to measure a geometry of the wafer based on the interference fringe image. An air cushion is generated by utilizing an air-bearing chuck to keep a wafer to be measured floating up on a top surface of the air-bearing chuck, thereby avoiding damage of the original shape of the wafer or contamination of the wafer by a clamping tool, and further reducing errors during measurement.

    METHOD OF INSPECTING FLATNESS OF SUBSTRATE
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240230323A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18615126

    申请日:2024-03-25

    IPC分类号: G01B11/30 G01B11/00

    CPC分类号: G01B11/30 G01B11/002

    摘要: A method of inspecting flatness of substrate is provided and includes providing a substrate. N first inspecting points are selected from the surface of the substrate along a first straight line, where the coordinate of the i-th first inspecting point is (Xi,Yi,Zi). By using a formula










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    a first measurement length D is calculated. By using a formula “F=(D−S)/S”, a first flatness index F is calculated. S is the horizontal distance between 1st first inspecting point and N-th first inspecting point. When the first flatness index F is larger than a first threshold, the substrate is determined to be unqualified.

    Method for creating wafer shape data

    公开(公告)号:US11928178B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-12

    申请号:US17268326

    申请日:2019-08-01

    发明人: Masato Ohnishi

    摘要: A wafer is prepared, and a thickness shape of the prepared wafer at each position in a radial direction is measured for each of a predetermined number of angles into which 360 degrees of a circumference around the center of the wafer are divided. The thickness shape obtained by a measuring machine for each angle is approximated with a sixth or higher order polynomial, and a function of the wafer thickness at the position in the radial direction is created. The thickness shape outputted by the measuring machine and a thickness shape outputted by the function are compared with each other, and an error on the entire surface of the wafer is confirmed to be not greater than a predetermined error. After the confirmation, information of the function for each angle is attached to the wafer as data representing the wafer shape and supplied to a user.

    OPTICAL TEST DEVICE
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    发明公开
    OPTICAL TEST DEVICE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240053144A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-15

    申请号:US18449609

    申请日:2023-08-14

    发明人: Otto BOUCKY

    IPC分类号: G01B11/30

    CPC分类号: G01B11/303

    摘要: An optical test device for testing flat test objects comprises a holder for the test object and two optical sensors for detecting the three-dimensional surface topography of the test object. According to the invention, the holder is formed at least in sections as a test standard and is disposed with respect to the sensors in such a way that the sensors scan the test object from opposite sides and also detect the holder as a test standard at least in sections during the detecting of the test object.