Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wafer inspection apparatus
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Application No.: US16849631Application Date: 2020-04-15
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Publication No.: US11264256B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Jaehwang Jung , Gwangsik Park , Wookrae Kim , Juntaek Oh
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2019-0113968 20190917
- Main IPC: G01N21/21
- IPC: G01N21/21 ; H01L21/67 ; G02B27/28 ; G02B27/42 ; G02B27/30 ; G01N21/25 ; G01N21/27 ; G01N21/88 ; G01N21/95 ; G02B27/10 ; G06T7/00 ; G01N21/17

Abstract:
Provided is a wafer inspection apparatus including a monochromator that extracts monochromatic light, a collimator that outputs the monochromatic light as parallel light, a first polarization assembly that polarizes the parallel light and radiates the polarized light to a wafer, an imaging optical system that condenses light reflected from the wafer, a spectroscope that splits the condensed light into a plurality of spectrums, a first lens that condenses the plurality of spectrums, a second polarization assembly that outputs the plurality of spectrums as a plurality of polarized lights having different diffraction orders and a difference of 90°, a second lens that condenses the plurality of polarized lights, a third polarization assembly that outputs common polarized light based on the plurality of polarized interfering with each other, a camera that generates a phase difference image based on the common polarized light, and a signal processor that analyzes the phase difference image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210082725A1 WAFER INSPECTION APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-03-18
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