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- Patent Title: System and method for generating and analyzing roughness measurements and their use for process monitoring and control
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Application No.: US17097593Application Date: 2020-11-13
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Publication No.: US11380516B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Chris Mack
- Applicant: FRACTILIA, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: FRACTILIA, LLC
- Current Assignee: FRACTILIA, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Dickinson Wright, PLLC
- Agent Stephen A. Mason; Jonathan H. Harder
- Main IPC: H01J37/22
- IPC: H01J37/22 ; G06T7/13 ; G06T7/40 ; G06T7/42 ; G06T7/49 ; G06T5/00 ; G01Q30/02 ; G01Q30/06 ; H01J37/28

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving measured linescan information describing a pattern structure of a feature, applying the received measured linescan information to an inverse linescan model that relates measured linescan information to feature geometry information, and identifying, based at least in part on the applying the received measured linescan model to the inverse linescan model, feature geometry information that describes a feature that would produce a linescan corresponding to the received measured linescan information. The method also includes determining, at least in part using the inverse linescan model, feature edge positions of the identified feature, analyzing the feature edge positions to determine errors in the manufacture of the pattern structure, and controlling a lithography tool based on the analysis of the feature edge positions.
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