Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inspection tool and inspection method
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Application No.: US17019149Application Date: 2020-09-11
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Publication No.: US11668661B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Thomas Jarik Huisman , Sander Frederik Wuister , Hermanus Adrianus Dillen , Dorothea Maria Christina Oorschot
- Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Veldhoven
- Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
- Current Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Veldhoven
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Priority: EP 161533 2018.03.13
- Main IPC: G01N23/2251
- IPC: G01N23/2251 ; G06T7/62 ; G03F1/84 ; G03F7/20 ; G06T7/00 ; G03F7/00

Abstract:
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for inspecting a semiconductor sample are disclosed. In some embodiments, the sample may comprise a structure having a plurality of openings in a top layer of the structure. In some embodiments, the method may comprise generating an image of the structure using a SEM; inspecting an opening of the plurality of openings by determining a dimension of the opening based on the image and determining an open-state of the opening, based on a contrast of the image; and determining a quality of the opening based on both the determined dimension and the determined open-state of the opening.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210003521A1 INSPECTION TOOL AND INSPECTION METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-01-07
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