Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid scanning electron microscopy and acousto-optic based metrology
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Application No.: US17714908Application Date: 2022-04-06
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Publication No.: US12278085B2Publication Date: 2025-04-15
- Inventor: Guy Shwartz , Ori Golani , Itamar Shani , Ido Almog
- Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD.
- Applicant Address: IL Rehovot
- Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD.
- Current Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: IL Rehovot
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H01J37/28
- IPC: H01J37/28 ; G01N23/2251 ; H01J37/22 ; H01J37/244

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a method for non-destructive hybrid acousto-optic and scanning electron microscopy-based metrology. The method includes: (i) obtaining acousto-optic and scanning electron microscopy measurement data of an inspected structure on a sample; (ii) processing the measurement data to extract values of key measurement parameters corresponding to the acousto-optic measurement data and the scanning electron microscopy measurement data, respectively; and (iii) obtaining estimated values of one or more structural parameters of the inspected structure by inputting the extracted values into an algorithm, which is configured to jointly process the extracted values to output estimated values of the one or more structural parameters.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230326713A1 HYBRID SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND ACOUSTO-OPTIC BASED METROLOGY Public/Granted day:2023-10-12
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