Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Test structure and method to facilitate development/optimization of process parameters
- Patent Title (中): 测试结构和方法,方便开发/优化工艺参数
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Application No.: US13745929Application Date: 2013-01-21
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Publication No.: US08975094B2Publication Date: 2015-03-10
- Inventor: Abner F. Bello , Shubhankar Basu
- Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.
- Applicant Address: KY Grand Cayman
- Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
- Current Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KY Grand Cayman
- Agency: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
- Agent Kevin P. Radigan, Esq.
- Main IPC: H01L21/66
- IPC: H01L21/66 ; G01R31/26 ; G03F7/20

Abstract:
A test structure and method are provided to facilitate developing or optimizing a fabrication process by determining values of one or more lithography process parameters for use in semiconductor device fabrication. The test structure is configured to facilitate determining values of the one or more fabrication process parameters, and includes a plurality of test structure components arranged on a substrate according to a test pattern. The test pattern may be based on: varying distances between the test structure components according to a first rule; varying distances between centers of the test structure components according to a second rule; and/or varying at least one dimension of the test structure components according to a third rule. The method may further include determining dimensions of one or more components of the test structure using, for example, scatterometry, and using the dimensions of the components to ascertain one or more fabrication process parameters.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140203279A1 TEST STRUCTURE AND METHOD TO FACILTIATE DEVELOPMENT/OPTIMIZATION OF PROCESS PARAMETERS Public/Granted day:2014-07-24
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