Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for measuring thickness of film on wafer edge
- Patent Title (中): 测量晶片边缘薄膜厚度的方法
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Application No.: US13383555Application Date: 2011-06-09
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Publication No.: US09255780B2Publication Date: 2016-02-09
- Inventor: Xinchun Lu , Pan Shen , Yongyong He
- Applicant: Xinchun Lu , Pan Shen , Yongyong He
- Applicant Address: CN Tianjin
- Assignee: HWATSING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: HWATSING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Tianjin
- Agency: Perkins Coie LLP
- Priority: CN201010266786 20100830
- International Application: PCT/CN2011/075518 WO 20110609
- International Announcement: WO2012/028007 WO 20120308
- Main IPC: G01B7/06
- IPC: G01B7/06 ; B24B37/013 ; B24B49/10 ; G06F17/10

Abstract:
A method for measuring a film thickness of a film on an edge of a wafer, comprising: off-line detecting a film at a detection point on the wafer by a four-point probe method to obtain a real film thickness of the film at the detection point, and detecting a distance from the detection point to a center of the wafer using a length measurement, in which the detection point is located between the center of the wafer and a edge point of the wafer; detecting the film at the detection point using an eddy current transducer to obtain a detected film thickness of the film at the detection point; determining a film thickness measuring correction factor according to the real film thickness, the detected film thickness at the detection point and the distance from the detection point to the center of the wafer; and measuring the film on an edge of the wafer using the eddy current transducer to obtain a measured film thickness of the film on the edge of the wafer and correcting the measured film thickness of the film on an edge of the wafer according to the film thickness measuring correction factor to obtain a real film thickness of the film on the edge of the wafer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130211765A1 METHOD FOR MEASURING THICKNESS OF FILM ON WAFER EDGE Public/Granted day:2013-08-15
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