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- Patent Title: Semiconductor inspection method, semiconductor inspection device and manufacturing method of semiconductor element
- Patent Title (中): 半导体检查方法,半导体检查装置及半导体元件的制造方法
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Application No.: US14911651Application Date: 2013-08-14
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Publication No.: US09508611B2Publication Date: 2016-11-29
- Inventor: Yoshinobu Kimura , Natsuki Tsuno , Hiroya Ohta , Renichi Yamada , Hirotaka Hamamura , Toshiyuki Ohno , Hiroyuki Okino , Yuki Mori
- Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/071929 WO 20130814
- International Announcement: WO2015/022739 WO 20150219
- Main IPC: H01L21/66
- IPC: H01L21/66 ; G01R31/265

Abstract:
In a semiconductor inspection method using a semiconductor inspection device, by selecting an incident energy and a negative potential and scanning an inspection surface of a wafer with primary electrons to detect secondary electrons, a first inspection image is acquired, and a macro defect, stacking faults, a basal plane dislocation and a threading dislocation contained in the first inspection image are discriminated by image processing based on a threshold value of a signal amount of the secondary electrons determined in advance. Moreover, by selecting the incident energy and a positive potential and scanning the inspection surface of the wafer with primary electrons to detect the secondary electrons, a second inspection image is acquired, and a threading screw dislocation of a dot-shaped figure contained in the second inspection image is discriminated by image processing based on a threshold value of a signal amount of the secondary electrons determined in advance.
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