Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Scanning electron microscope system capable of measuring in-cell overlay offset using high-energy electron beam and method thereof
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Application No.: US14464325Application Date: 2014-08-20
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Publication No.: US09934939B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Min Kook Kim , Woo Seok Ko , Yu Sin Yang , Sang Kil Lee , Chung Sam Jun
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR
- Agency: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- Priority: KR10-2013-0129556 20131029
- Main IPC: H01J37/28
- IPC: H01J37/28 ; H01J37/22 ; G01N23/22 ; G03F7/20 ; G01N23/203 ; G01N23/225

Abstract:
A method of measuring an overlay offset using a scanning electron microscope system includes: scanning an in-cell region, which includes a lower structure and an upper structure stacked in a sample, using a primary electron beam with a landing energy of at least 10 kV; detecting electrons emitted from the scanned in-cell region; and measuring an overlay offset with respect to overlapping patterns included in the in-cell region using an image of the in-cell region that is generated based on the detected electrons emitted from the scanned in-cell region.
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