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Methods and systems for determining a position of output generated by an inspection subsystem in design data space are provided. One method includes selecting one or more alignment targets from a design for a specimen. At least a portion of the one or more alignment targets include built in targets included in the design for a purpose other than alignment of inspection results to design data space. At least the portion of the one or more alignment targets does not include one or more individual device features. One or more images for the alignment target(s) and output generated by the inspection subsystem at the position(s) of the alignment target(s) may then be used to determine design data space positions of other output generated by the inspection subsystem in a variety of ways described herein.
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INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 1#111011110111010101111101 11010011111111011110 HE 10111011111011110111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date .....0\"\" WO 2018/089459 Al 17 May 2018 (17.05.2018) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: Santosh; 5540 Cooney Place, San Jose, California 95123 GO1N 21/95 (2006.01) GO1N 21/88 (2006.01) (US). SHIFRIN, Eugene; 463 Liquidambar Way, Sunny- vale, California 94086 (US). LEE, Hucheng; 1159 Kent- (21) International Application Number: wood Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014 (US). MUR- PCT/US2017/060589 RAY, Benjamin; 17261 NW LaPaloma Lane, Beaver- (22) International Filing Date: ton, California 97006 (US). MATHEW, Ashok; 34782 Si- 08 November 2017 (08.11.2017) ward Drive, Fremont, California 94539 (US). BHASKAR, (25) Filing Language: English Chetana; 1061 Queensbridge Court, San Jose, California 95120 (US). GAO, Lisheng; 21164 Toll Gate Road, Sarato- (26) Publication Language: English ga, California 95070 (US). (30) Priority Data: (74) Agent: MCANDREWS, Kevin et al.; KLA-Tencor Corp., 62/420,409 10 November 2016 (10.11.2016) US Legal Department, One Technology Drive, Milpitas, Cali- 62/443,810 09 January 2017 (09.01.2017) US fornia 95035 (US). 62/455,948 07 February 2017 (07.02.2017) US (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 15/804,980 06 November 2017 (06.11.2017) US kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (71) Applicant: KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION [US/US]; AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, Legal Department, One Technology Drive, Milpitas, Cali- CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, fornia 95035 (US). DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, (72) Inventors: BRAUER, Bjorn; 16698 NW Tucson Street, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, _ Beaverton, Oregon 97006 (US). BHATTACHARYYA, = = (54) Title: HIGH SENSITIVITY REPEATER DEFECT DETECTION = — = Computer subsystem(s) 300 _ _ = = = — = 28 26 24 20 16 18 2 1 ill. '' •• 34 /-10 I A os % 32 = , No = 14 30 = 22 = = Fig. 1 ,-, .. 11 (57) : Systems and methods for detecting defects on a reticle are provided. One system includes computer subsystem(s) that CN include one or more image processing components that acquire images generated by an inspection subsystem for a wafer, a main 7 1. user interface component that provides information generated for the wafer and the reticle to a user and receives instructions from the C:N user, and an interface component that provides an interface between the one or more image processing components and the main user °O interface. Unlike currently used systems, the one or more image processing components are configured for performing repeater defect 0 ---. detection by applying a repeater defect detection algorithm to the images acquired by the one or more image processing components, *1 : and the repeater defect detection algorithm is configured to detect defects on the wafer using a hot threshold and to identify the defects 11 c;;;; ) that are repeater defects. N O [Continued on next page] WO 2018/089459 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOOMMEIMOHNOCHINVOIMIE MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))
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Methods and systems for determining design coordinates for defects detected on a wafer are provided. One method includes aligning a design for a wafer to defect review tool images for defects detected in multiple swaths on the wafer by an inspection tool, determining a position of each of the defects in design coordinates based on results of the aligning, separately determining a defect position offset for each of the multiple swaths based on the swath in which each of the defects was detected (swath correction factor), the design coordinates for each of the defects, and a position for each of the defects determined by the inspection tool, and determining design coordinates for the other defects detected in the multiple swaths by the inspection tool by applying the appropriate swath correction factor to those defects.
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Systems and methods for detecting defects on a wafer and generating inspection results for the wafer are provided. One method includes detecting defects on a wafer by comparing output generated by scanning of the wafer performed by an inspection system to one or more defect detection thresholds. The method also includes sampling outliers in the output by selecting the output having the highest values from bins defined based on one or more predetermined criteria. In addition, the method includes selecting a portion of the sampled outliers based on wafer-level analysis of the sampled outliers. The method further includes generating inspection results for the wafer by combining information about the selected portion of the sampled outliers with information about the defects detected using the one or more defect detection thresholds.
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Methods for generating a standard reference die for use in a die to standard reference die inspection and methods for inspecting a wafer are provided. One computer-implemented method for generating a standard reference die for use in a die to standard reference die inspection includes acquiring output of an inspection system for a centrally located die on a wafer and one or more dies located on the wafer. The method also includes combining the output for the centrally located die and the one or more dies based on within die positions of the output. In addition, the method includes generating the standard reference die based on results of the combining step.
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Various systems and methods for creating persistent data for a wafer and using persistent data for inspection-related functions are provided. One system includes a set of processor nodes coupled to a detector of an inspection system. Each of the processor nodes is configured to receive a portion of image data generated by the detector during scanning of a wafer. The system also includes an array of storage media separately coupled to each of the processor nodes. The processor nodes are configured to send all of the image data or a selected portion of the image data received by the processor nodes to the arrays of storage media such that all of the image data or the selected portion of the image data generated by the detector during the scanning of the wafer is stored in the arrays of the storage media.
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Various systems and methods for creating persistent data for a wafer and using persistent data for inspection-related functions are provided. One system includes a set of processor nodes coupled to a detector of an inspection system. Each of the processor nodes is configured to receive a portion of image data generated by the detector during scanning of a wafer. The system also includes an array of storage media separately coupled to each of the processor nodes. The processor nodes are configured to send all of the image data or a selected portion of the image data received by the processor nodes to the arrays of storage media such that all of the image data or the selected portion of the image data generated by the detector during the scanning of the wafer is stored in the arrays of the storage media.