AU2001225804A1 - Improved test structures and methods for inspecting and utilizing the same - Google Patents

Improved test structures and methods for inspecting and utilizing the same

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AU2001225804A1
AU2001225804A1 AU2001225804A AU2580401A AU2001225804A1 AU 2001225804 A1 AU2001225804 A1 AU 2001225804A1 AU 2001225804 A AU2001225804 A AU 2001225804A AU 2580401 A AU2580401 A AU 2580401A AU 2001225804 A1 AU2001225804 A1 AU 2001225804A1
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inspecting
utilizing
methods
same
test structures
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AU2001225804A
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David L. Adler
Robert Thomas Long
Lynda C. Mantalas
Gustavo A. Pinto
Neil Richardson
Akella V.S. Satya
David J. Walker
Kurt H. Weiner
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KLA Corp
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KLA Tencor Corp
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Priority claimed from US09/648,093 external-priority patent/US6633174B1/en
Application filed by KLA Tencor Corp filed Critical KLA Tencor Corp
Publication of AU2001225804A1 publication Critical patent/AU2001225804A1/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L22/00—Testing or measuring during manufacture or treatment; Reliability measurements, i.e. testing of parts without further processing to modify the parts as such; Structural arrangements therefor
    • H01L22/30—Structural arrangements specially adapted for testing or measuring during manufacture or treatment, or specially adapted for reliability measurements
    • H01L22/34—Circuits for electrically characterising or monitoring manufacturing processes, e. g. whole test die, wafers filled with test structures, on-board-devices incorporated on each die, process control monitors or pad structures thereof, devices in scribe line
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L22/00—Testing or measuring during manufacture or treatment; Reliability measurements, i.e. testing of parts without further processing to modify the parts as such; Structural arrangements therefor
    • H01L22/10—Measuring as part of the manufacturing process
    • H01L22/12—Measuring as part of the manufacturing process for structural parameters, e.g. thickness, line width, refractive index, temperature, warp, bond strength, defects, optical inspection, electrical measurement of structural dimensions, metallurgic measurement of diffusions
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L2924/00—Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00
    • H01L2924/0001—Technical content checked by a classifier
    • H01L2924/0002—Not covered by any one of groups H01L24/00, H01L24/00 and H01L2224/00
AU2001225804A 2000-04-18 2000-12-14 Improved test structures and methods for inspecting and utilizing the same Abandoned AU2001225804A1 (en)

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US19846400P 2000-04-18 2000-04-18
US60/198,464 2000-04-18
US09/648,093 US6633174B1 (en) 1999-12-14 2000-08-25 Stepper type test structures and methods for inspection of semiconductor integrated circuits
US09/648,093 2000-08-25
PCT/US2000/034086 WO2001080304A2 (en) 2000-04-18 2000-12-14 Improved test structures and methods for inspecting and utilizing the same

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AU2001225804A1 true AU2001225804A1 (en) 2001-10-30

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EP (1) EP1328971A2 (en)
JP (1) JP5108193B2 (en)
AU (1) AU2001225804A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2001080304A2 (en)

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JP5108193B2 (en) 2012-12-26
EP1328971A2 (en) 2003-07-23

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