SG11201703560VA - Wafer defect discovery - Google Patents

Wafer defect discovery

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SG11201703560VA
SG11201703560VA SG11201703560VA SG11201703560VA SG11201703560VA SG 11201703560V A SG11201703560V A SG 11201703560VA SG 11201703560V A SG11201703560V A SG 11201703560VA SG 11201703560V A SG11201703560V A SG 11201703560VA SG 11201703560V A SG11201703560V A SG 11201703560VA
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wafer defect
defect discovery
discovery
wafer
defect
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SG11201703560VA
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Hong Chen
Kenong Wu
Martin Plihal
Vidur Pandita
Ravikumar Sanapala
Vivek Bhagat
Rahul Lakhawat
Oksen Baris
Rajesh Ramachandran
Noashin Haque
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Kla Tencor Corp
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    • G03FPHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR
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    • G03F7/70483Information management; Active and passive control; Testing; Wafer monitoring, e.g. pattern monitoring
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    • G03F7/70616Monitoring the printed patterns
    • G03F7/7065Defects, e.g. optical inspection of patterned layer for defects
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    • G01N21/88Investigating the presence of flaws or contamination
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    • G01N21/84Systems specially adapted for particular applications
    • G01N21/88Investigating the presence of flaws or contamination
    • G01N21/8851Scan or image signal processing specially adapted therefor, e.g. for scan signal adjustment, for detecting different kinds of defects, for compensating for structures, markings, edges
    • G01N2021/8883Scan or image signal processing specially adapted therefor, e.g. for scan signal adjustment, for detecting different kinds of defects, for compensating for structures, markings, edges involving the calculation of gauges, generating models
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CN (1) CN107003249B (zh)
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