SG11201803933PA - Optical metrology of lithographic processes using asymmetric sub-resolution features to enhance measurement - Google Patents

Optical metrology of lithographic processes using asymmetric sub-resolution features to enhance measurement

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SG11201803933PA
SG11201803933PA SG11201803933PA SG11201803933PA SG11201803933PA SG 11201803933P A SG11201803933P A SG 11201803933PA SG 11201803933P A SG11201803933P A SG 11201803933PA SG 11201803933P A SG11201803933P A SG 11201803933PA SG 11201803933P A SG11201803933P A SG 11201803933PA
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Robert Socha
Thomas Wallow
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INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau „ (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ^ WO 2017/102299 A1 22 June 2017 (22.06.2017) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: G03F 7/20 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/EP2016/079063 (22) International Filing Date: 29 November 2016 (29.11.2016) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/268,976 17 December 2015 (17.12.2015) US (71) Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. [NL/NL]; P.O. Box 324, 5500 AH Veldhoven (NL). (72) Inventors: SOCHA, Robert, John; 4211 Burton Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054 (US). WALLOW, Thomas, I.; 4211 Burton Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054 (US). (74) Agent: BROEKEN, Petrus; ASML Netherlands B.V., Corporate Intellectual Property, P.O. Box 324, 5500 AH Veldhoven (NL). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available)'. AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, 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)) (54) Title: OPTICAL METROLOGY OF LITHOGRAPHIC PROCESSES USING ASYMMETRIC SUB-RESOLUTION FEA­ TURES TO ENHANCE MEASUREMENT —o o\ o\ CJ CJ o (57) : Provided is a process of calibrating a model, the process including: obtaining training data including: scattered radiation information from a plurality of structures, individual portions of the scattered radiation information being associated with respective process conditions being character­ istics of a patterning process of the individual structures; and calibrating, using one or more pro­ cessors, a model with the training data by determ­ ining a first ratio relating a change in one of the process characteristics to a corresponding change in scattered radiation information.
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