Patent · US Active

Selecting a coreset of potential defects for estimating expected defects of interest

US11360030B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
6References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 4, 2020
Grant dateJun 14, 2022
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 2, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2021/8883
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed is a system, method and computer readable medium for selecting a coreset of potential defects for estimating expected defects of interest. An example method includes obtaining a plurality of defects of interest (DOIs) and false alarms (FAs) from a review subset selected from a group of potential defects received from an inspection tool. The method further includes generating a representative subset of the group of potential defects. The representative subset includes potential defects selected in accordance with a distribution of the group of potential defects within an attribute space. The method further includes, upon training a classifier using data informative of the attribute values of the DOIs, the potential defects of the representative subset, and respective indications thereof as DOIs or FAs, applying the classifier to at least some of the potential defects to obtain an estimation of a number of expected DOIs in the specimen.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.