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Method and apparatus for transforming a substrate coordinate system into a wafer analysis tool coordinate system

US5985680A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 8, 1997
Grant dateNov 16, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 8, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F9/70
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus for accurately transforming coordinates within a first coordinate system (e.g., a two-dimensional coordinate system associated with a substrate (or portion thereof)) into coordinates in a second coordinate system (e.g., a three-dimensional coordinate system of substrate (or portion thereof) tilted within a wafer analysis tool.

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