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Automatic defect classification comparator die selection system

US6377898B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 19, 1999
Grant dateApr 23, 2002
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Expiry dateApr 19, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L22/20
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of analyzing and classifying defects on semiconductor wafers during a semiconductor manufacturing process using a comparator die selector system wherein an automatic defect classification review tool compares defects on a die location with an identical location on an identical die. The automatic defect classification review tool locates identical die with information from the comparator die selector system.

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