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Model-based measurement of semiconductor device features with feed forward use of data for dimensionality reduction

US7716003B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 16, 2007
Grant dateMay 11, 2010
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Expiry dateJan 3, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/956
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present application discloses a new technique which reduces the dimensionality of a feature model by re-use of data that has been obtained by a prior measurement. The data re-used from the prior measurement may range from parameters, such as geometrical dimensions, to more complex data that describe the electromagnetic scattering function of an underlying layer (for example, a local solution of the electric field properties).

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