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Defect inspection system

US8660336B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 23, 2012
Grant dateFeb 25, 2014
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Expiry dateAug 23, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67288
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A defect inspection system is disclosed for easily setting inspection conditions and providing an inspection condition and a defect signal intensity to an operator. The defect inspection system digitizes a defective image, and a reference image corresponding thereto and a mismatched portion of the defective image and the reference image as a defect signal intensity and accumulates them in association with the inspection condition. The inspection conditions are changed to repeat evaluations while repeating accumulating works until the evaluation of all the inspection conditions in a set range is completed. A recipe file including the accumulated conditions having the high defect signal intensity and an inspection condition item distribution as a inspection condition recipe is automatically outputted and provided to the operator.

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