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Methods and systems of object based metrology for advanced wafer surface nanotopography

US9031810B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 27, 2011
Grant dateMay 12, 2015
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Expiry dateNov 8, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for enhanced and expanded localized geometry characterization. Objects of interest are enhanced, detected, and classified according to user-defined parameters, and this enables enhanced contrast and more accurate feature detection, as well as more accurately defined feature object regions for feature geometry measurement and characterization.

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