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Pattern sensing device and semiconductor sensing system

US9846931B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 18, 2013
Grant dateDec 19, 2017
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Expiry dateFeb 26, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2237/2817
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An object of the invention is to provide a pattern measuring device for generating appropriate reference pattern data while suppressing an increase in the manufacturing cost that would occur when manufacturing conditions are finely changed. A pattern measuring device has an arithmetic processing unit for measuring a pattern formed on a sample. The arithmetic processing unit, on the basis of signals obtained with a charged particle beam device, acquires or generates image data or contour line data on a plurality of circuit patterns created under different manufacturing conditions of a manufacturing apparatus, and generates reference data to be used for measurement of a circuit pattern from the image data or contour line data.

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