Optics: measuring and testing – Inspection of flaws or impurities – Having predetermined light transmission regions
Patent
1985-06-07
1988-03-22
Evans, F. L.
Optics: measuring and testing
Inspection of flaws or impurities
Having predetermined light transmission regions
250560, 356372, G01N 2188
Patent
active
047324732
ABSTRACT:
This invention enables examination of semi-conductor chips either on a planar basis or on a three-dimensional basis to determine the characteristics of the chips. Laser light is passed through a first pinhole and is focussed on a wafer. The light reflected from the wafer is passed through a second pinhole and is focussed on a photomultiplier. The focal length between the first pinhole and the wafer is the same as the focal length between the second pinhole and the multiplier. This arrangement provides for a high signal-to-noise ratio to be produced and image information data to be provided within minimal time lags such as a small fraction of a second. An electrically controllable active mirror operable within the beam-shaping optics of the scanning field may be included to displace the plane of the examination field. This active mirror may be controlled to assume the shape of different types of mirrors including a planar mirror. By controlling the operation of the active mirror, the etchings of first materials on the wafer and the depositions of other materials on the wafer may be examined at different depths. The control of the active mirror may be provided at a different frequency than the frequency of the light providing for the examination of the wafer. The visual portion of the light spectrum from the laser may be further processed to determine such parameters in the wafer as the distribution of photoresist residues on the wafer.
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Bille Josef
Hunklinger Siegfried
Evans F. L.
Roston Ellsworth R.
Schwartz Charles H.
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