Optics: measuring and testing – Dimension
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-12
2010-02-23
Chowdhury, Tarifur R. (Department: 2886)
Optics: measuring and testing
Dimension
C700S121000, C700S108000, C356S369000, C356S124000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07667858
ABSTRACT:
A process step in fabricating a structure on a wafer in a wafer application having one or more process steps and one or more process parameters is controlled by determining a correlation between a set of profile models and one or more key profile shape variables. Each profile model is defined using a set of profile parameters to characterize the shape of the structure. Different sets of profile parameters define the profile models in the set. The one or more key profile shape variables include one or more profile parameters or one or more process parameters. One profile model is selected from the set of profile models based on the correlation and a value of at least one key profile shape variable of the process of the wafer application to be used in fabricating the structure. The structure is fabricated in a first fabrication process cluster using the process step and the value of the at least one key profile shape variable. A measured diffraction signal is obtained off the structure. One or more profile parameters of the structure are determined based on the measured diffraction signal and the selected profile model. The one or more determined profile parameters are transmitted to the first fabrication process cluster or a second fabrication process cluster.
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Bao Junwei
Chard Jeffrey Alexander
Madriaga Manuel
Akanbi Isiaka O
Chowdhury Tarifur R.
Madriaga Manuel B.
Tokyo Electron Limited
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