Optics: measuring and testing – By dispersed light spectroscopy – Utilizing a spectrometer
Patent
1981-06-29
1983-10-11
McGraw, Vincent P.
Optics: measuring and testing
By dispersed light spectroscopy
Utilizing a spectrometer
29574, 356237, G01B 1102
Patent
active
044088841
ABSTRACT:
The image transfer process in integrated circuit (IC) processes such as large scale integrated (LSI) device process manufacturing is monitored by optical measurements on a stage-by-stage basis by measuring a monitor specimen or test sample formed with a diffraction grating of a predetermined pattern having a strip width corresponding to the desired line widths of the wafers or masks being monitored. A beam of monochromatic light is scanned over the test sample to generate diffracted beams of various orders. Line width, line depth, line edge profile process errors can be determined by various combinations of the diffracted beams of the zero, first, second, etc., orders. The test sample is scanned to generate a display for data representing the diffracted beams. The parameter data can be stored for later use for quality control, process monitoring, circuit design parameters, and the like. Moreover, gross process errors are visually discernible on the monitor specimen.
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Ham William E.
Kleinknecht Hans P.
Meier Heinrich
Cohen Donald S.
Koren Matthew W.
Lazar Joseph D.
McGraw Vincent P.
Morris Birgit E.
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