Optics: measuring and testing – By particle light scattering – With photocell detection
Patent
1997-08-21
1999-05-18
Turner, Samuel A.
Optics: measuring and testing
By particle light scattering
With photocell detection
3562371, G01B9/02
Patent
active
059055723
ABSTRACT:
Embodiments of the present invention are inspection methods and inspection apparatus for use in inspecting a sample such a wafer, photomask, and the like used in the semiconductor industry to fabricate circuits, memory, and the like. An embodiment of the inventive inspection apparatus comprises: (a) a source of radiation which outputs superbroad inspection radiation and superbroad reference radiation; (b) a radiation applicator apparatus which applies the inspection radiation as input to a portion of the sample and which applies the reference radiation as input to a reference; and (c) a radiation collection apparatus which applies at least a portion of the inspection radiation scattered by the portion of the sample as input to a defect processor and which applies at least a portion of the reference radiation scattered by the reference as input to the defect processor; wherein the defect processor measures differences between the radiation scattered by the reference and the radiation scattered from the portion of the sample.
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