Applied Materials Israel Limited

Adi Costa

Yan Ivanchenko

A CD metrology system and method of classifying similar structural elements. The method includes: a) obtaining an image of the semiconductor structure; b) identifying sufficient numbers of structural elements belonging to first and second groups of similar structural elements, each group originating from a different manufacturing stage; c) assessing to each given structural element within the sufficient numbers of structural elements belonging to the first and second groups, one or more features indicative of a respective manufacturing stage, wherein values of the respective features are derived from the obtained image and; d) using results of the assessment for a classification decision related to manufacturing stages and, respectively, originating therefrom structural elements in the first and second groups of similar structural elements.

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Kfar Sava, Israel

Adi Costa