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Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 22, 2015
Applicant:

Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Seyed Iman Mossavat, Eindhoven, NL;

Hugo Augustinus Joseph Cramer, Eindhoven, NL;

Maurits Van Der Schaar, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:

ASML Netherlands, B.V., Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G01B 11/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70591 (2013.01); G01B 11/272 (2013.01); G03F 7/70625 (2013.01); G03F 7/70633 (2013.01); G03F 7/70683 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of determining edge placement error within a structure produced using a lithographic process, the method including: receiving a substrate having a first structure produced using the lithographic process, the first structure having first and second layers, each of the layers having first areas of electrically conducting material and second areas of non-electrically conducting material; receiving a target signal indicative of a first target relative position which is indicative of target position of edges between the first areas and the second areas of the first layer relative to edges between the first areas and second areas of the second layer in the first structure during the lithographic process; detecting scattered radiation while illuminating the first structure with optical radiation to obtain a first signal; and ascertaining an edge placement error parameter on the basis of first signal and the first target relative position.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Mossavat, Seyed. (2018). Method of determining edge placement error, inspection apparatus, patterning device, substrate and device manufacturing method (U.S. Patent No. 10156797). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10156797

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