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Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2018
Applicant:

Kla-tencor Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Inventor:

Yiwu Ding, Danville, CA (US);

Assignee:

KLA-Tencor Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/06 (2006.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/0608 (2013.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01);
Abstract

A height mapping system includes a controller configured to generate a height map of a region of interest of a sample with a first optical metrology system having a first numerical aperture, receive images of features having known three-dimensional shapes at selected image plane locations from a second optical metrology system having a second numerical aperture larger than the first numerical aperture, calculate distances between the imaging plane locations and peaks of the features based on in-focus portions of the images and the known three-dimensional shapes, determine distances between the imaging plane locations and a surface of the sample for the features based on the height map, and determine heights of the features by combining the distances between the imaging plane locations and peaks of the features with the distances between the imaging plane locations and the surface of the sample for the one or more features.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Ding, Yiwu. (2019). Imaging-based height measurement based on known geometric information (U.S. Patent No. 10473454). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10473454

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