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Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2016
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Xuguang Jiang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Yong Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/95 (2006.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); G06T 5/40 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01); G01N 21/956 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/9501 (2013.01); G06T 5/40 (2013.01); G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); H01L 22/00 (2013.01); H01L 22/12 (2013.01); H01L 22/20 (2013.01); G01N 21/956 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8883 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8887 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10061 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30148 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes receiving one or more images of three or more die of a wafer, determining a median intensity value of a set of pixel intensity values acquired from a same location on each of the three or more die, determining a difference intensity value for the set of pixel intensity values by comparing the median intensity value of the set of pixel intensity values to each pixel intensity value, grouping the pixel intensity values into an intensity bin based on the median intensity value of the set of pixel intensity values, generating an initial noise boundary based on a selected difference intensity value in the intensity bin, generating a final noise boundary by adjusting the initial noise boundary, generating a detection boundary by applying a threshold to the final noise boundary, and classifying one or more pixel intensity values outside the detection boundary as a defect.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Jiang, Xuguang. (2020). System and method for wafer inspection with a noise boundary threshold (U.S. Patent No. 10533953). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10533953

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