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Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Hong Chen, San Ramon, CA (US);

Michael Cook, Workingham, GB;

Pavan Kumar, San Jose, CA (US);

Kenong Wu, Davis, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06T 7/33 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/001 (2013.01); G06K 9/6203 (2013.01); G06T 7/33 (2017.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06T 2207/30148 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method may include, but is not limited to, receiving a plurality of reference images of a wafer. The method may include, but is not limited to, receiving the plurality of test images of the wafer. The method may include, but is not limited to, aligning the plurality of reference images and the plurality of test images via a coarse alignment process. The method may include, but is not limited to, aligning the plurality of reference images and the plurality of test images via a fine alignment process after alignment via the coarse alignment process. The fine alignment process may include measuring individual offsets and correcting individual offset data between at least one of the plurality of reference images and the plurality of test images.


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