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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2017
Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;
Rene Marinus Gerardus Johan Queens, Boise, ID (US);
Wolfgang Helmut Henke, Kempen, DE;
Arend Johannes Donkerbroek, Aarle-Rixtel, NL;
Jeroen Cottaar, Eindhoven, NL;
ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method of controlling a lithographic apparatus to manufacture a plurality of devices, the method including: obtaining a parameter map representing a parameter variation across a substrate by measuring the parameter at a plurality of points on the substrate; decomposing the parameter map into a plurality of components, including a first parameter map component representing parameter variations associated with the device pattern and one or more further parameter map components representing other parameter variations; deriving a scale factor, configured to correct for errors in measurement of the parameter variation, from measurements of a second parameter of a substrate; and controlling the lithographic apparatus using the parameter map and scale factor to apply a device pattern at multiple locations across the substrate.