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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Winbond Electronics Corp., Taichung, TW;
Inventors:
Ching-Ya Huang, Taichung, TW;
Tso-Hua Hung, Taichung, TW;
Assignee:
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP., Taichung, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/20 (2006.01); H01J 37/22 (2006.01); H01J 37/28 (2006.01); G06T 7/187 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 5/003 (2013.01); G06T 5/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 7/187 (2017.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); H01J 37/222 (2013.01); H01J 37/28 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10061 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20061 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20156 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30148 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2813 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for measuring critical dimension is provided. The method includes the steps of: receiving a critical-dimension scanning electron microscopy (CD-SEM) image of a semiconductor wafer; performing an image-sharpening process and an image de-noise process on the CD-SEM image to generate a first image; performing an edge detection process on the first image to generate a second image; performing a connected-component labeling process on the second image to generate an output image; and calculating a critical-dimension information table of the semiconductor wafer according to the output image.