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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 23, 2019
Applicant:

Kla Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vladimir Levinski, Migdal Ha'emek, IL;

Yuri Paskover, Binyamina, IL;

Sharon Aharon, Hanaton, IL;

Amnon Manassen, Haifa, IL;

Assignee:

KLA Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01); G01N 21/21 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01); G01N 21/95 (2006.01); H01L 23/544 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67259 (2013.01); G01N 21/21 (2013.01); G01N 21/47 (2013.01); G01N 21/9501 (2013.01); G03F 7/70633 (2013.01); H01L 22/12 (2013.01); H01L 23/544 (2013.01); H01L 2924/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A parameter-stable misregistration measurement amelioration system and method including providing a wafer, including a plurality of multilayered semiconductor devices formed thereon, selected from a batch wafers intended to be identical, using a misregistration metrology tool to measure misregistration at multiple sites between at least a first layer and a second layer of the wafer, using a plurality of sets of measurement parameters, thereby generating measured misregistration data for each of the sets of measurement parameters, identifying and removing a parameter-dependent portion and a mean error portion from the measured misregistration data for the wafer for each of the sets of measurement parameters, thereby generating ameliorated parameter-stable ameliorated misregistration data for the wafer.


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