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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:
Feb. 08, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 01, 2018
Applicant:

Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Erwin Paul Smakman, Eindhoven, NL;

Albertus Victor Gerardus Mangnus, Eindhoven, NL;

Thomas Jarik Huisman, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:

ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/2251 (2018.01); G01B 15/00 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01); H01J 37/065 (2006.01); H01J 37/073 (2006.01); H01J 37/22 (2006.01); H01J 37/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/2251 (2013.01); G01B 15/00 (2013.01); G03F 7/70716 (2013.01); H01J 37/065 (2013.01); H01J 37/073 (2013.01); H01J 37/222 (2013.01); H01J 37/28 (2013.01); G01B 2210/56 (2013.01); G01N 2223/6116 (2013.01); H01J 2237/06316 (2013.01); H01J 2237/24557 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2814 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2817 (2013.01);
Abstract

An inspection method for a substrate, the inspection method including: providing an electron beam having a first polarization state to a sample of the semiconductor substrate; detecting a first response signal of the sample caused by interaction of the electron beam having the first polarization state with the sample; providing an electron beam having a second polarization state to the sample of the semiconductor substrate; detecting a second response signal of the sample caused by interaction of the electron beam having the second polarization state with the sample; and determining a geometric or material property of the sample, based on the first response signal and the second response signal.


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