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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:
Apr. 05, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 03, 2020
Applicant:

Kla Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Inventors:

Larissa Juschkin, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Konstantin Tsigutkin, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Debashis De Munshi, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

KLA Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/95 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/9501 (2013.01); G01N 21/8851 (2013.01); G06T 5/001 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8887 (2013.01); G01N 2201/127 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30148 (2013.01);
Abstract

An inspection system and a method of using the same are disclosed. The inspection system comprises an illumination source configured to emit an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) illumination beam for illuminating a sample, one or more first multi-cell detectors configured to generate a first illumination intensity distribution signal based on a first photocurrent, one or more second multi-cell detectors configured to generate a second illumination intensity distribution signal based on a second photocurrent, a detector assembly configured to receive the illumination beam and generate images, and a controller configured to: receive the images from the detector assembly, calibrate the second illumination intensity distribution signal to the images by mapping distortions in the second illumination intensity distribution signal to distorted pixels in the images, increase or decrease intensities of the distorted pixels in the images to generate corrected images, and detect defects on the samples.


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