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Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2020
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Chien-Ko Liao, Taichung, TW;

Ya-Hsun Hsueh, Yunlin County, TW;

Sheng-Hsiang Chuang, Hsinchu, TW;

Hsu-Shui Liu, Pingjhen, TW;

Jiun-Rong Pai, Zhubei, TW;

Shou-Wen Kuo, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/33 (2017.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/001 (2013.01); G06T 5/006 (2013.01); G06T 7/33 (2017.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); H01L 22/20 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30148 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01); H01L 22/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes: receiving a defect map from a defect scanner, wherein the defect map comprises at least one defect location of a semiconductor workpiece; annotating the defect map with a reference fiducial location of the semiconductor workpiece; determining a detected fiducial location within image data of the semiconductor workpiece; determining an offset correction based on comparing the detected fiducial location with the reference fiducial location; producing a corrected defect map by applying the offset correction to the defect map, wherein the applying the offset correction translocates the at least one defect location; and transferring the corrected defect map to a defect reviewer configured to perform root cause analysis based on the corrected defect map.


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