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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:
Jul. 18, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2020
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Michael Carcasi, Austin, TX (US);

Hiroyuki Iwaki, Tokyo, JP;

Toyohisa Tsuruda, Kumamoto, JP;

Masahide Tadokoro, Kumamoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/95 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01); G01N 21/3563 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/9501 (2013.01); H01L 22/12 (2013.01); H01L 22/24 (2013.01); G01N 21/3563 (2013.01); G01N 2021/1776 (2013.01); G01N 2021/3568 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments of systems and methods for calibrating wafer inspection system modules are disclosed herein. More specifically, the present disclosure provides various embodiments of systems and methods to calibrate the multiple spectral band values obtained from a substrate by a camera system included within a WIS module. In one embodiment, multiple spectral band values are red, green, and blue (RGB) values. As described in more detail below, the calibration methods disclosed herein may use a test wafer having a predetermined pattern of thickness changes or color changes to generate multiple spectral band offset values. The multiple spectral band offset values can be applied to the multiple spectral band values obtained from the substrate to generate calibrated RGB values, which compensate for spectral responsivity differences between camera systems included within a plurality of WIS modules.


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