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Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2021
Applicant:

Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Eleftherios Koulierakis, Eindhoven, NL;

Carlo Lancia, Eindhoven, NL;

Juan Manuel Gonzalez Huesca, Eindhoven, NL;

Alexander Ypma, Veldhoven, NL;

Dimitra Gkorou, Eindhoven, NL;

Reza Sahraeian, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:

ASML NETHERLANDS B.V., Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G03F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70525 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for determining an inspection strategy for at least one substrate, the method including: quantifying, using a prediction model, a compliance metric value for a compliance metric relating to a prediction of compliance with a quality requirement based on one or both of pre-processing data associated with the substrate and any available post-processing data associated with the at least one substrate; and deciding on an inspection strategy for the at least one substrate, based on the compliance metric value, an expected cost associated with the inspection strategy and at least one objective value describing an expected value of the inspection strategy in terms of at least one objective relating to the prediction model.


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