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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Yen-Hsung Ho, Taoyuan County, TW;
Chia-Yi Tseng, Tainan, TW;
Chih-Hsun Lin, Tainan, TW;
Kun-Tsang Chuang, Miaoli County, TW;
Yung-Lung Hsu, Tainan, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method includes following steps. An image of a wafer is captured. A first contact region in the captured image at which the first conductive contact is rendered is identified. A second contact region in the captured image at which the second conductive contact is rendered is identified. The second conductive contact is determined as not shorted to the first conductive contact, in response to the identified second contact region in the captured image is darker than the identified first contact region in the captured image.