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Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2022
Applicant:

Applied Materials Israel Ltd., Rehovot, IL;

Inventor:

Boris Golberg, Ashdod, IL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01N 21/956 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/8851 (2013.01); G01N 21/95623 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8864 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for high throughput defect detection, the method may include (i) performing, using first detection channels, a simultaneous inspection process through a segmented pupil plane that comprises multiple pupil plane segments to select one or more pupil plane segments of interest out of multiple pupil plane segments; (ii) configuring one or more configurable filters related to second detection channels to pass radiation received from the one or more pupil plane segment of interest and to block radiation received from one or more non-of-interest pupil plane segments; and (iii) performing, using the second detection channels, a partially masked pupil plane inspection process.


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