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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
May. 24, 2024
Applicant:
Wolfspeed, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Matthew David Conrad, Cary, NC (US);
Edward Robert Van Brunt, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
WOLFSPEED, INC., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 3/40 (2024.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/001 (2013.01); G06T 3/40 (2013.01); H01L 22/12 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20224 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30164 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example method includes obtaining a workpiece image of a semiconductor workpiece. The example method includes providing the workpiece image as input to a machine-learned encoding model. The example method includes obtaining an output from the machine-learned encoding model, the output includes an encoding corresponding to the semiconductor workpiece. The example method includes determining one or more characteristics of the semiconductor workpiece based at least in part on the encoding or modifying a semiconductor manufacturing process based at least in part on the encoding.