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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2021
Applied Materials Israel Ltd., Rehovot, IL;
Applied Materials Israel Ltd., Rehovot, IL;
Abstract
There is provided a system and method for mask inspection, comprising: obtaining a plurality of images, each representative of a respective part of the mask; generating a CD map of the mask comprising a plurality of composite values of a CD measurement of a POI respectively derived from the plurality of images, comprising, for each given image: dividing the given image into a plurality of sections; searching for the POI in the plurality of sections, giving rise to a set of sections, each with presence of at least one of the POI therein; for each section, obtaining a value of the CD measurement using a printing threshold, giving rise to a set of values of the CD measurement corresponding to the set of sections; and combining the set of values to a composite value of the CD measurement corresponding to the given image.