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Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 07, 2022
Applicant:

Kla Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yoram Uziel, Milpitas, CA (US);

Ariel Hildesheim, Milpitas, CA (US);

Alexander Novikov, Milpitas, CA (US);

Amnon Manassen, Haifa, IL;

Etay Lavert, Milpitas, CA (US);

Ohad Bachar, Timrat, IL;

Yoav Grauer, Haifa, IL;

Assignee:

KLA Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G03F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70633 (2013.01); G03F 7/70666 (2013.01); G03F 7/70775 (2013.01);
Abstract

A metrology system includes an imaging system. The imaging system may include an objective lens. The metrology system may include one or more detectors. The metrology system may include an objective positioning stage structurally coupled to the objective lens and configured to adjust a focal plane of at least one of the one or more detectors via movement along an optical axis of the metrology system. The metrology system may include one or more proximity sensors configured to measure lateral positions of a stage element as the objective positioning stage moves along the optical axis. The metrology system may be configured to determine a metrology measurement associated with a target on a sample using the images and lateral positions of the stage element when implementing a metrology recipe.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Uziel, Yoram. (2026). Extra tall target metrology (U.S. Patent No. 12619162). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12619162

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