The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2023
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, CN;
HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Hubei, CN;
Abstract
The disclosure provides a quasi-dynamic in situ ellipsometry method and system for measuring a photoresist exposure process. The method includes: obtaining a measured Muller matrix of a photoresist at different exposure times by a Muller matrix ellipsometer; building a forward optical model of the photoresist and obtaining a theoretical Mueller matrix; inverting and fitting the measured Mueller matrix and the theoretical Mueller matrix and obtaining ellipsometric parameters of the photoresist at different times, an average extinction coefficient, and a film thickness; building a relational model of a Dill parameter of the photoresist and optical properties of the photoresist, and an exposure model of the photoresist; building a relational model of a theoretical extinction coefficient and the extinction coefficient and obtaining theoretical extinction coefficients of the photoresist after different exposure times; and inverting and fitting the average extinction coefficient and the theoretical extinction coefficient and obtaining the Dill parameter.