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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:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshiharu Katayama, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/1305 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/1305 ;
Abstract
A method of testing a semiconductor device is provided. In a SEM image comparison type testing apparatus, a comparison is made between the voltage contrast of a predetermined pattern to be tested and the voltage contrast of a reference pattern to produce a comparison image containing only one of two binary contrast levels. A dimension based on contrast regions in the comparison image is measured, and a characterizing dimension varying depending on the process of manufacture of the semiconductor device is analyzed from the result of measurement.