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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2002
Bernd Schulz, Radebeul, DE;
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A scatterometer system comprises a pitch calibration station that allows the monitoring of a tool status of the scatterometry system without involving a user's interaction. The pitch calibration station comprises a pitch calibration standard, for example in the form of a grid pattern that may conveniently be evaluated on the basis of a reference data library. By providing the pitch calibration station, the measurement process may easily be adapted to include reference measurements on a regular basis so as to increase the reliability of measurement values obtained by scatterometry. In one particular example, a corresponding set of instructions for performing the calibration measurement may be implemented into a self-test routine of the scatterometry system.