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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2003
Masahiro Horie, Kyoto, JP;
Hideki Hayashi, Kyoto, JP;
Fujikazu Kitamura, Kyoto, JP;
Kumiko Akashika, Kyoto, JP;
Masahiro Horie, Kyoto, JP;
Hideki Hayashi, Kyoto, JP;
Fujikazu Kitamura, Kyoto, JP;
Kumiko Akashika, Kyoto, JP;
Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A film thickness measurement apparatus () comprises an ellipsometer () for acquiring a polarization state of a film on a substrate () and a light interference unit () for acquiring spectral intensity of the film on the substrate (). In an optical system () of the light interference unit (), a light shielding pattern () is disposed in an aperture stop part (), and an illumination light from a light source () is emitted to the substrate () through the optical system (). A reflected light from the substrate () is guided to a light shielding pattern imaging part (), where an image of the light shielding pattern () is acquired. When the ellipsometer () performs a film thickness measurement, a tilt angle of the substrate () is obtained on the basis of the image of the light shielding pattern () and a light receiving unit () acquires a polarization state of the reflected light. An calculation part () obtains a thickness of a film with high precision from the polarization state of the reflected light by using the obtained tilt angle.