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Patent No.:

US 6950176 B1

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Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005

Filed:

Jan. 12, 2004
Applicants:

Bruno M. Lafontaine, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Ivan Lavolic, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Bruno M. LaFontaine, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Ivan Lavolic, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B027/62 ; G03B027/58 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Disclosed are a method of and a system for monitoring extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography mask flatness. An EUV mask, which is chucked to a chuck, can be scanned with a capacitance probe that generates elevation data for the EUV mask. From the elevation data, a first flatness profile can be generated. In one embodiment, the EUV mask can be rotated and rescanned.


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LaFontaine, Bruno. (2005). Method and system for monitoring euv lithography mask flatness (U.S. Patent No. 6950176). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6950176

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