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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:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2003
Applicants:
John A. Knoch, Portland, OR (US);
Deborah A. Leek, Washougal, WA (US);
Nathan Strader, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
John A. Knoch, Portland, OR (US);
Deborah A. Leek, Washougal, WA (US);
Nathan Strader, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of qualifying a process tool includes steps of: (a) finding a plurality of pre-scan defect locations on a surface of a semiconductor wafer; (b) subjecting the semiconductor wafer to processing by the process tool; (c) finding a plurality of post-scan defect locations on the surface of the semiconductor wafer; and (d) calculating a plurality of defect locations added by the process tool from the pre-scan defect locations and the post-scan defect locations.