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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2005
Applicants:
Noah Bareket, Saratoga, CA (US);
Haiming Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Noah Bareket, Saratoga, CA (US);
Haiming Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
KLA-Tencor Technologies Corporation., Milpitas, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/28 (2006.01); G01J 3/42 (2006.01); G01J 3/427 (2006.01); G01B 11/14 (2006.01); G01B 11/04 (2006.01); G01B 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Techniques for optimizing the sensitivity of spectroscopic measurement techniques with respect to certain profile variables by selecting desired measurement angles since the measurement sensitivity to each variable depends, at least in part, on the measurement angles of an incident beam. The selected desired set of measurement angles includes both an azimuth angle and a polar angle. Optimizing the sensitivity of spectroscopic measurement techniques can also reduce or eliminates measurement correlation among variable to be measured.