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Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010

Filed:

Jun. 08, 2006
Applicants:

Brian Leslie, Cupertino, CA (US);

Ashok Kulkarni, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brian Leslie, Cupertino, CA (US);

Ashok Kulkarni, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

KLA-Tencor Technologies Corp., Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 37/00 (2006.01); G01D 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Various methods, carrier media, and systems for detecting defects on a specimen using a combination of bright field channel data and dark field channel data are provided. One computer-implemented method includes combining pixel-level data acquired for the specimen by a bright field channel and a dark field channel of an inspection system. The method also includes detecting defects on the specimen by applying a two-dimensional threshold to the combined data. The two-dimensional threshold is defined as a function of a threshold for the data acquired by the bright field channel and a threshold for the data acquired by the dark field channel.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Leslie, Brian. (2010). Methods and systems for detecting defects on a specimen using a combination of bright field channel data and dark field channel data (U.S. Patent No. 7711177). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7711177

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