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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2009
Hideaki Sasazawa, Yokohama, JP;
Takenori Hirose, Yokohama, JP;
Minoru Yoshida, Yokohama, JP;
Keiya Saito, Hiratsuka, JP;
Shigeru Serikawa, Chigasaki, JP;
Hideaki Sasazawa, Yokohama, JP;
Takenori Hirose, Yokohama, JP;
Minoru Yoshida, Yokohama, JP;
Keiya Saito, Hiratsuka, JP;
Shigeru Serikawa, Chigasaki, JP;
Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inspection region is specified using the design information to perform region division for measurement through a scatterometry method. The obtained detection data is classified by pattern into a periodic region and a non-periodic region. A spectroscopic characteristic is detected by an optical sensor to extract features. The extracted features are compared with features stored in a feature map database for each region to evaluate a state of a patterned medium.