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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:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2011
Applicants:
LU Chen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Qiang Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lu Chen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Qiang Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
KLA-Tencor Corp., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for detecting defects on a wafer are provided. One method includes combining first image data and second image data, generated using different output generated using different values for focus of an inspection system, corresponding to substantially the same locations on the wafer thereby creating additional image data for the wafer and detecting defects on the wafer using the additional image data.