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Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2013
Applicant:

Kla-tencor Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Inventors:

Upendra Ummethala, Cupertino, CA (US);

Layton Hale, Castro Valley, CA (US);

Josh Clyne, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Samir Nayfeh, Shrewsbury, MA (US);

Mark Williams, Beaufort, SC (US);

Joseph A. DiRegolo, Livermore, CA (US);

Andrew Wilson, Forest Hills, NY (US);

Assignee:

KLA-Tencor Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A stage metrology suitable for REBL includes an interferometer stage metrology system configured to measure the position and rotation of a short-stroke wafer scanning stage, wherein the interferometer metrology system includes two or more interferometers for each axis of measurement, wherein a first interferometer mirror is disposed on a first surface of the short-stroke wafer scanning stage and a second interferometer mirror is disposed on a second surface of the short-stroke wafer scanning stage, and a control system configured to determine a shape error for the first interferometer mirror using two or more interferometer measurements from the two or more interferometers associated with the first interferometer mirror and a shape error for the second interferometer mirror using two or more interferometer measurements from the two or more interferometers associated with the second interferometer mirror.


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