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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2012
Applicants:

Eiji Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Nobutaka Kikuiri, Tokyo, JP;

Hideo Tsuchiya, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Eiji Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Nobutaka Kikuiri, Tokyo, JP;

Hideo Tsuchiya, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

NuFlare Technology, Inc., Numazu-shi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G01N 21/956 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G01B 11/02 (2006.01); G01N 21/95 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01); G03F 1/84 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2013.01); G01B 11/02 (2013.01); G01N 21/95 (2013.01); G01N 21/95607 (2013.01); G03F 1/84 (2013.01); G03F 7/707 (2013.01); G03F 7/70616 (2013.01); H01L 22/00 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); G01B 2210/56 (2013.01); G01N 2021/95615 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pattern inspection method according to one aspect of the present invention includes generating a first positional deviation amount map by using data acquired by a pre-scan, generating a second positional deviation amount map by using data acquired by a full scan, generating a first positional deviation difference map by calculating a difference between the first positional deviation amount map and the second positional deviation amount map, generating a third positional deviation amount map from the first positional deviation difference map and the second positional deviation amount map, and judging existence of a value exceeding an allowable value, in values defined by the third positional deviation amount map.


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