Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pattern analysis method of a semiconductor device
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Application No.: US14693914Application Date: 2015-04-23
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Publication No.: US09672611B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Kiho Yang , Kaiyuan Chi , Seunghune Yang , Sibo Cai
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do
- Agency: F. Chau & Associates, LLC
- Priority: KR10-2014-0118917 20140905
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G06T7/00 ; H01L21/66 ; G01N23/20 ; H01J37/22 ; H01J37/28

Abstract:
A pattern analysis method of a semiconductor device includes extracting a contour image of material layer patterns formed on a wafer, calculating an individual density value (DV) representing an area difference between the contour image and a target layout image, scoring the material layer patterns on the wafer using the individual DV, identifying a failure pattern among the scored material layer patterns, calculating coordinates of the identified failure pattern and displaying the coordinates on a critical dimension-scanning electron microscopy (CD-SEM) image, inputting a reference DV in the computer and automatically sorting the material layer patterns into material layer patterns having a hotspot and material layer patterns not having a hotspot, and reviewing the sorted material layer patterns having the hotspot.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160071261A1 PATTERN ANALYSIS METHOD OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-03-10
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