公开(公告)号：US11592753B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-28

申请号：US17715112

申请日：2022-04-07

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Weitian Kou ,  Alexander Ypma ,  Marc Hauptmann ,  Michiel Kupers ,  Lydia Marianna Vergaij-Huizer ,  Erik Johannes Maria Wallerbos ,  Erik Henri Adriaan Delvigne ,  Willem Seine Christian Roelofs ,  Hakki Ergün Cekli ,  Stefan Cornelis Theodorus Van Der Sanden ,  Cédric Désiré Grouwstra ,  David Frans Simon Deckers ,  Manuel Giollo ,  Iryna Dovbush

IPC: G03F7/20

Abstract: A method of determining a correction for a process parameter related to a lithographic process, wherein the lithographic process includes a plurality of runs during each one of which a pattern is applied to one or more substrates. The method of determining includes obtaining pre-exposure metrology data describing a property of a substrate; obtaining post-exposure metrology data comprising one or more measurements of the process parameter having been performed on one or more previously exposed substrates; assigning, based on the pre-exposure metrology data, a group membership status from one or more groups to the substrate; and determining the correction for the process parameter based on the group membership status and the post-exposure metrology data.

公开(公告)号：US11774862B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-03

申请号：US17501911

申请日：2021-10-14

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Hakki Ergün Cekli ,  Masashi Ishibashi ,  Wendy Johanna Martina Van De Ven ,  Willem Seine Christian Roelofs ,  Elliott Gerard McNamara ,  Rizvi Rahman ,  Michiel Kupers ,  Emil Peter Schmitt-Weaver ,  Erik Henri Adriaan Delvigne

IPC: G03F7/20 ,  G03F7/00 ,  G01N21/956 ,  G03F9/00 ,  H01L21/66

CPC classification number: G03F7/70633 ,  G01N21/956 ,  G03F9/7046 ,  H01L22/12 ,  H01L22/20

Abstract: Measurements are obtained from locations across a substrate before or after performing a lithographic process step. Examples of such measurements include alignment measurements made prior to applying a pattern to the substrate, and measurements of a performance parameter such as overlay, after a pattern has been applied. A set of measurement locations is selected from among all possible measurement locations. At least a subset of the selected measurement locations are selected dynamically, in response to measurements obtained using a preliminary selection of measurement locations. Preliminary measurements of height can be used to select measurement locations for alignment. In another aspect, outlier measurements are detected based on supplementary data such as height measurements or historic data.

公开(公告)号：US11175591B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-16

申请号：US16098165

申请日：2017-04-21

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Hakki Ergün Cekli ,  Masashi Ishibashi ,  Wendy Johanna Martina Van De Ven ,  Willem Seine Christian Roelofs ,  Elliott Gerard McNamara ,  Rizvi Rahman ,  Michiel Kupers ,  Emil Peter Schmitt-Weaver ,  Erik Henri Adriaan Delvigne

IPC: G03F7/20 ,  G01N21/956 ,  G03F9/00 ,  H01L21/66

Abstract: Measurements are obtained from locations across a substrate before or after performing a lithographic process step. Examples of such measurements include alignment measurements made prior to applying a pattern to the substrate, and measurements of a performance parameter such as overlay, after a pattern has been applied. A set of measurement locations is selected from among all possible measurement locations. At least a subset of the selected measurement locations are selected dynamically, in response to measurements obtained using a preliminary selection of measurement locations. Preliminary measurements of height can be used to select measurement locations for alignment. In another aspect, outlier measurements are detected based on supplementary data such as height measurements or historic data.

公开(公告)号：US11782349B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-10

申请号：US18100662

申请日：2023-01-24

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Weitian Kou ,  Alexander Ypma ,  Marc Hauptmann ,  Michiel Kupers ,  Lydia Marianna Vergaij-Huizer ,  Erik Johannes Maria Wallerbos ,  Erik Henri Adriaan Delvigne ,  Willem Seine Christian Roelofs ,  Hakki Ergün Cekli ,  Stefan Cornelis Theodorus Van Der Sanden ,  Cédric Désiré Grouwstra ,  David Frans Simon Deckers ,  Manuel Giollo ,  Iryna Dovbush

IPC: G03F7/20 ,  G03F7/00

CPC classification number: G03F7/70508 ,  G03F7/705 ,  G03F7/70633

Abstract: A method of determining a correction for a process parameter related to a lithographic process, wherein the lithographic process includes a plurality of runs during each one of which a pattern is applied to one or more substrates. The method of determining includes obtaining pre-exposure metrology data describing a property of a substrate; obtaining post-exposure metrology data comprising one or more measurements of the process parameter having been performed on one or more previously exposed substrates; assigning, based on the pre-exposure metrology data, a group membership status from one or more groups to the substrate; and determining the correction for the process parameter based on the group membership status and the post-exposure metrology data.

公开(公告)号：US11327407B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-10

申请号：US17102850

申请日：2020-11-24

Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.

Inventor： Weitian Kou ,  Alexander Ypma ,  Marc Hauptmann ,  Michiel Kupers ,  Lydia Marianna Vergaij-Huizer ,  Erik Johannes Maria Wallerbos ,  Erik Henri Adriaan Delvigne ,  Willem Seine Christian Roelofs ,  Hakki Ergün Cekli ,  Stefan Cornelis Theodorus Van Der Sanden ,  Cédric Désiré Grouwstra ,  David Frans Simon Deckers ,  Manuel Giollo ,  Iryna Dovbush

IPC: G03F7/20

Abstract: A method of determining a correction for a process parameter related to a lithographic process, wherein the lithographic process includes a plurality of runs during each one of which a pattern is applied to one or more substrates. The method of determining includes obtaining pre-exposure metrology data describing a property of a substrate; obtaining post-exposure metrology data comprising one or more measurements of the process parameter having been performed on one or more previously exposed substrates; assigning, based on the pre-exposure metrology data, a group membership status from one or more groups to the substrate; and determining the correction for the process parameter based on the group membership status and the post-exposure metrology data.