Determining an edge roughness parameter of a periodic structure

    公开(公告)号:US10725387B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-28

    申请号:US16028917

    申请日:2018-07-06

    Abstract: In a method of determining an edge roughness parameter of a periodic structure, the periodic structure is illuminated (602) in an inspection apparatus. The illumination radiation beam may comprise radiation with a wavelength in the range 1 nm to 100 nm. A scattering signal (604) is obtained from a radiation beam scattered from the periodic structure. The scattering signal comprises a scattering intensity signal that is obtained by detecting an image of a far-field diffraction pattern in the inspection apparatus. An edge roughness parameter, such as Lined Edge Roughness and/or Line Width Roughness is determined (606) based on a distribution of the scattering intensity signal around a non-specular diffraction order. This may be done for example using a peak broadening model.

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