Method and Apparatus for Optimizing a Measurement Pattern on a Wafer

    公开(公告)号:US20240328960A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18608169

    申请日:2024-03-18

    申请人: Robert Bosch GmbH

    发明人: Peter Ebersbach

    IPC分类号: G01N21/95

    CPC分类号: G01N21/9501 G01N2201/126

    摘要: A method for optimizing a measurement pattern of measurement points for a semiconductor wafer includes (i) obtaining a plurality of measured values with associated measurement points and timestamps, (ii) partitioning the semiconductor wafer into zones, wherein the zones are characterized in that measured values whose measurement positions are within the respective zone have the same characteristic, (iii) determining a variation of the measured values for each of the zones along a predetermined time period, the timestamps of which are within the predetermined time window, and (iv) defining the measurement pattern, wherein, depending on the variations, a measurement point density is defined for each of the zones, in particular a higher measurement point density is selected in the zones with higher variation along the time.

    Nitride crystal substrate and method for manufacturing the same

    公开(公告)号:US12104279B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17649983

    申请日:2022-02-04

    发明人: Fumimasa Horikiri

    摘要: There is provided a nitride crystal substrate constituted by group-III nitride crystal, containing n-type impurities, with an absorption coefficient α being approximately expressed by equation (1) by a least squares method in a wavelength range of at least 1 μm or more and 3.3 μm or less.








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    here, a wavelength is λ (μm), an absorption coefficient of the nitride crystal substrate at 27° C. is α (cm−1), a carrier concentration in the nitride crystal substrate is Ne (cm−3), and K and a are constants, wherein an error of an actually measured absorption coefficient with respect to the absorption coefficient α obtained from equation (1) at a wavelength of 2 μm is within +0.1α, and in a reflection spectrum measured by irradiating the nitride crystal substrate with infrared light, there is no peak with a peak top within a wavenumber range of 1,200 cm−1 or more and 1,500 cm−1 or less.

    Methods and devices for processing and retrieving defect information of product

    公开(公告)号:US12092587B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-17

    申请号:US17765595

    申请日:2021-04-30

    IPC分类号: G01N21/95

    CPC分类号: G01N21/95 G01N2021/9511

    摘要: The present disclosure provides a method for processing defect information of a product, which includes the following steps of: acquiring defect information on a current film layer and defect information on historical film layers; determining whether defect information exists at a target location of the historical film layer if defect information exists at a target location of the current film layer; if defect information exists for a corresponding location to the target location in at least one of the historical film layers, deleting the defect information detected at the target location in the current film layer; and if no defect information exists for the target location in any of the historical film layers, retaining the defect information detected at the target location in the current film layer. According to this, for the defect information on the current film layer, only the defect information caused by factors of the current film layer may be retained, and the defect information caused by the historical film layers will not be retained, and thus, on the one hand, the stored data volume may be reduced, and on the other hand, the complexity of subsequent analysis of defect information may be simplified.

    RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY BASED MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
    9.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240302284A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-12

    申请号:US18435632

    申请日:2024-02-07

    申请人: NOVA LTD.

    发明人: Yonatan OREN

    IPC分类号: G01N21/65 G01N21/95 G03F7/00

    摘要: A method and system are presented for use in measuring one or more characteristics of patterned structures. The method comprises: performing measurements on a patterned structure by illuminating the structure with exciting light to cause Raman scattering of one or more excited regions of the pattern structure, while applying a controlled change of at least temperature condition of the patterned structure, and detecting the Raman scattering, and generating corresponding measured data indicative of a temperature dependence of the detected Raman scattering; and analyzing the measured data and generating data indicative of spatial profile of one or more properties of the patterned structure.