METHOD OF REMOVING AND COLLECTING PARTICLES FROM PHOTOMASK AND DEVICE FOR REMOVING AND COLLECTING PARTICLES THEREFROM

    公开(公告)号:US20240230712A9

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18223775

    申请日:2023-07-19

    发明人: Gyubaek Lee

    IPC分类号: G01Q80/00 G01Q60/24

    CPC分类号: G01Q80/00 G01Q60/24

    摘要: The inventive concept provides a method of removing and collecting particles from a photomask including fabricating the photomask on a substrate, generating a first map indicating locations of particles on a surface of the photomask by inspecting the surface of the photomask using a probe tip, vertically moving the probe tip to a first vertical height that is lower than a height of the particle, horizontally moving the probe tip parallel to the surface of the photomask at the first vertical height, generating a second map indicating locations of particles on the surface of the photomask using the probe tip, vertically moving the probe tip to a second vertical height that is lower than the first vertical height, and horizontally moving the probe tip parallel to the surface of the photomask at the second vertical height.

    SURFACE ANALYSIS METHOD, SURFACE ANALYSIS SYSTEM, AND SURFACE ANALYSIS PROGRAM

    公开(公告)号:US20230273237A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-31

    申请号:US18012546

    申请日:2020-07-31

    发明人: Yuki ARAI

    IPC分类号: G01Q60/24

    CPC分类号: G01Q60/24

    摘要: A surface analysis method according to an embodiment includes: acquiring a force curve corresponding to measurement of a sample surface by a scanning probe microscope; calculating a physical quantity of an organic material forming the sample surface based on the force curve, for each of an observation point group; and outputting analysis data indicating the physical quantity of each of the observation point group. The acquiring the force curve includes acquiring the force curve at each of a plurality of observation points on a Y-column extending along a X-direction (a direction along which the probe reciprocates with respect to a stage). The calculating the physical quantity includes: generating a force curve matrix indicating the force curve at each of the plurality of observation points; and calculating the physical quantity at each of the plurality of observation points using the force curve matrix.

    Method and apparatus for detecting ferroelectric signal

    公开(公告)号:US11703523B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-18

    申请号:US17381195

    申请日:2021-07-21

    摘要: A method of detecting a ferroelectric signal from a ferroelectric film and a piezoelectric force microscopy (PFM) apparatus are provided. The method includes following steps. An input waveform signal is applied to the ferroelectric film. An atomic force microscope probe scans over a surface of the ferroelectric film to measure a surface topography of the ferroelectric film. A deflection of the atomic force microscope probe is detected when the input waveform signal is applied to the ferroelectric film to generate a deflection signal. Spectrum data of the ferroelectric film based on the deflection signal is generated. The spectrum data of the ferroelectric film is analyzed to determine whether the spectrum data of the ferroelectric film is a ferroelectric signal or a non-ferroelectric signal.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING SAMPLE POSITION IN ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE

    公开(公告)号:US20220206039A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17561920

    申请日:2021-12-24

    摘要: An apparatus and a method for identifying a sample position in an atomic force microscope according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure are provided. The method for identifying a sample position in an atomic force microscope includes receiving a vision image including a subject sample through a vision unit; determining a subject sample region in the vision image using a prediction model which is configured to output the subject sample region by receiving the vision image as an input; and determining a position of the subject sample based on the subject sample region.

    Line edge roughness analysis using atomic force microscopy

    公开(公告)号:US11236996B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-01

    申请号:US16927906

    申请日:2020-07-13

    IPC分类号: G01B21/30 G01Q60/24

    摘要: Embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to methods for measuring a characteristic of a substrate. In an embodiment, the method includes scanning over the substrate with a scanning probe microscope, the substrate having fins thereon, the scanning obtaining images showing respective fin top regions of the fins, the scanning probe microscope interacting with respective portions of sidewalls of the fins by a scanning probe oscillated during the scanning, selecting images obtained at a predetermined depth below the fin top regions to obtain a line edge profile of the fins, by a processor-based system, analyzing the line edge profile of the fins using power spectral density (PSD) method to obtain spatial frequency data of the line edge profile of the fins, and by the processor-based system, calculating line edge roughness of the fins based on the spatial frequency data.

    Apparatus and methods for quantum beam tracking

    公开(公告)号:US11125773B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-21

    申请号:US16922158

    申请日:2020-07-07

    发明人: Saikat Guha Haoyu Qi

    IPC分类号: G01Q20/00 G01Q20/02 G01Q60/24

    摘要: A method includes sending a probe beam into a beam path that induces a lateral displacement to the probe beam. The probe beam includes a plurality of orthogonal spatial modes that are entangled with each other. The method also includes measuring a phase of each spatial mode from the plurality of orthogonal spatial modes in the probe beam at a detector disposed within a near field propagation regime of the probe beam. The method also includes estimating the lateral displacement of the probe beam based on a phase of each spatial mode from the plurality of spatial modes in the probe beam after the beam path.