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Electron-beam proximity effect model calibration for fabricating scatterometry calibration samples

Shen et al., 2012

Document ID
13841582521017538269
Author
Shen Y
Liu C
Chen C
Ng H
Tsai K
Wang F
Kuan C
Lee Y
Cheng H
Li J
Chen A
Publication year
Publication venue
Metrology, Inspection, and Process Control for Microlithography XXVI

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Scatterometry has been proven to be effective in critical dimension (CD) and sidewall angle (SWA) measurements with good precision and accuracy. In order to study the effectiveness of scatterometry measurement of line edge roughness (LER), calibration samples with …
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    • G03F—PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR
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    • G03F7/70483—Information management, control, testing, and wafer monitoring, e.g. pattern monitoring
    • G03F7/70616—Wafer pattern monitoring, i.e. measuring printed patterns or the aerial image at the wafer plane
    • G03F7/70625—Pattern dimensions, e.g. line width, profile, sidewall angle, edge roughness
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