发明名称 Semiconductor inspection system and apparatus utilizing a non-vibrating contact potential difference sensor and controlled illumination
摘要 <p>A method and system for identifying a defect or contamination on the surface of a semiconductor or in a semiconductor. The method and system involves providing a semiconductor with a surface (106) such as a semiconductor wafer (105), providing a non-vibrating contact potential difference sensor (101), providing a source of illumination (109) with controllable intensity or distribution of wavelengths, using the illumination source to provide controlled illumination of the surface (106) of the wafer under or near the non-vibrating contact potential sensor probe tip (102), using the non-vibrating contact potential difference sensor (101), to scan the wafer surface (106) during controlled illumination, generating data representative of changes in contact potential difference across the wafer surface, and processing that data to identify a pattern characteristic of a defect or contamination.</p>
申请公布号 EP1944614(A1) 申请公布日期 2008.07.16
申请号 EP20080250761 申请日期 2008.03.06
申请人 QCEPT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 发明人 HAWTHORNE, JEFFREY ALAN;STEELE, M. BRANDON;YANG, YEYUAN;SCHULZE, MARK
分类号 G01N27/00;G01R31/26 主分类号 G01N27/00
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