发明名称 Situ monitoring of microloading using scatterometry with variable pitch gratings
摘要 One aspect of the present invention relates to a system for determining and controlling a microloading effect in order to achieve desired feature depth on a wafer. The system includes a semiconductor structure having one or more layers formed over a substrate, a fabrication process assembly for forming features on the semiconductor structure, a microloading characterization system for monitoring the fabrication process, measuring feature depth, and for processing the measurements in order to ascertain the microloading effect, a detection apparatus operatively coupled to the microloading characterization system to facilitate monitoring the fabrication process and measuring feature depth, and a control system for regulating the fabrication process based on the output from the microloading characterization system. Thus, forming features having a first density and features having a second density on the same layer may be formed using one photomask since fabrication parameters can be adjusted based on the determined microloading effect.
申请公布号 US6793765(B1) 申请公布日期 2004.09.21
申请号 US20020230739 申请日期 2002.08.29
申请人 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 发明人 LABELLE CATHERINE B.;SINGH BHANWAR;RANGARAJAN BHARATH
分类号 H01J37/32;H01L21/3065;H01L21/66;(IPC1-7):H05H1/00;H01L21/00 主分类号 H01J37/32
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