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.
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