Metrology method and apparatus, substrate, lithographic system and device manufacturing method

In a dark-field metrology method using a small target, a characteristic of an image of the target, obtained using a single diffraction order, is determined by fitting a combination fit function to the measured image. The combination fit function includes terms selected to represent aspects of the ph...

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Main Authors Harutyunyan, Davit, Fagginger Auer, Bastiaan Onne, Smilde, Hendrik Jan Hidde, Warnaar, Patrick
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 11.08.2020
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APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ELECTROGRAPHY
HOLOGRAPHY
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MATERIALS THEREFOR
MEASURING
MEASURING ANGLES
MEASURING AREAS
MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS
ORIGINALS THEREFOR
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES,e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTORDEVICES
PHYSICS
TESTING
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Summary:In a dark-field metrology method using a small target, a characteristic of an image of the target, obtained using a single diffraction order, is determined by fitting a combination fit function to the measured image. The combination fit function includes terms selected to represent aspects of the physical sensor and the target. Some coefficients of the combination fit function are determined based on parameters of the measurement process and/or target. In an embodiment the combination fit function includes jinc functions representing the point spread function of a pupil stop in the imaging system.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201816185062