SEM IMAGE ENHANCEMENT USING NARROW BAND DETECTION AND COLOR ASSIGNMENT

Patent №

US 6,201,240

Granted

2001-03-13

Filed 1998

Owner

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.

Lab

AI components

1

vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

09186268

Disclosed is a system and method for enhancing edge, topography, and materials in SEM images. The enhancements are achieved by collecting secondary electrons at narrow energy bands. This allows construction of various "primary" images having specific features enhanced. Further enhancement is achieved by various manipulations and combinations of the "primary" images to obtain a final enhanced image. Yet further enhancements are achieved by assigning color to various "primary" images before constructing the final image.

AI classification

Vision1.00
Planning0.23
AI hardware0.06
Machine learning0.02
Evolutionary computation0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Natural language0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.

assignment · 95660593

Assignors

DOTAN, NOAM, SERULNIK, SERGIO, SHACHAL, DUBI

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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