COORDINATE FUSION AND THICKNESS CALIBRATION FOR SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER EDGE INSPECTION
Patent №
US 8,629,902
Granted
2014-01-14
Filed 2010
Owner
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION
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Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12902673
A system may include a support configured to rotatably support a wafer. The system may also include an imager for generating an image of a wafer, where the image includes a first coordinate reference. The system may also include a profiler for generating a profile of the wafer, where the profile includes a second coordinate reference. The system may further include control programming for locating at least one structural feature of an edge of the wafer recognizable by both the imager and the profiler for allowing the first coordinate reference to be mapped to the second coordinate reference. The wafer used in calibration may have discrete edge features detectable in an edge imager and in an edge profiler.
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Ownership
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION
assignment · 251270706
Assignors
LEWIS, ISABELLA T., WIHL, TIM S.
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