Dynamic down-selection of measurement markers for optimized robust control of overlay errors in photolithography processes

H Zhang, T Feng, D Djurdjanovic - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Control of overlay errors in lithography process in semiconductor manufacturing uses in-
process measurements of overlay errors from markers distributed across a wafer to adapt …

Marker layout for optimizing the overlay alignment in a photolithography process

KB Lee, CO Kim - IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the photolithography process of wafer fabrication, a mask pattern is transferred to a wafer
in a layer-by-layer fashion, and the pattern alignment of adjacent layers is critical to the …

Scanner baseliner monitoring and control in high volume manufacturing

P Samudrala, WJ Chung, N Aung… - … Process Control for …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We analyze performance of different customized models on baseliner overlay data and
demonstrate the reduction in overlay residuals by~ 10%. Smart Sampling sets were …