Metrology for the next generation of semiconductor devices

NG Orji, M Badaroglu, BM Barnes, C Beitia… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The semiconductor industry continues to produce ever smaller devices that are ever more
complex in shape and contain ever more types of materials. The ultimate sizes and …

Deep subwavelength nanometric image reconstruction using Fourier domain optical normalization

J Qin, RM Silver, BM Barnes, H Zhou… - Light: Science & …, 2016 - nature.com
Quantitative optical measurements of deep subwavelength, three-dimensional (3D),
nanometric structures with sensitivity to sub-nanometer details address a ubiquitous …

Evaluation of carbon nanotube probes in critical dimension atomic force microscopes

J Choi, BC Park, SJ Ahn, DH Kim… - Journal of Micro …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The decreasing size of semiconductor features and the increasing structural complexity of
advanced devices have placed continuously greater demands on manufacturing metrology …

A multi-edge study: investigating Co oxidation states of pristine LiNi x Mn y Co 1− x− y O 2 cathode materials by high energy-resolution X-ray spectrometry

K Bzheumikhova, C Zech, K Schüler… - Physical Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The investigation of Co oxidation states in pristine LiNixMnyCo1− x− yO2 (NMC) cathodes
(NMC111, NMC622, NMC811) has been a subject of ongoing debate, with conflicting …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing noise for defect analysis with through-focus scanning optical microscopy

R Attota, J Kramar - Proceedings of Spie--the International Society …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Through-focus scanning optical microscopy (TSOM) shows promise for patterned defect
analysis, but it is important to minimize total system noise. TSOM is a three-dimensional …

Research Update: Electron beam-based metrology after CMOS

JA Liddle, BD Hoskins, AE Vladár, JS Villarrubia - APL materials, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The magnitudes of the challenges facing electron-based metrology for post-CMOS
technology are reviewed. Directed self-assembly, nanophotonics/plasmonics, and resistive …

Metrology and inspection required for next generation lithography

M Asano, R Yoshikawa, T Hirano, H Abe… - Japanese Journal of …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We summarize the metrology and inspection required for the development of nanoimprint
lithography (NIL) and directed self-assembly (DSA), which are recognized as candidates for …

Contrasting conventional and machine learning approaches to optical critical dimension measurements

BM Barnes, MA Henn - Metrology, Inspection, and Process …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Accurate, optics-based measurement of feature sizes at deep sub-wavelength dimensions
has been conventionally challenged by improved manufacturing, including smaller …

Advancements in metrology for advanced semiconductor packaging

WH Chein, G Pandey, S Das… - Optics and Photonics for …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
In the wake of continuous miniaturization, optical metrology has solidified its role as an
essential instrument in semiconductor manufacturing, chiefly due to its non-invasive, high …

Statistical hierarchical reconstruction from metrology data

SI Mossavat, R Dirks, HAJ Cramer - US Patent 10,627,213, 2020 - Google Patents
A method including obtaining measurement results of a device manufacturing process or a
product thereof, obtain ing sets of one or more values of one or more parameters of a …