Optical wafer defect inspection at the 10 nm technology node and beyond

J Zhu, J Liu, T Xu, S Yuan, Z Zhang… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The growing demand for electronic devices, smart devices, and the Internet of Things
constitutes the primary driving force for marching down the path of decreased critical …

EFFNet: Element-wise feature fusion network for defect detection of display panels

F He, J Tan, W Wang, S Liu, Y Zhu, Z Liu - Signal Processing: Image …, 2023 - Elsevier
Online or real-time defect detection of display panels after array process is of paramount
importance for quality control and yield rate improvement of products in display industry …

[PDF][PDF] 集成电路制造在线光学测量检测技术: 现状, 挑战与发展趋势

陈修国, 王才, 杨天娟, 刘佳敏, 罗成峰… - Laser & Optoelectronics …, 2022 - researching.cn
摘要在线测量检测技术与装备是保证集成电路(IC) 制造质量和良率的唯一有效技术手段, 在IC
制造过程中必须对IC 纳米结构的关键尺寸, 套刻误差, 以及缺陷等进行快速, 非破坏 …

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 …

Optical inspection of nanoscale structures using a novel machine learning based synthetic image generation algorithm

S Purandare, J Zhu, R Zhou, G Popescu, A Schwing… - Optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we present a novel interpretable machine learning technique that uses unique
physical insights about noisy optical images and a few training samples to classify …

Patterned wafer defect inspection at advanced technology nodes

J Liu, H Zhao, Q Wu, X Feng, X Zhao… - Laser & …, 2023 - researching.cn
With the ever-increasing demand for sub-10 nm integrated circuit chips in the fields such as
consumer electronics, interconnect hardware, and electronic medical equipment, the impact …

Machine learning techniques applied for the detection of nanoparticles on surfaces using coherent Fourier scatterometry

D Kolenov, SF Pereira - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We present an efficient machine learning framework for detection and classification of
nanoparticles on surfaces that are detected in the far-field with coherent Fourier …

Optical Far-Field Detection of Sub-λ/14 Wide Defects by Conjugate Structured Light-Field Microscopy (c-SIM)

J Zhang, J Liu, H Jiang, J Zhu, S Liu - ACS Photonics, 2023 - ACS Publications
Optical far-field detection and imaging of deep-subwavelength objects in a large-area wafer
is challenging because of the well-known diffraction barrier and weak Rayleigh scattering …

Characterization of porosity in periodic 3D nanostructures using spectroscopic scatterometry

KS Lee, KC Chien, B Groh, IT Chen… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Periodic nanostructures have important applications in nanophotonics and nanostructured
materials as they provide various properties that are advantageous compared to …

Sensing sub-10 nm wide perturbations in background nanopatterns using optical pseudoelectrodynamics microscopy (opem)

J Zhu, Y Liu, X Yu, R Zhou, JM Jin, LL Goddard - Nano letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
Using light as a probe to investigate perturbations with deep subwavelength dimensions in
large-scale wafers is challenging because of the diffraction limit and the weak Rayleigh …