Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Variable aperture mask
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Application No.: US15930379Application Date: 2020-05-12
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Publication No.: US11268901B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Barry Blasenheim , Noam Sapiens , Michael Friedmann , Pablo Rovira
- Applicant: KLA Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Milpitas
- Assignee: KLA Corporation
- Current Assignee: KLA Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Milpitas
- Agency: Huse IP Law
- Agent Charles C. Huse
- Main IPC: G01N21/21
- IPC: G01N21/21 ; G01J3/02 ; G01J4/00 ; G02B27/28 ; G02B27/30

Abstract:
A collection system of a semiconductor metrology tool includes a chuck to support a target from which an optical beam is reflected and a spectrometer to receive the reflected optical beam. The collection system also includes a plurality of aperture masks arranged in a rotatable sequence about an axis parallel to an optical axis. Each aperture mask of the plurality of aperture masks is rotatable into and out of the reflected optical beam between the chuck and the spectrometer to selectively mask the reflected optical beam.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200271569A1 Variable Aperture Mask Public/Granted day:2020-08-27
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