Invention Grant
US09587932B2 System for directly measuring the depth of a high aspect ratio etched feature on a wafer
有权
用于直接测量晶片上的高纵横比蚀刻特征的深度的系统
- Patent Title: System for directly measuring the depth of a high aspect ratio etched feature on a wafer
- Patent Title (中): 用于直接测量晶片上的高纵横比蚀刻特征的深度的系统
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Application No.: US15142864Application Date: 2016-04-29
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Publication No.: US09587932B2Publication Date: 2017-03-07
- Inventor: David S. Marx , David L. Grant
- Applicant: Rudolph Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Wilmington
- Assignee: Rudolph Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rudolph Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Wilmington
- Agency: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, PLLC
- Main IPC: G01N21/55
- IPC: G01N21/55 ; G01B11/22 ; G01B11/06

Abstract:
A system (10) for directly measuring the depth of a high aspect ratio etched feature on a wafer (80) that includes an etched surface (82) and a non-etched surface (84). The system (10) utilizes an infrared reflectometer (12) that in a preferred embodiment includes a swept laser (14), a fiber circulator (16), a photodetector (22) and a combination collimator (18) and an objective lens (20). From the objective lens (20) a focused incident light (23) is produced that is applied to the non-etched surface (84) of the wafer (80). From the wafer (80) is produced a reflected light (25) that is processed through the reflectometer (12) and applied to an ADC (24) where a corresponding digital data signal (29) is produced. The digital data signal (29) is applied to a computer (30) that, in combination with software (32), measures the depth of the etched feature that is then viewed on a display (34).
Public/Granted literature
- US20160238378A1 SYSTEM FOR DIRECTLY MEASURING THE DEPTH OF A HIGH ASPECT RATIO ETCHED FEATURE ON A WAFER Public/Granted day:2016-08-18
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