Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inspection method and apparatus, lithographic apparatus, lithographic processing cell and device manufacturing method
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Application No.: US14536979Application Date: 2014-11-10
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Publication No.: US09933250B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Henricus Petrus Maria Pellemans , Arie Jeffrey Den Boef
- Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Veldhoven
- Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
- Current Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Veldhoven
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: G01B11/24
- IPC: G01B11/24 ; G03F7/20

Abstract:
A lithographic apparatus is disclosed. The lithographic apparatus includes a scatterometer configured to measure a property of the substrate. The scatterometer includes a radiation source configured to produce a radiated spot on a target on the substrate, where the radiated spot includes positions on the target. The scatterometer further includes a detector configured to generate measurement signals that correspond to respective ones of the positions of the radiated spot and a processor configured to output, based on the measurement signals, a single value that is representative of the property of the substrate.
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