Development of a broadband Mueller matrix ellipsometer as a powerful tool for nanostructure metrology

S Liu, X Chen, C Zhang - Thin Solid Films, 2015 - Elsevier
Ellipsometric scatterometry has gained wide industrial applications in semiconductor
manufacturing after ten years of development. Among the various types of ellipsometers …

Regularized pseudo-phase imaging for inspecting and sensing nanoscale features

J Zhu, R Zhou, L Zhang, B Ge, C Luo, LL Goddard - Optics Express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Recovering tiny nanoscale features using a general optical imaging system is challenging
because of poor signal to noise ratio. Rayleigh scattering implies that the detectable signal …

Robust solution to the inverse problem in optical scatterometry

J Zhu, S Liu, X Chen, C Zhang, H Jiang - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
In optical scatterometry, the least squares (LSQ) function is usually used as the objective
function to quantify the difference between the calculated and measured signatures, which is …

Determination of an optimal measurement configuration in optical scatterometry using global sensitivity analysis

Z Dong, S Liu, X Chen, C Zhang - Thin Solid Films, 2014 - Elsevier
In optical scatterometry, a proper measurement configuration has a significant impact on the
precision of the reconstructed profile parameters beyond the quality of the measured …

Improved deep-etched multilayer grating reconstruction by considering etching anisotropy and abnormal errors in optical scatterometry

J Zhu, S Liu, H Jiang, C Zhang, X Chen - Optics letters, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Accurate, fast, and nondestructive reconstruction of the etched nanostructures is important
for etching process control to achieve good fidelity, as well as high manufacturing yield. In …

Inverse optical scatterometry using sketch-guided deep learning

S Liu, X Chen, T Yang, J Zhang, S Liu - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Optical scatterometry, also referred to as optical critical dimension (OCD) metrology, is a
widely used technique for characterizing nanostructures in semiconductor industry. As a …

Neural network driven sensitivity analysis of diffraction-based overlay metrology performance to target defect features

K Wang, K Meng, H Zhang, P Lou - Measurement Science and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Overlay (OVL) is one significant performance indicator for the lithography process control in
semiconductor manufacturing. The accuracy of the OVL metrology is extremely critical for …

Dependence-analysis-based data-refinement in optical scatterometry for fast nanostructure reconstruction

Z Dong, X Chen, X Wang, Y Shi, H Jiang, S Liu - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Optical scatterometry is known as a powerful tool for nanostructure reconstruction due to its
advantages of being non-contact, non-destructive, low cost, and easy to integrate. As a …

[PDF][PDF] 基于灵敏度分析的一维纳米结构光学散射

董正琼, 刘世元, 陈修国, 石雅婷, 张传维… - 红外与毫米波 …, 2016 - journal.sitp.ac.cn
纳米制造是指产品特征尺寸为纳米量级的制造技术, 即特征尺寸在! 00 1& 以内的制造技术$
为了实现纳米制造工艺的可操纵性, 可预测性, 可重复性和可扩M 性, 保证基于纳米科技的产品 …

[PDF][PDF] 基于光学散射仪的T 型相变存储器三维形貌参数测量

董正琼, 袁顺, 李晨阳, 唐少康, 聂磊 - Laser & Optoelectronics …, 2022 - researching.cn
摘要T 型相变存储器的低功耗, 非易失性, 高存储密度和高可靠性等优势使其被国际半导体工业
协会认为是下一代半导体存储器的主流产品之一. 为了保证T 型相变存储器制造工艺的可控性 …