Method of inspecting a semiconductor device and an apparatus thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6888959
APP PUB NO 20010048761A1
SERIAL NO

09791682

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In order to inspect a substance to be detected such as a foreign substance in accordance with the condition of the surface of a sample to be inspected such as a semiconductor substrate manufactured in various manufacturing processes under a suitable inspection condition, this method includes the steps of: inspecting a substance to be detected on a sample to be inspected under a plurality inspection conditions, which are previously set, as a single unit to detect at least the data of a detected substance for each of the plurality of inspection conditions; checking the data of the detected substance for the respective inspection conditions against each other to make check data; analyzing the detected substance based on the check data of the detected substance to classify the detected substance; adding the data of classified detected substance to the coordinate data of the detected substance for the respective inspection conditions to make data relating to the classified detected substance for the respective inspection conditions; and selecting a suitable inspection condition based on the data relating to the classified detected substance for the respective inspection conditions.

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  • HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION;HITACHI, LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hamamatsu, Akira Yokohama, JP 92 998
Morishige, Yoshio Honjyou, JP 22 458
Ninomiya, Takanori Hiratsuka, JP 72 1707
Nishiyama, Hidetoshi Fujisawa, JP 131 1978
Noguchi, Minori Mitsukaido, JP 124 2597
Ohshima, Yoshimasa Yokohama, JP 56 1308
Oka, Kenji Hitachinaka, JP 81 1088
Tanaka, Maki Yokohama, JP 104 1781
Watanabe, Kenji Oume, JP 536 8314
Watanabe, Tetsuya Honjyou, JP 259 2078

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