Method and apparatus for detecting defects in wafers

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7813541
APP PUB NO 20060193507A1
SERIAL NO

11069712

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A method for inspecting a wafer including a multiplicity of dies, the method including dividing an image of at least a portion of the wafer into a plurality of sub-images each representing a sub-portion of the wafer and selecting at least one defect candidate within each sub-image by comparing each sub-image to a corresponding sub-image of a reference including a representation, which is assumed to be faultless, of the portion of the wafer.

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APPLIED MATERIALS SOUTH EAST ASIA PTE LTD3 CHANGI BUSINESS PARK VISTA SINGAPORE 486051

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dorfan, Yuval Ra'anana, IL 1 54
Dotan, Noam Givatayim, IL 29 758
Sali, Erez Savion, IL 29 1777
Wagner, Mark Rehovot, IL 121 2004
Yanir, Tomer Yehud, IL 17 1383
Zaslavsky, Ran Kfar Saba, IL 10 1132

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