Wafer Defect Discovery

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20170076911A1
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15359589

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Systems and methods for discovering defects on a wafer are provided. One method includes detecting defects on a wafer by applying a threshold to output generated by a detector in a first scan of the wafer and determining values for features of the detected defects. The method also includes automatically ranking the features, identifying feature cut-lines to group the defect into bins, and, for each of the bins, determining one or more parameters that if applied to the values for the features of the defects in each of the bins will result in a predetermined number of the defects in each of the bins. The method also includes applying the one or more determined parameters to the output generated by the detector in a second scan of the wafer to generate a defect population that has a predetermined defect count and is diversified in the values for the features.

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KLA-TENCOR CORPORATIONONE TECHNOLOGY DRIVE MILPITAS CA 95035

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Baris, Oksen San Francisco, US 3 37
Bhagat, Vivek Fremont, US 4 117
Chen, Hong San Ramon, US 365 4091
Haque, Naoshin San Jose, US 4 23
Lakhawat, Rahul Chennai, IN 4 33
Pandita, Vidur UttarPradesh, IN 2 22
Plihal, Martin Pleasanton, US 44 420
Ramachandran, Rajesh Fremont, US 5 36
Sanapala, Ravikumar San Jose, US 4 37
Wu, Kenong Davis, US 34 690

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