Method for determining a profile quality grade of an inspected feature

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PATENT NO 6303931
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09193720

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A method for determining a profile quality grade of inspected feature in a resist. The feature includes side walls. The method includes the steps of acquiring by a metrology device a signal that originates from the feature and analyzing the acquired signal, including fitting a curve from among a family of curves to the acquired signal. The curve is subjected to the following constraint: it corresponds to a signal portion that originates from part of the bottom of the feature. The method further includes the step of determining the profile quality grade of the feature depending upon characteristics of the fitted curve.

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APPLIED MATERIALS INC3050 BOWERS AVENUE SANTA CLARA CA 95054

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Menaker, Mina Tomer St. Reut, IL 1 8
Veldman, Andrei Jerusalem, IL 23 264

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