Pattern inspection apparatus and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7817844
APP PUB NO 20050146714A1
SERIAL NO

11058616

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A pattern inspection apparatus is used for inspecting a pattern, such as semiconductor integrated circuit (LSI), liquid crystal panel, and a photomask by using an image of the pattern to-be-inspected and design data for fabricating the pattern to-be-inspected. The pattern inspection apparatus includes a reference pattern generation device for generating a reference pattern represented by one or more lines from design data, an image generation device for generating the image of the pattern to-be-inspected, a detecting device for detecting an edge of the image of the pattern to-be-inspected, and an inspection device for inspecting the pattern to-be-inspected by comparing the edge of the image of the pattern to-be-inspected with the one or more lines of the reference pattern.

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  • NGR INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kitamura, Tadashi Kawasaki, JP 30 743
Kubota, Kazufumi Kawasaki, JP 17 387
Nakazawa, Shinichi Kawasaki, JP 8 258
Vohra, Neeti Kawasaki, JP 3 253
Yamamoto, Masahiro Kawasaki, JP 411 4703

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