Method for improving a process for a patterning process

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11977336
APP PUB NO 20210208507A1
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17059771

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A method for improving a process model for a patterning process, the method including obtaining a) a measured contour from an image capture device, and b) a simulated contour generated from a simulation of the process model. The method also includes aligning the measured contour with the simulated contour by determining an offset between the measured contour and the simulated contour. The process model is calibrated to reduce a difference, computed based on the determined offset, between the simulated contour and the measured contour.

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ASML NETHERLANDS B VHOLLAND WEIDE EINDHOVEN

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Feng, Mu San Jose, US 12 8
Guo, Yunbo San Jose, US 12 101
Lu, Yen-Wen Saratoga, US 74 995
Wang, Jen-Shiang Sunnyvale, US 29 152
Zhang, Qiang Campbell, US 790 5324
Zhao, Qian San Jose, US 243 1622

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