DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD AND DEFECT INSPECTION SYSTEM

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APP PUB NO 20250027886A1
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18356193

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A defect inspection method, an inspection system, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The defect inspection method includes providing a processed image and a reference image of a wafer, both the processed image and the reference image comprising a pattern of interest; determining the processed image as a qualified image in response to a matching ratio that reflects a percentage of correctly aligned features of the pattern of interest between the processed image and the reference image is above a first predetermined threshold; selecting a first feature of the qualified image; selecting a second feature of the reference image corresponding to the first feature of the processed image; comparing the qualified image with the reference image to determine a variation of the first feature with respect to the second feature; and detecting a defect of the wafer based on a comparison of the first and second features.

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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD8 LI-HSIN RD 6 HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK HSINCHU 300-78

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
CHEN, TO-YU YUNLIN COUNTY, TW 6 39
CHIU, SHAO-CHIEN HSINCHU CITY, TW 2 0
LIN, CHING-YI YILAN COUNTY, TW 61 587
LIN, TING-HAN HSINCHU CITY, TW 7 25

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