Method and machine for examining wafers

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9768082
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13589378

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Method and machine utilizes the real-time recipe to perform weak point inspection on a series of wafers during the fabrication of integrated circuits. Each real-time recipe essentially corresponds to a practical fabrication history of a wafer to be examined and/or the examination results of at least one examined wafer of same “lot”. Therefore, different wafers can be examined by using different recipes where each recipe corresponds to a specific condition of a wafer to be examined, even these wafers are received by a machine for examining at the same time.

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HERMES MICROVISION INCORPORATED B VDE RUN 6501 VELDHOVEN 5504 DR

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  • 2012 Application Filing Year
  • H01L Class
  • 20465 Applications Filed
  • 18077 Patents Issued To-Date
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Chou, Chien-Hung San Jose, US 42 826
Tai, Wen-Tin Fremont, US 3 10

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