Method and machine for examining wafers
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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 V | DE RUN 6501 VELDHOVEN 5504 DR |
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Chou, Chien-Hung | San Jose, US | 42 | 826 |
# of filed Patents : 42 Total Citations : 826 | |||
Tai, Wen-Tin | Fremont, US | 3 | 10 |
# of filed Patents : 3 Total Citations : 10 |
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