Computational wafer inspection

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9990462
APP PUB NO 20170046473A1
SERIAL NO

15339669

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Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented defect prediction method for a device manufacturing process involving processing a portion of a design layout onto a substrate, the method comprising: identifying a hot spot from the portion of the design layout; determining a range of values of a processing parameter of the device manufacturing process for the hot spot, wherein when the processing parameter has a value outside the range, a defect is produced from the hot spot with the device manufacturing process; determining an actual value of the processing parameter; determining or predicting, using the actual value, existence, probability of existence, a characteristic, or a combination thereof, of a defect produced from the hot spot with the device manufacturing process.

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ASML NETHERLANDS B VP O BOX 324 VELDHOVEN 5500 AH

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Callan, Neal Patrick Lake Oswego, US 6 73
Den, Boef Arie Jeffrey Waalre, NL 263 4891
Fouquet, Christophe David Retie, BE 11 117
Kastrup, Bernardo Veldhoven, NL 17 140
Kavanagh, James Benedict Veldhoven, NL 6 73
Koonmen, James Patrick Santa Clara, US 15 230
Mulkens, Johannes Catharinus Hubertus Valkenswaard, NL 213 10886

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