کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1540180 1512641 2008 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Heterodyne polarimetry for measuring critical dimensions on semiconductor wafers
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی مواد مواد الکترونیکی، نوری و مغناطیسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Heterodyne polarimetry for measuring critical dimensions on semiconductor wafers
چکیده انگلیسی
A new optical technique based on heterodyne polarimetry is developed for fast measurement of critical dimensions on semiconductor wafers, particularly on those of memory chips. Sub-wavelength periodical structure of a sample acts as a wire-grid polarizer, making both the amplitude and phase of the reflected laser beam dependent on geometrical dimensions and optical properties of the wafer pattern. The heterodyne technology based on the cross-polarized two-frequency Zeeman laser is used to simultaneously measure the amplitude and the phase of the reflected laser beam. Very fast and efficient effective medium trapezoidal algorithm is developed for extracting values of critical dimension from the measurements. The technique is most suitable for inspection of multi-periodical patterns consisting of large number of periodically distributed small areas of sub-wavelength gratings. Theoretical background, simulation, and experimental results are presented.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Optics Communications - Volume 281, Issues 15–16, August 2008, Pages 4142-4150
نویسندگان
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