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Mask qualification of a shifted gate contact issue by physical e-beam inspection and high landing energy SEM review: DI: Defect Inspection and Reduction

Sheridan et al., 2019

Document ID
3300726029892387444
Author
Sheridan J
Peng H
Huang C
Aristov V
Nguyen H
Khopkar Y
Jain A
Shah J
Levitov F
Publication year
Publication venue
2019 30th Annual SEMI Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC)

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Photomask issues can result in shifted pattern defects printed on the wafer. In the case of sub-1x nm nodes, these pattern defects of interest (DOI) can be difficult for conventional optical inspections to detect. In this paper we present a case study of a new mask …
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    • H01L22/20Sequence of activities consisting of a plurality of measurements, corrections, marking or sorting steps
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