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GB2446314B - Structure and method for simultaneously determining an overlay accuracy and pattern placement error - Google Patents

Structure and method for simultaneously determining an overlay accuracy and pattern placement error

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Publication number
GB2446314B
GB2446314B GB0805209A GB0805209A GB2446314B GB 2446314 B GB2446314 B GB 2446314B GB 0805209 A GB0805209 A GB 0805209A GB 0805209 A GB0805209 A GB 0805209A GB 2446314 B GB2446314 B GB 2446314B
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Prior art keywords
overlay accuracy
placement error
simultaneously determining
pattern placement
pattern
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GB0805209A
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GB0805209D0 (en
GB2446314A (en
Inventor
Bernd Schulz
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GlobalFoundries Inc
Advanced Micro Devices Inc
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GlobalFoundries Inc
Advanced Micro Devices Inc
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Priority claimed from DE102005046973.6A external-priority patent/DE102005046973B4/en
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Publication of GB2446314A publication Critical patent/GB2446314A/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03F—PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR
    • G03F7/00—Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printing surfaces; Materials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresists; Apparatus specially adapted therefor
    • G03F7/70—Microphotolithographic exposure; Apparatus therefor
    • G03F7/70483—Information management; Active and passive control; Testing; Wafer monitoring, e.g. pattern monitoring
    • G03F7/70605—Workpiece metrology
    • G03F7/70616—Monitoring the printed patterns
    • G03F7/70633—Overlay, i.e. relative alignment between patterns printed by separate exposures in different layers, or in the same layer in multiple exposures or stitching

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Exposure And Positioning Against Photoresist Photosensitive Materials (AREA)
  • Electron Beam Exposure (AREA)
  • Exposure Of Semiconductors, Excluding Electron Or Ion Beam Exposure (AREA)
GB0805209A 2005-09-30 2008-03-20 Structure and method for simultaneously determining an overlay accuracy and pattern placement error Expired - Fee Related GB2446314B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE102005046973.6A DE102005046973B4 (en) 2005-09-30 2005-09-30 A structure and method for simultaneously determining overlay accuracy and pattern placement error
US11/421,099 US7667842B2 (en) 2005-09-30 2006-05-31 Structure and method for simultaneously determining an overlay accuracy and pattern placement error
PCT/US2006/032757 WO2007040855A1 (en) 2005-09-30 2006-08-23 Structure and method for simultaneously determining an overlay accuracy and pattern placement error

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GB0805209D0 GB0805209D0 (en) 2008-04-30
GB2446314A GB2446314A (en) 2008-08-06
GB2446314B true GB2446314B (en) 2010-09-08

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