KR100435260B1 - 포토리소그래피 공정의 얼라인 계측방법 - Google Patents
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- 웨이퍼 상에 투영되는 패턴 이미지를 정렬하는 포토리소그래피 공정의 얼라인 계측방법에 있어서,데이터 베이스의 정렬 데이터를 사용하여 상기 패턴이미지가 형성된 레티클에 상기 웨이퍼를 정렬하는 단계와,상기 패턴이미지를 상기 웨이퍼에 전사하여 상기 웨이퍼를 노광하는 단계와,상기 웨이퍼 상에 형성된 패턴층과 상기 웨이퍼 상에 전사된 상기 패턴 이미지를 비교하여 정렬 오차를 측정하고, 상기 정렬 오차에 따른 보정 값을 산출하여 상기 정렬 데이터를 갱신하는 단계와,상기 패턴층과 상기 패턴 이미지의 정렬 오차 측정 시 상기 패턴층의 단차에 의해 발생되는 상기 패턴층과 상기 패턴 이미지의 측정 오차를 이용하여 상기 패턴층의 단차에 따른 보상 값을 산출하고, 상기 보상 값을 이용하여 상기 정렬 데이터를 정정하는 단계를 포함함을 특징으로 하는 포토리소그래피 공정의 얼라인 계측방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서,상기 보상 값은, 상기 웨이퍼 상에 형성된 상기 패턴층의 단차에 따라 각 웨이퍼 군으로 구분하고, 이들 각 웨이퍼 군에 대한 상기 패턴층과 상기 패턴 이미지의 측정 오차를 이용하여 산출함을 특징으로 하는 상기 포토리소그래피 공정의 얼라인 계측방법.
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- 제 2 항에 있어서,상기 보상 값은, 소정 단차 범위를 갖는 각 웨이퍼 군에 대한 확대·축소 비율의 파라미터에 대한 복수회의 실험적 데이터를 통계적으로 산출하여 구하여진 것을 특징으로 하는 상기 포토리소그래피 공정의 얼라인 계측방법.
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KR10-2001-0075814A KR100435260B1 (ko) | 2001-12-03 | 2001-12-03 | 포토리소그래피 공정의 얼라인 계측방법 |
US10/163,358 US6690021B2 (en) | 2001-12-03 | 2002-06-07 | Method of aligning a wafer in a photolithography process |
JP2002263797A JP2003173966A (ja) | 2001-12-03 | 2002-09-10 | フォトリソグラフィー工程のアライン計測方法 |
DE10255623A DE10255623B4 (de) | 2001-12-03 | 2002-11-28 | Verfahren zum Justieren eines Wafers in einem Photolithographieverfahren |
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