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High-precision CD measurement using energy-filtering SEM techniques

Bizen et al., 2017

Document ID
2513861153782221483
Author
Bizen D
Sakakibara M
Suzuki M
Momonoi Y
Kawano H
Publication year
Publication venue
Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS

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Voltage contrast (VC) images obtained using an energy filter (EF) were used to measure the bottom surface of high-aspect-ratio structures. The VC images obtained using the conventional EF were sensitive to variations in wafer potential. Since CD-SEM metrology …
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