Determining the shape and periodicity of nanostructures using small-angle x-ray scattering

DF Sunday, S List, JS Chawla, RJ Kline - Applied Crystallography, 2015‏ - journals.iucr.org
The semiconductor industry is exploring new metrology techniques capable of meeting the
future requirement to characterize three-dimensional structure where the critical dimensions …

[ספר][B] Metrology and Diagnostic Techniques for Nanoelectronics

Z Ma, DG Seiler - 2017‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Nanoelectronics is changing the way the world communicates, and is transforming our daily
lives. Continuing Moore's law and miniaturization of low-power semiconductor chips with …

Metrology methods, metrology apparatus and device manufacturing method

R Quintanilha, S Danylyuk - US Patent 10,067,074, 2018‏ - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A lithographic manufacturing system produces periodic structures with
feature sizes less than 10 nm and a direction of periodicity (D). A beam of radiation (1904) …

X-ray scattering critical dimensional metrology using a compact x-ray source for next generation semiconductor devices

RJ Kline, DF Sunday, D Windover… - Journal of Micro …, 2017‏ - spiedigitallibrary.org
Semiconductor devices continue to shrink in size with every generation. These ever smaller
structures are challenging the resolution limits of current analytical and inline metrology …

Applicability of the Debye-Waller dam** factor for the determination of the line-edge roughness of lamellar gratings

A Fernández Herrero, M Pflüger, J Probst, F Scholze… - Optics …, 2019‏ - opg.optica.org
Periodic nanostructures are fundamental elements in optical instrumentation as well as
basis structures in integrated electronic circuits. Decreasing sizes and increasing complexity …

Uncertainties in the reconstruction of nanostructures in EUV scatterometry and grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering

AF Herrero, M Pflüger, J Puls, F Scholze… - Optics …, 2021‏ - opg.optica.org
Increasing miniaturization and complexity of nanostructures require innovative metrology
solutions with high throughput that can assess complex 3D structures in a non-destructive …

[HTML][HTML] Uncertainty quantification on small angle x-ray scattering measurement using Bayesian deep learning

H Yang, Z Wu, K Zhang, D Wang, H Yu - Journal of Applied Physics, 2024‏ - pubs.aip.org
Small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) is a widely recognized solution for measuring complex
nanostructures. With the increasing demand for accurately assessing structural …

Evaluation of the effect of data quality on the profile uncertainty of critical dimension small angle x-ray scattering

DF Sunday, S List, JS Chawla… - Journal of Micro …, 2016‏ - spiedigitallibrary.org
A line grating prepared via a self-aligned quadruple patterning method was measured using
critical dimension small angle x-ray scattering. A Monte Carlo Markov chain algorithm was …

Metrology method, metrology apparatus and device manufacturing method

R Quintanilha - US Patent 10,222,709, 2019‏ - Google Patents
ABSTRACT A pattern is applied to a substrate by a lithographic apparatus as part of a
lithographic manufacturing system. Structures are produced with feature sizes less than 10 …

Transmission small-angle X-ray scattering metrology system

AV Shchegrov, AA Gellineau, S Zalubovsky - US Patent 10,767,978, 2020‏ - Google Patents
Methods and systems for characterizing dimensions and material properties of
semiconductor devices by transmis sion small angle X-ray scatterometry (TSAXS) systems …