Method and system for overlay measurement
AssigneeNanya Technology Corporation
InventorCHUN-YEN WEI
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Abstract
The present application discloses present disclosure provides a method for overlay measurement. The method includes forming a first target on a first layer; forming a second target on a second layer different from the first layer, wherein the first target and the second target are not overlapped to each other; positioning a lens including a grating configured thereon at a first location to completely overlap with the first target and the second target to generate an interference pattern of the first target and an interference pattern of the second target; and determining an overlay between the first target and the second target through the interference pattern of the first target and the interference pattern of the second target.
Claims20
A method for overlay measurement, comprising:
- forming a first target on a first layer;
- forming a second target on a second layer different from the first layer, wherein the first target and the second target are not overlapped to each other;
- positioning a lens comprising a grating configured thereon at a first location to completely overlap with the first target and the second target to generate an interference pattern of the first target and an interference pattern of the second target;
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- determining an overlay between the first target and the second target through the interference pattern of the first target and the interference pattern of the second target.
An image based metrology system for overlay measurement, comprising:
- a lens comprising a grating configured thereon;
- a light source to provide illumination to the lens;
- a detector to collect data;
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- a processing unit to process the data;
- wherein the grating is configured to overlap with a first target having a first pitch and a second target having a second pitch to generate an interference pattern of the first target and an interference pattern of the second target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.