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METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ETCH PROFILE OPTIMIZATION BY REFLECTANCE SPECTRA MATCHING AND SURFACE KINETIC MODEL OPTIMIZATION

  • US 20180260509A1
  • Filed: 05/04/2018
  • Published: 09/13/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of optimizing a computer model which relates etch profiles of features on semiconductor substrates to a set of independent input parameters, the method comprising:

  • (a) identifying values for one or more model parameters to be optimized;

    (b) receiving experimental reflectance spectra generated from optical measurements of one or more semiconductor substrates etched using an experimental etch process performed using values of the set of independent input parameters;

    (c) generating computed reflectance spectra from the model using the values for the set of independent input parameters specified in (b); and

    (d) modifying the values of the one or more model parameters identified in (a) and repeating (c) with the modified values of the one or more model parameters so as to reduce a metric indicative of the differences between the experimental reflectance spectra received in (b) and corresponding computed reflectance spectra generated in (c) with respect to the values of the set of independent input parameters, thereby producing modified values for the one or more model parameters for use in the computer model which relates etch profiles of features on semiconductor substrates to the set of independent input parameters.

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