Method and apparatus for obtaining two- or three-dimensional information from scanning electron microscopy
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1. A system for determining one or more critical dimension(s) of a semiconductor structure comprising:
- a scanning electron microscope;
a parallel distributed process operationally connected to an output of the scanning electron microscope, said parallel distributed process containing coefficients that provide a multi dimensional mapping space for the output of said scanning electron microscope to map to an output value that provides information on the critical dimension of the semiconductor structure.
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A system for determining one or more critical dimension(s) of a semiconductor structure comprising a scanning electron microscope and a parallel distributed process operationally connected to an output of a scanning electron microscope. Said parallel distributed process containing coefficients that provide a multi dimensional mapping space for the output of said scanning electron microscope to map to an output value that provides information on the dimensions of the semiconductor structure.
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11 Claims
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1. A system for determining one or more critical dimension(s) of a semiconductor structure comprising:
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a scanning electron microscope; a parallel distributed process operationally connected to an output of the scanning electron microscope, said parallel distributed process containing coefficients that provide a multi dimensional mapping space for the output of said scanning electron microscope to map to an output value that provides information on the critical dimension of the semiconductor structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6)
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5. A method for determining the three dimensional characteristics of a semiconductor structure from a two dimensional waveform, comprising the steps of:
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providing a two dimensional waveform of a semiconductor structure from a first measurement instrument; mapping said two dimensional waveform through a multi-dimensional decision space to a corresponding three dimensional characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for determining the critical dimension of a semiconductor structure with a scanning electron microscope comprising the steps of:
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collecting a first measurement of a first semiconductor structure from a scanning electron microscope; collecting a second measurement of said first semiconductor structure from an atomic force microscope; establishing a relationship between said first measurement and said second measurement of said first semiconductor structure wherein said relationship indicates said second measurement if a third measurement from a scanning electron microscope of a second semiconductor structure has characteristics similar to said first semiconductor structure; and mapping a two dimensional waveform through a multi-dimensional decision space to a corresponding three dimensional characteristic using a parallel distributed process operationally connected to an output of said scanning electron microscope, said parallel distributed process containing coefficients that provide said multi-dimensional mapping space for the out put of said scanning electron microscope to map to an output value that provides information on the critical dimension of the semiconductor structure.
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