IMPACT OF STOCHASTIC LINE EDGE ROUGHNESS PATTERNS ON SCATTEROMETRY

Hermann Gross, Sebastian Heidenreich, Markus Bär
Abstract:
We present a fast non-rigorous method for the analysis of stochastic line edge roughness (LER) with amplitudes in the range of a few nanometers, based on a 2D Fourier transform method. LER has an significant impact on the light diffraction patterns measured by scatterometry. Scatterometry is a fast, non-destructive optical method used in wafer metrology to determine the geometry parameters of periodic surface structures from scattered light intensities.
Keywords:
scatterometry, critical dimensions (CDs), line edge roughness (LER), Fourier optics
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IMEKO-WC-2015-TC21-393.pdf
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Event details
Event name:
XXI IMEKO World Congress
Title:

Measurement in Research and Industry

Place:
Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
Time:
30 August 2015 - 04 September 2015