Method and apparatus for angular-resolved spectroscopic lithography characterisation

An apparatus and method to determine a property of a substrate by measuring, in the pupil plane of a high numerical aperture lens, an angle-resolved spectrum as a result of radiation being reflected off the substrate. The property may be angle and wavelength dependent and may include the intensity o...

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1. Verfasser: DEN BOEF ARIE JEFFREY,BLEEKER ARNO JAN,VAN DOMMELEN YOURI JOHANNES LA,DUSA MIRCEA,KIERS ANTOINE GASTON MARIE,LUEHRMANN PAUL FRANK,PELLEMANS HENRICUS PETRUS MARI,VAN DER SOHAAR MAURITS,GROUWSTRA CEDRIC
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Zusammenfassung:An apparatus and method to determine a property of a substrate by measuring, in the pupil plane of a high numerical aperture lens, an angle-resolved spectrum as a result of radiation being reflected off the substrate. The property may be angle and wavelength dependent and may include the intensity of TM- and TE-polarized light and their relative phase difference. The apparatus according to the invention may be used for calculating variations in substrate tilt by putting a shaped obscuration in the radiation beam and detecting changes in the width and shape of the shaped obscuration on the substrate caused by variations in the substrate tilt. The shaped obscuration may be a cross-hair or any other shape. The idea of measuring wafer tilt is based on the fundamental relation that a tilt in the wafer plane causes a shift in the pupil plane.