Systems and Methods for Enhancing Inspection Sensitivity of an Inspection Tool

Systems and methods for enhancing inspection sensitivity to detect defects in wafers using an inspection tool are disclosed. A plurality of light emitting diodes illuminate at least a portion of a wafer and capture a set of grayscale images. A residual signal is determined in each image of the grays...

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Aji Prashant
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Li Shifang
Nicolaides Lena
description Systems and methods for enhancing inspection sensitivity to detect defects in wafers using an inspection tool are disclosed. A plurality of light emitting diodes illuminate at least a portion of a wafer and capture a set of grayscale images. A residual signal is determined in each image of the grayscale image set and the residual signal is subtracted from each image of the grayscale image set. Defects are identified based on the subtracted grayscale image set. Models of the inspection tool and wafer may be built and refined in some embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods.
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COUNTING
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ELECTRICITY
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
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title Systems and Methods for Enhancing Inspection Sensitivity of an Inspection Tool
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