Niu et al., 2001 - Google Patents
Specular spectroscopic scatterometryNiu et al., 2001
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- Niu X
- Jakatdar N
- Bao J
- Spanos C
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- IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing
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Scatterometry is one of the few metrology candidates that has true in situ/in-line potential for deep submicrometer critical dimension (CD) and profile analysis. Most existing scatterometers are designed to measure multiple incident angles at a single wavelength on …
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