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Specular spectroscopic scatterometry

Niu et al., 2001

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16114642845794115954
Author
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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