EP3956629A4 - MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND LIGHT DIFFRACTION METHOD - Google Patents

MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND LIGHT DIFFRACTION METHOD Download PDF

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EP3956629A4
EP3956629A4 EP20791522.4A EP20791522A EP3956629A4 EP 3956629 A4 EP3956629 A4 EP 3956629A4 EP 20791522 A EP20791522 A EP 20791522A EP 3956629 A4 EP3956629 A4 EP 3956629A4
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measurement system
diffraction method
light diffraction
light
measurement
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Jinxin FU
Yifei Wang
Ian Matthew Mcmackin
Rutger MEYER TIMMERMAN THIJSSEN
Ludovic Godet
Joseph C. Olson
Morgan Evans
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    • G02B7/04—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification
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    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03F—PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR
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    • G03F7/70483—Information management; Active and passive control; Testing; Wafer monitoring, e.g. pattern monitoring
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    • G03F7/70616—Monitoring the printed patterns
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
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EP20791522.4A 2019-04-15 2020-04-06 MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND LIGHT DIFFRACTION METHOD Pending EP3956629A4 (en)

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US201962834219P 2019-04-15 2019-04-15
US16/539,930 US10801890B1 (en) 2018-12-17 2019-08-13 Measurement system and a method of diffracting light
PCT/US2020/026829 WO2020214444A1 (en) 2019-04-15 2020-04-06 Measurement system and a method of diffracting light

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