IP Library Granted Patent US 11,031,306
Granted Patent B2
US 11,031,306 · App. 16/127,426 · Granted Jun 8, 2021

Quality control method of position measurement light source, semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device

Inventors: Miki Toshima (Kanagawa, JP); Sadatoshi Murakami (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
H01L22/12G01J3/28H01L21/027H01L23/544H01L2223/54426
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Patent No.
US 11,031,306
App. No.
16/127,426
Granted
Jun 8, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a quality control method of a position measurement light source includes irradiating light of the position measurement light source on a plurality of marks having different heights and measuring a relationship between the height of the mark and an intensity of light reflected by the mark. The quality control method includes identifying a wavelength of the position measurement light source by comparing measurement data acquired by the measuring to reference data of a relationship between the height of the mark and an intensity of reflected light for each of a plurality of wavelengths.

Claims (12)

1. A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, comprising:

a position measurement light source; and

a controller irradiating light of the position measurement light source on a plurality of marks having different heights, measuring a relationship between the height of the mark and an intensity of light reflected by the mark, and identifying a wavelength of the position measurement light source by comparing measurement data acquired by the measuring to reference data of a relationship between the height of the mark and an intensity of reflected light for each of a plurality of wavelengths.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising memory storing the reference data.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a wafer stage, the plurality of marks being provided in the wafer stage.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the heights of the marks are different to have not less than three steps and not more than five steps within a range not less than 1/15 and not more than 1/10 of a specification wavelength of the position measurement light source.

5. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the mark is an unevenness pattern including a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of recesses arranged alternately and periodically.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the mark includes the unevenness pattern, and a film covering the unevenness pattern, and

the height of the mark is a thickness of the film.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an exposure light source.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller graphs the relationship between the height of the mark and the intensity of the light reflected by the mark.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058905/0582 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2018
From: TOSHIMA, MIKI; MURAKAMI, SADATOSHI
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046836/0553 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-054409 · Mar 22, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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