IP Library Granted Patent US 11,473,907
Granted Patent B2
US 11,473,907 · App. 16/492,299 · Granted Oct 18, 2022

Method for manufacturing semiconductor structure, inspection method, and semiconductor structure

Inventor: Fumimasa Horikiri (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignees: SCIOCS COMPANY LIMITED; SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
G01B11/30G01N21/9501G01N21/956H01L21/67288H01L22/12H01L29/2003H01L29/34
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Patent No.
US 11,473,907
App. No.
16/492,299
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure, including: preparing a plate-like semiconductor structure; and inspecting the semiconductor structure, the inspection of the semiconductor further including: performing a measurement of irradiating a surface of the semiconductor structure with a light from a light source in an oblique direction to the surface, and detecting a reflected light reflected or scattered by the surface by a two-dimensional detector, at a plurality of locations within at least a predetermined range of the surface of the semiconductor structure, to acquire a reflected light distribution that is a distribution of an integrated value obtained by integrating intensity of the reflected light measured at the plurality of locations, with respect to a position at the detector; and fitting the reflected light distribution by a multiple Gaussian function obtained by adding at least a first Gaussian function and a second Gaussian function distributed more widely than the first Gaussian function, to acquire a parameter of the second Gaussian function as an index corresponding to a surface roughness of the semiconductor structure.

Claims (23)

1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure, comprising:

preparing a plate-like semiconductor structure; and

inspecting the semiconductor structure, the inspection of the semiconductor further comprising:

performing a measurement of irradiating a surface of the semiconductor structure with a light from a light source in an oblique direction to the surface, and detecting a reflected light reflected or scattered by the surface by a two-dimensional detector, at a plurality of locations within at least a predetermined range of the surface of the semiconductor structure, to acquire a reflected light distribution that is a distribution of an integrated value obtained by integrating intensity of the reflected light measured at the plurality of locations, with respect to a position at the detector; and

fitting the reflected light distribution by a multiple Gaussian function obtained by adding at least a first Gaussian function and a second Gaussian function distributed more widely than the first Gaussian function, to acquire a parameter of the second Gaussian function as an index corresponding to a surface roughness of the semiconductor structure.

2. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , comprising: selecting the semiconductor structure based on the parameter of the second Gaussian function.

3. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , comprising:

preparing a roughness correlation in which the parameter of the second Gaussian function is correlated to the surface roughness of the semiconductor structure, before the inspection of the semiconductor structure,

the inspection of the semiconductor structure further comprising: applying the parameter of the second Gaussian function acquired in the acquisition of the parameter to the roughness correlation, to calculate a surface roughness of the semiconductor structure.

4. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the acquisition of the parameter further comprises:

acquiring the parameter of the second Gaussian function, and acquiring a parameter of the first Gaussian function as an index corresponding to a curving of the semiconductor structure.

5. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure, comprising:

preparing a plate-like semiconductor structure; and

inspecting the semiconductor structure,

the inspection of the semiconductor further comprising:

performing a measurement of irradiating a surface of the semiconductor structure with a light from a light source in an oblique direction to the surface, and detecting a reflected light reflected or scattered by the surface by a two-dimensional detector, at a plurality of locations within at least a predetermined range of the surface of the semiconductor structure, to acquire a reflected light distribution that is a distribution of an integrated value obtained by integrating intensity of the reflected light measured at the plurality of locations, with respect to a position at the detector; and

fitting the reflected light distribution by a multiple Gaussian function obtained by adding at least a first Gaussian function and a second Gaussian function distributed more widely than the first Gaussian function, to acquire a parameter of the first Gaussian function as an index corresponding to a curving amount of the semiconductor structure.

6. An inspection method, comprising:

performing a measurement of irradiating a surface of a plate-like measurement object with a light from a light source in an oblique direction to the surface, and detecting a reflected light reflected or scattered by the surface by a two-dimensional detector, at a plurality of locations within at least a predetermined range of the surface of the measurement object, to acquire a reflected light distribution that is a distribution of an integrated value obtained by integrating intensity of the reflected light measured at the plurality of locations, with respect to a position at the detector; and

fitting the reflected light distribution by a multiple Gaussian function obtained by adding at least a first Gaussian function and a second Gaussian function distributed more widely than the first Gaussian function, to acquire a parameter of the second Gaussian function as an index corresponding to a surface roughness of the measurement object.

7. An inspection method, comprising:

performing a measurement of irradiating a surface of a plate-like measurement object with a light from a light source in an oblique direction to the surface, and detecting a reflected light reflected or scattered by the surface by a two-dimensional detector, at a plurality of locations within at least a predetermined range of the surface of the measurement object, to acquire a reflected light distribution that is a distribution of an integrated value obtained by integrating intensity of the reflected light measured at the plurality of locations, with respect to a position at the detector; and

fitting the reflected light distribution by a multiple Gaussian function obtained by adding at least a first Gaussian function and a second Gaussian function distributed more widely than the first Gaussian function, to acquire a parameter of the first Gaussian function as an index corresponding to a curving amount of the measurement object.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Dec 16, 2022
From: SCIOCS COMPANY LIMITED
To: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 062142/0384 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2019
From: HORIKIRI, FUMIMASA
To: SCIOCS COMPANY LIMITED; SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050313/0190 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-049073 · Mar 14, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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