IP Library Granted Patent US 11,151,709
Granted Patent B2
US 11,151,709 · App. 16/559,457 · Granted Oct 19, 2021

Inspection device and inspection method

Inventor: Hiroshi Oota (Yokkaichi Mie, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
G06T7/0004G06T7/62H01L21/67253G06T2207/20224G06T2207/30148
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Patent No.
US 11,151,709
App. No.
16/559,457
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an inspection device includes a stage on which a substrate having a protrusion portion on a surface thereof is mountable. A ring member presses an outer periphery of the substrate on the stage. A liquid supply unit supplies a liquid on the surface of the substrate from the surface thereof to a first height. An imaging unit captures an image of a surface of the liquid and the protrusion portion from above the surface of the substrate. An arithmetic operation unit determines a size of an exposed portion of the protrusion portion which is exposed from the surface of the liquid by using the image obtained from the imaging unit, and determines a height of the protrusion portion on the basis of the size of the exposed portion.

Claims (33)

1. An inspection device comprising:

a stage configured to mount a substrate;

a ring member configured to secure an outer periphery of the substrate on the stage;

a nozzle configured to supply a liquid on a surface of the substrate to reach a first height that causes a portion of the protrusion feature of the substrate to be exposed, wherein a height of the ring member is greater than the first height of the liquid;

an imaging unit configured to capture an image including the liquid and the exposed portion of a protrusion feature of the substrate; and

an arithmetic operator configured to determine a size of the exposed portion of the protrusion feature using the image, and determine a height of the protrusion feature based on the determined size of the exposed portion of the protrusion feature.

2. The inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein the image obtained from the imaging unit is a two-dimensional image, and

the arithmetic operator is further configured to determine the size of the exposed portion in the image based on a difference in color attribute between the liquid and the protrusion feature.

3. The inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid has different color attributes for the surface of the substrate and the protrusion feature.

4. The inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein the arithmetic operator is further configured to determine an area of the exposed portion of the protrusion feature in the image based on a number of pixels of the protrusion feature.

5. The inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein a liquid repellant property of the protrusion feature is different from a liquid repellant property of the liquid.

6. The inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein the arithmetic operator is further configured to determine whether the protrusion feature is defective based on comparing the determined height of the protrusion feature with a predetermined range.

7. An inspection device comprising:

a stage configured to mount a substrate;

a ring member configured to secure an outer periphery of the substrate on the stage;

a nozzle configured to supply a liquid on a surface of the substrate to reach a first height that causes a portion of the protrusion feature of the substrate to be exposed;

an imaging unit configured to capture an image including the liquid and the exposed portion of a protrusion feature of the substrate; and

an arithmetic operator configured to determine a size of the exposed portion of the protrusion feature using the image, and determine a height of the protrusion feature based on the determined size of the exposed portion of the protrusion feature,

wherein a liquid repellant property of the protrusion feature is different from a liquid repellant property of the liquid.

8. The inspection device according to claim 7 , wherein the image obtained from the imaging unit is a two-dimensional image, and

the arithmetic operator is further configured to determine the size of the exposed portion in the image based on a difference in color attribute between the liquid and the protrusion feature.

9. The inspection device according to claim 7 , wherein the liquid has different color attributes for the surface of the substrate and the protrusion feature.

10. The inspection device according to claim 7 , wherein the arithmetic operator is further configured to determine an area of the exposed portion of the protrusion feature in the image based on a number of pixels of the protrusion feature.

11. The inspection device according to claim 7 , wherein a height of the ring member is greater than the first height of the liquid.

12. The inspection device according to claim 7 , wherein the arithmetic operator is further configured to determine whether the protrusion feature is defective based on comparing the determined height of the protrusion feature with a predetermined range.

13. An inspection device comprising:

a stage configured to mount a substrate;

a diaphragm, disposed above the substrate, that is configured to press a film, disposed on a surface of the substrate, to a first height to expose a portion of a protrusion feature of the substrate;

an imaging unit configured to capture an image including the film and the exposed portion of the protrusion feature; and

an arithmetic operator configured to determine a size of the exposed portion of the protrusion feature using the image obtained from the imaging unit, and determine a height of the protrusion feature based on the determined size of the exposed portion.

14. The inspection device according to claim 13 , wherein the diaphragm is further configured to expand toward the substrate by at least one of: flowing a gas from a first side of the diaphragm opposite to a second side of the diaphragm facing the substrate or evacuating a chamber where the stage and the diaphragm are located.

15. The inspection device according to claim 13 , wherein the film includes an epoxy-based resin film that allows the protrusion feature to penetrate.

16. The inspection device according to claim 13 , wherein the arithmetic operator is further configured to determine the size of the exposed portion in the image based on a difference in color attribute between the film and the protrusion feature.

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 Feb 5, 2020
From: OOTA, HIROSHI
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051726/0189 →