IP Library Granted Patent US 10,692,785
Granted Patent B2
US 10,692,785 · App. 16/057,826 · Granted Jun 23, 2020

Semiconductor pattern for monitoring overlay and critical dimension at post-etching stage and metrology method of the same

Inventors: Chien-Hao Chen (Tainan, TW); Chien-Wei Huang (Tainan, TW); Chia-Hung Wang (Taichung, TW); Sho-Shen Lee (New Taipei, TW)
Assignees: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.; Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
H01L22/30H01L22/12
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Patent No.
US 10,692,785
App. No.
16/057,826
Granted
Jun 23, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor pattern for monitoring overlay and critical dimension at post-etching stage is provided in the present invention, which include a first inverted-T shaped pattern with a base portion and a middle portion extending from the base portion and a second pattern adjacent and spaced apart from the base portion of the first inverted-T shaped pattern, wherein the first inverted-T shaped pattern and the second pattern are composed of a plurality of spacer patterns spaced apart from each other.

Claims (5)

1. A semiconductor pattern for monitoring an overlay and a critical dimension at a post-etching stage, comprising:

a first inverted-T shaped pattern with a base portion extending in a first direction and a middle portion extending from said base portion in a second direction orthogonal to said first direction; and

a second pattern adjacent and spaced apart from said base portion of said first inverted-T shaped pattern, wherein said first inverted-T shaped pattern is composed of a plurality of first spacer patterns spaced apart from each other and extending in said second direction, and said second pattern is composed of a plurality of second spacer patterns spaced apart from each other and extending in said second direction.

2. The semiconductor pattern for monitoring the overlay and the critical dimension at a post-etching stage of claim 1 , wherein said first inverted-T shaped pattern is symmetric with respect to said middle portion.

3. The semiconductor pattern for monitoring the overlay and the critical dimension at a post-etching stage of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of first spacer patterns are self-aligned double patterns, and said plurality of second spacer patterns are self-aligned double patterns.

Continuity (2)
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