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US 12,345,659 · App. 17/914,631 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Method for measuring DIC defect shape on silicon wafer and polishing method

Inventor: Kazuya Tomii (Shirakawa, JP)
Assignee: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
G01N21/9505G01N21/94H01L21/67288H01L21/02024
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Patent No.
US 12,345,659
App. No.
17/914,631
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for measuring a DIC defect shape on a silicon wafer, the method including steps of: detecting a DIC defect on a main surface of the silicon wafer with a particle counter; specifying position coordinates of the detected DIC defect; and measuring a shape including at least a height or depth of the detected DIC defect by utilizing the specified position coordinates according to phase-shifting interferometry. The method for measuring a DIC defect shape by which the shape including size of DIC defect generated on a main surface of a silicon wafer is easily and precisely measured.

Claims (12)

1. A method for measuring a DIC defect shape on a silicon wafer, comprising steps of:

detecting a DIC defect on a main surface of the silicon wafer with a particle counter;

transferring position coordinates of the detected DIC defect from the particle counter to a phase-shifting interferometer; and

positioning the phase-shifting interferometer based on the transferred position coordinates to measure a shape including at least a height or depth of the detected DIC defect, wherein

a width of the DIC defect is on the order of tens of micrometers to hundreds of micrometers.

2. The method for measuring a DIC defect shape according to claim 1 , wherein the main surface of the silicon wafer is a surface on which a device is to be fabricated.

3. A method for polishing a silicon wafer, comprising:

setting a polishing removal amount based on the shape of the DIC defect measured by the method for measuring a DIC defect shape according to claim 1 ; and

polishing the silicon wafer.

4. A method for polishing a silicon wafer, comprising:

setting a polishing removal amount based on the shape of the DIC defect measured by the method for measuring a DIC defect shape according to claim 2 ; and

polishing the silicon wafer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2022
From: TOMII, KAZUYA
To: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061216/0578 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-069746 · Apr 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230125000A1 · Apr 20, 2023
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