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Multi spectral holographic ellipsometry for a complex 3D nanostructure

We present an innovative ellipsometry technique called self-interferometric pupil ellipsometry (SIPE), which integrates self-interference and pupil microscopy techniques to provide the high metrology sensitivity required for metrology applications of advanced semiconductor devices. Due to its unique...

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Published in:Optics express 2022-12, Vol.30 (26), p.46956-46971
Main Authors: Jung, Jaehwang, Kim, Wookrae, Kim, Jinseob, Lee, Seungwoo, Shin, Inho, Yoon, Changhyeong, Jeong, Seoyeon, Hidaka, Yasuhiro, Numata, Mitsunori, Ueyama, Shinji, Choi, Changhoon, Lee, Myungjun
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Language:English
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Summary:We present an innovative ellipsometry technique called self-interferometric pupil ellipsometry (SIPE), which integrates self-interference and pupil microscopy techniques to provide the high metrology sensitivity required for metrology applications of advanced semiconductor devices. Due to its unique configuration, rich angle-resolved ellipsometric information from a single-shot hologram can be extracted, where the full spectral information corresponding to incident angles from 0° to 70° with azimuthal angles from 0° to 360° is obtained, simultaneously. The performance and capability of the SIPE system were fully validated for various samples including thin-film layers, complicated 3D structures, and on-cell overlay samples on the actual semiconductor wafers. The results show that the proposed SIPE system can achieve metrology sensitivity up to 0.123 nm. In addition, it provides small spot metrology capability by minimizing the illumination spot diameter up to 1 µm, while the typical spot diameter of the industry standard ellipsometry is around 30 µm. As a result of collecting a huge amount of angular spectral data, undesirable multiple parameter correlation can be significantly reduced, making SIPE ideally suited for solving several critical metrology challenges we are currently facing.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.474640