Parallel active cantilever AFM tool for high-throughput inspection and metrology

2019 
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is a capable to provide high resolution CD-metrology and precise defects analysis on large wafers, masks or displays. However, AFM is not enough productive for high-throughput industrial uses. Standard single probe AFMs are showing low throughput as a serial imaging tools. The use of an array of four cantilevers as a Quattro-Array results in effective speed of 6 to 10 mm/s. An image size of 0.5mm x 0.2mm is achieved employing a piezoelectric positioner with a scan range of 200μm x 200μm and a resolution of 0.25nm (x,y) and 0.2nm (z), respectively. These capabilities are qualifying the Quattro-cantilever array system as fastest tool for. In this paper we present new results obtained with our Quattro-AFM high-throughput parallel SPM system that exhibits two key advances that are required for a successful deployment of SPM in time-efficient metrology, defect analysis and mask inspection.
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