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PANDEV STILIAN IVANOV
US50 patents
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KLA TENCOR CORP
40 patentsUS10769320B2Sep 8, 2020
Integrated use of model-based metrology and a process model
KLA TENCOR CORP23 citations94
US10365225B1Jul 30, 2019
Multi-location metrology
KLA TENCOR CORP20 citations94
US10152678B2Dec 11, 2018
System, method and computer program product for combining raw data from multiple metrology tools
KLA TENCOR CORP21 citations94
US10101670B2Oct 16, 2018
Statistical model-based metrology
KLA TENCOR CORP34 citations93
US10072921B2Sep 11, 2018
Methods and systems for spectroscopic beam profile metrology having a first two dimensional detector to detect collected light transmitted by a first wavelength dispersive element
KLA TENCOR CORP17 citations93
US9518916B1Dec 13, 2016
Compressive sensing for metrology
KLA TENCOR CORP38 citations93
US10935893B2Mar 2, 2021
Differential methods and apparatus for metrology of semiconductor targets
KLA TENCOR CORP9 citations86
US10502694B2Dec 10, 2019
Methods and apparatus for patterned wafer characterization
KLA TENCOR CORP7 citations84
US10490462B2Nov 26, 2019
Metrology systems and methods for process control
KLA TENCOR CORP10 citations84
US10345095B1Jul 9, 2019
Model based measurement systems with improved electromagnetic solver performance
KLA TENCOR CORP11 citations84
US10210606B2Feb 19, 2019
Signal response metrology for image based and scatterometry overlay measurements
KLA TENCOR CORP11 citations84
US9816810B2Nov 14, 2017
Measurement of multiple patterning parameters
KLA TENCOR CORP11 citations84
US9784690B2Oct 10, 2017
Apparatus, techniques, and target designs for measuring semiconductor parameters
KLA TENCOR CORP14 citations84
US9490182B2Nov 8, 2016
Measurement of multiple patterning parameters
KLA TENCOR CORP12 citations84
US9383661B2Jul 5, 2016
Methods and apparatus for determining focus
KLA TENCOR CORP7 citations84
US8843875B2Sep 23, 2014
Measurement model optimization based on parameter variations across a wafer
KLA TENCOR CORP13 citations84
US10101676B2Oct 16, 2018
Spectroscopic beam profile overlay metrology
KLA TENCOR CORP15 citations83
US9875946B2Jan 23, 2018
On-device metrology
KLA TENCOR CORP8 citations83
US9710728B2Jul 18, 2017
Image based signal response metrology
KLA TENCOR CORP10 citations83
US10801953B2Oct 13, 2020
Semiconductor metrology based on hyperspectral imaging
KLA TENCOR CORP7 citations81
US11313809B1Apr 26, 2022
Process control metrology
KLA TENCOR CORP5 citations73
US10732516B2Aug 4, 2020
Process robust overlay metrology based on optical scatterometry
KLA TENCOR CORP2 citations73
US10612916B2Apr 7, 2020
Measurement of multiple patterning parameters
KLA TENCOR CORP4 citations73
US10502549B2Dec 10, 2019
Model-based single parameter measurement
KLA TENCOR CORP4 citations73
US10380728B2Aug 13, 2019
Model-based metrology using images
KLA TENCOR CORP5 citations73
US10354929B2Jul 16, 2019
Measurement recipe optimization based on spectral sensitivity and process variation
KLA TENCOR CORP3 citations73
US10295342B2May 21, 2019
System, method and computer program product for calibration of metrology tools
KLA TENCOR CORP5 citations73
US10215559B2Feb 26, 2019
Metrology of multiple patterning processes
KLA TENCOR CORP2 citations73
US10151986B2Dec 11, 2018
Signal response metrology based on measurements of proxy structures
KLA TENCOR CORP6 citations73
US10107765B2Oct 23, 2018
Apparatus, techniques, and target designs for measuring semiconductor parameters
KLA TENCOR CORP3 citations73
US10101674B2Oct 16, 2018
Methods and apparatus for determining focus
KLA TENCOR CORP3 citations73
US9721055B2Aug 1, 2017
Measurement model optimization based on parameter variations across a wafer
KLA TENCOR CORP2 citations73
US10386729B2Aug 20, 2019
Dynamic removal of correlation of highly correlated parameters for optical metrology
KLA TENCOR CORP4 citations72
US9255877B2Feb 9, 2016
Metrology system optimization for parameter tracking
KLA TENCOR CORP6 citations72
US10139352B2Nov 27, 2018
Measurement of small box size targets
KLA TENCOR CORP3 citations71
US10030965B2Jul 24, 2018
Model-based hot spot monitoring
KLA TENCOR CORP2 citations70
US11200658B2Dec 14, 2021
Model-based metrology using images
KLA TENCOR CORP0 citations62
US10152654B2Dec 11, 2018
Signal response metrology for image based overlay measurements
KLA TENCOR CORP1 citations52
US10234271B2Mar 19, 2019
Method and system for spectroscopic beam profile metrology including a detection of collected light according to wavelength along a third dimension of a hyperspectral detector
KLA TENCOR CORP0 citations51
US10062157B2Aug 28, 2018
Compressive sensing for metrology
KLA TENCOR CORP1 citations51
KLA CORP
8 patentsUS11520321B2Dec 6, 2022
Measurement recipe optimization based on probabilistic domain knowledge and physical realization
KLA CORP9 citations86
US11530913B2Dec 20, 2022
Methods and systems for determining quality of semiconductor measurements
KLA CORP2 citations71
US11610297B2Mar 21, 2023
Tomography based semiconductor measurements using simplified models
KLA CORP1 citations62
US12535744B2Jan 27, 2026
Overlay estimation based on optical inspection and machine learning
KLA CORP0 citations59
US12474281B2Nov 18, 2025
Semiconductor measurements with robust in-line tool matching
KLA CORP0 citations52
US12209854B2Jan 28, 2025
Methods and systems for measurement of tilt and overlay of a structure
KLA CORP0 citations50
US12543540B2Feb 3, 2026
High resolution profile measurement based on a trained parameter conditioned measurement model
KLA CORP0 citations48
US12443840B2Oct 14, 2025
Dynamic control of machine learning based measurement recipe optimization
KLA CORP0 citations48