Inventor
WACK DAN
US38 patents
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KLA TENCOR TECH CORP
26 patentsUS7139083B2Nov 21, 2006
Methods and systems for determining a composition and a thickness of a specimen
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP68 citations99
US6891627B1May 10, 2005
Methods and systems for determining a critical dimension and overlay of a specimen
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP192 citations99
US6694284B1Feb 17, 2004
Methods and systems for determining at least four properties of a specimen
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP211 citations99
US7751046B2Jul 6, 2010
Methods and systems for determining a critical dimension and overlay of a specimen
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP79 citations98
US7317531B2Jan 8, 2008
Apparatus and methods for detecting overlay errors using scatterometry
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP83 citations98
US7106425B1Sep 12, 2006
Methods and systems for determining a presence of defects and a thin film characteristic of a specimen
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP71 citations98
US6919957B2Jul 19, 2005
Methods and systems for determining a critical dimension, a presence of defects, and a thin film characteristic of a specimen
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP110 citations98
US6782337B2Aug 24, 2004
Methods and systems for determining a critical dimension an a presence of defects on a specimen
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP85 citations98
US6917433B2Jul 12, 2005
Methods and systems for determining a property of a specimen prior to, during, or subsequent to an etch process
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP61 citations97
US6806951B2Oct 19, 2004
Methods and systems for determining at least one characteristic of defects on at least two sides of a specimen
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP65 citations97
US7879627B2Feb 1, 2011
Overlay marks and methods of manufacturing such marks
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP25 citations96
US7301634B2Nov 27, 2007
Apparatus and methods for detecting overlay errors using scatterometry
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP35 citations96
US7196782B2Mar 27, 2007
Methods and systems for determining a thin film characteristic and an electrical property of a specimen
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP56 citations96
US7181057B2Feb 20, 2007
Overlay marks, methods of overlay mark design and methods of overlay measurements
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP40 citations96
US7006235B2Feb 28, 2006
Methods and systems for determining overlay and flatness of a specimen
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP48 citations96
US6950196B2Sep 27, 2005
Methods and systems for determining a thickness of a structure on a specimen and at least one additional property of the specimen
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP50 citations96
US6917419B2Jul 12, 2005
Methods and systems for determining flatness, a presence of defects, and a thin film characteristic of a specimen
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP51 citations96
US6891610B2May 10, 2005
Methods and systems for determining an implant characteristic and a presence of defects on a specimen
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP48 citations96
US6818459B2Nov 16, 2004
Methods and systems for determining a presence of macro defects and overlay of a specimen
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP48 citations96
US7463369B2Dec 9, 2008
Systems and methods for measuring one or more characteristics of patterned features on a specimen
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP28 citations93
US7460981B2Dec 2, 2008
Methods and systems for determining a presence of macro and micro defects on a specimen
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP11 citations93
US7349090B2Mar 25, 2008
Methods and systems for determining a property of a specimen prior to, during, or subsequent to lithography
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP24 citations93
US7317824B2Jan 8, 2008
Overlay marks, methods of overlay mark design and methods of overlay measurements
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP22 citations93
US7130029B2Oct 31, 2006
Methods and systems for determining an adhesion characteristic and a thickness of a specimen
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP27 citations93
US7933016B2Apr 26, 2011
Apparatus and methods for detecting overlay errors using scatterometry
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP15 citations92
US7663753B2Feb 16, 2010
Apparatus and methods for detecting overlay errors using scatterometry
KLA TENCOR TECH CORP19 citations92
KLA TENCOR CORP
3 patentsUS7068833B1Jun 27, 2006
Overlay marks, methods of overlay mark design and methods of overlay measurements
KLA TENCOR CORP81 citations99
US7274814B2Sep 25, 2007
Overlay marks, methods of overlay mark design and methods of overlay measurements
KLA TENCOR CORP18 citations93
US9702693B2Jul 11, 2017
Apparatus for measuring overlay errors
KLA TENCOR CORP6 citations84
KLA TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES
3 patentsUS6633831B2Oct 14, 2003
Methods and systems for determining a critical dimension and a thin film characteristic of a specimen
KLA TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES362 citations99
US6673637B2Jan 6, 2004
Methods and systems for determining a presence of macro defects and overlay of a specimen
KLA TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES120 citations98
US6946394B2Sep 20, 2005
Methods and systems for determining a characteristic of a layer formed on a specimen by a deposition process
KLA TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES43 citations96