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Title:
SUBSTRATE DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD AND SUBSTRATE DEFECT INSPECTION SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3691374
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a substrate defect inspection method and a substrate defect inspection system that can grasp accurately how a defect occurred in a certain process affects the subsequent processes.
SOLUTION: After a certain process if completed, defects of a wafer W are detected by a defect detecting apparatus 2, and the defect positioning data is transferred to a defect observation apparatus 3. The defects of the wafer W are observed by the defect observation apparatus 3 based on the defect positioning data so as to identify defects, and the identified result is stored in a memory as an initial defect identification data. After the other process is completed, defects of the wafer W are observed so as to identify the defects again by the defect observation apparatus 3 based on the initial defect identification data.


Inventors:
Mizuno Shinsuke
Application Number:
JP2000321063A
Publication Date:
September 07, 2005
Filing Date:
October 20, 2000
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
APPLIED MATERIALS,INCORPORATED
International Classes:
G06T1/00; H01L21/66; G01N21/956; (IPC1-7): H01L21/66; G01N21/956; G06T1/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP10038815A
JP2000077496A
JP2000200356A
JP2001148407A
JP2002071575A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshiki Hasegawa
Yuichi Yamada