Application of BP-neural networks in the FOCAL technique

Weijie Shi; Xiangzhao Wang; Dongqing Zhang; Fan Wang; Mingying Ma

doi:10.1117/12.573822

27 January 2005 Application of BP-neural networks in the FOCAL technique

Weijie Shi, Xiangzhao Wang, Dongqing Zhang, Fan Wang, Mingying Ma

Proceedings Volume 5645, Advanced Microlithography Technologies; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.573822
Event: Photonics Asia, 2004, Beijing, China

Abstract

FOCAL is an on-line measurement technique of the imaging parameters of a lithographic tool with high accuracy. These parameters include field curvature, astigmatism, best focus and image tilt. They can be acquired by the least-square algorithm from the alignment positions of the special marks on the exposed wafer. But the algorithm has some intrinsic limits which may lead to a failure of the curve fitting. This will influence the measurement accuracy of the imaging parameters obtained by FOCAL. Therefore, a more reliable algorithm for the FOCAL technique is needed. In this paper, the feed-forward back-propagation artificial neural network algorithm is introduced in the FOCAL technique, and the FOCAL technique based on BP ANN is proposed. The effects of the parameters, such as the number of neurons on the hidden-layer, the number of training epochs, on the measurement accuracy are analyzed in detail. It is proved that the FOCAL technique based on BP-ANN is more reliable and it is a better choice for measurement of the imaging parameters.

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Weijie Shi, Xiangzhao Wang, Dongqing Zhang, Fan Wang, and Mingying Ma "Application of BP-neural networks in the FOCAL technique", Proc. SPIE 5645, Advanced Microlithography Technologies, (27 January 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.573822

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