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    • Optical Metrology
    • Surface Characterization
    • Semiconductor Manufacturing

    Background:

    • High-speed optical inspection is crucial for precise dimensional verification in advanced manufacturing.
    • Semiconductor fabrication, including 3D stacked ICs and microbumping, demands submicrometer precision.
    • Traditional profilometry often requires vertical scanning, limiting speed and potentially introducing errors.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a full-field microprofilometry system for high-speed surface measurement.
    • To eliminate the need for vertical scanning in profile acquisition.
    • To achieve high repeatability and accuracy for microscale surface analysis.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized a digital micromirror device (DMD) as a point-light-source array in a quasiconfocal setup.
    • Implemented lateral scanning with the DMD to minimize signal crosstalk.
    • Employed image correlation and a depth-correlated database to extract surface height information from diffractive images.

    Main Results:

    • Achieved 100-nm repeatability in surface profile measurements.
    • Demonstrated high-speed submicrometer-scale surface profilometry.
    • Successfully measured surface profiles without requiring a detector pinhole or vertical scanning.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed full-field microprofilometry system offers a viable solution for rapid, high-precision surface characterization.
    • This technique is well-suited for critical dimension measurements in semiconductor fabrication and precision manufacturing.
    • The absence of vertical scanning significantly enhances measurement speed and efficiency.