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Analytic Design of Segmented Phase Grating for Optical Sensing in High-Precision Alignment System

Ultra-precision measurement systems are important for semiconductor manufacturing processes. In a phase grating sensing alignment (PGA) system, the measurement accuracy largely depends on the intensity of the diffraction signal and its signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), both of which are associated with t...

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Autores principales: Yang, Guanghua, Li, Jing, Wang, Yu, Ding, Minxia, Zhong, Lina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8198415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34072752
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21113805
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author Yang, Guanghua
Li, Jing
Wang, Yu
Ding, Minxia
Zhong, Lina
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Li, Jing
Wang, Yu
Ding, Minxia
Zhong, Lina
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description Ultra-precision measurement systems are important for semiconductor manufacturing processes. In a phase grating sensing alignment (PGA) system, the measurement accuracy largely depends on the intensity of the diffraction signal and its signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), both of which are associated with the grating structure. Although an equally segmented grating structure could increase the signal of a high odd order, it could also strengthen the signals at the zeroth and even orders which are the main contributors of stray light. This paper focuses on the practical problem of differently responding diffraction orders but in one grating structure. An analytical relationship has been established between the diffraction efficiency and the segment structure of phase grating. According to this analytic model, we then propose a design method to increase the diffraction signal at high odd orders and, meanwhile, to decrease it at the zeroth and even orders. The proposed method provides a fast and effective way to obtain the globally optimal grating structure in the valid scope. Furthermore, the design examples are also verified by means of numerical simulation tool–rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA) software. As a result, the proposed method gives insight into the diffraction theory of segmented grating and the practical value to greatly improve the design efficiency.
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spelling pubmed-81984152021-06-14 Analytic Design of Segmented Phase Grating for Optical Sensing in High-Precision Alignment System Yang, Guanghua Li, Jing Wang, Yu Ding, Minxia Zhong, Lina Sensors (Basel) Article Ultra-precision measurement systems are important for semiconductor manufacturing processes. In a phase grating sensing alignment (PGA) system, the measurement accuracy largely depends on the intensity of the diffraction signal and its signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), both of which are associated with the grating structure. Although an equally segmented grating structure could increase the signal of a high odd order, it could also strengthen the signals at the zeroth and even orders which are the main contributors of stray light. This paper focuses on the practical problem of differently responding diffraction orders but in one grating structure. An analytical relationship has been established between the diffraction efficiency and the segment structure of phase grating. According to this analytic model, we then propose a design method to increase the diffraction signal at high odd orders and, meanwhile, to decrease it at the zeroth and even orders. The proposed method provides a fast and effective way to obtain the globally optimal grating structure in the valid scope. Furthermore, the design examples are also verified by means of numerical simulation tool–rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA) software. As a result, the proposed method gives insight into the diffraction theory of segmented grating and the practical value to greatly improve the design efficiency. MDPI 2021-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8198415/ /pubmed/34072752 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21113805 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Analytic Design of Segmented Phase Grating for Optical Sensing in High-Precision Alignment System
title_sort analytic design of segmented phase grating for optical sensing in high-precision alignment system
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8198415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34072752
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21113805
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