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Number: 382/145
Name: Image analysis > Applications > Manufacturing or product inspection > Inspection of semiconductor device or printed circuit board
Description: Subject matter wherein semiconductor wafers, chips, or similar materials or an insulating board on which circuit has been printed are inspected for defect detection, dimension checking, mark reading, or other conditions.










Sub-classes under this class:

Class Number Class Name Patents
382/151 Alignment, registration, or position determination 747
382/148 At plural magnifications or resolutions 117
382/149 Fault or defect detection 912
382/147 Inspecting printed circuit boards 366
382/146 Measuring external leads 123


Patents under this class:

Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
8326018 Fast pattern matching Dec. 4, 2012
8319962 Mask making decision for manufacturing (DFM) on mask quality control Nov. 27, 2012
8318391 Process window signature patterns for lithography process control Nov. 27, 2012
8311316 Defect inspecting method, defect inspecting apparatus, and storage medium storing defect inspection program Nov. 13, 2012
8311315 Pattern inspection method and apparatus Nov. 13, 2012
8311314 Pattern measuring method and pattern measuring device Nov. 13, 2012
8307310 Pattern generating method, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, computer program product, and pattern-shape-determination-parameter generating method Nov. 6, 2012
8306311 Method and system for automated ball-grid array void quantification Nov. 6, 2012
8306310 Apparatus and method for pattern inspection Nov. 6, 2012
8306309 Method and apparatus for detecting mechanical defects in a semiconductor device, particularly in a solar cell arrangement Nov. 6, 2012
8304724 Microstructured pattern inspection method Nov. 6, 2012
8295584 Pattern measurement methods and pattern measurement equipment Oct. 23, 2012
8295581 Method and apparatus for detecting defects in optical components Oct. 23, 2012
8290243 System and method for inspection Oct. 16, 2012
8290242 Defect inspection apparatus and defect inspection method Oct. 16, 2012
8290239 Automatic repair of electric circuits Oct. 16, 2012
8290238 Method and apparatus for locating objects Oct. 16, 2012
8285031 Pattern inspection apparatus and method Oct. 9, 2012
8285030 Determining calibration parameters for a lithographic process Oct. 9, 2012
8283630 Method and apparatus for measuring dimension of circuit pattern formed on substrate by using scanning electron microscope Oct. 9, 2012
8275188 System and method for inspecting chips in a tray Sep. 25, 2012
8270703 Defect inspection apparatus, defect inspection method, and manufacture method for semiconductor device Sep. 18, 2012
8264535 Method and apparatus for analyzing a group of photolithographic masks Sep. 11, 2012
8264534 Method and apparatus for processing the image data of the surface of a wafer recorded by at least one camera Sep. 11, 2012
8263296 Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method Sep. 11, 2012
8260035 Threshold determination in an inspection system Sep. 4, 2012
8260034 Multi-modal data analysis for defect identification Sep. 4, 2012
8260031 Pattern inspection apparatus, pattern inspection method, and computer-readable recording medium storing a program Sep. 4, 2012
8260029 Pattern shape inspection method and apparatus thereof Sep. 4, 2012
8254663 Ultrafine lithography pattern inspection using multi-stage TDI image sensors with false image removability Aug. 28, 2012
8254662 System for monitoring foreign particles, process processing apparatus and method of electronic commerce Aug. 28, 2012
8254661 System and method for generating spatial signatures Aug. 28, 2012
8253077 Substrate processing method, computer-readable storage medium and substrate processing system Aug. 28, 2012
8249354 System and method for finding edge points of an object Aug. 21, 2012
8249331 Method and system for evaluating an object Aug. 21, 2012
8243273 Enhanced OVL dummy field enabling "on-the-fly" OVL measurement methods Aug. 14, 2012
8238645 Inspection system and a method for detecting defects based upon a reference frame Aug. 7, 2012
8233699 Inspection system and a method for detecting defects based upon a reference frame Jul. 31, 2012
8233697 Method and device for generating digital still pictures of wafer-shaped elements during a production process Jul. 31, 2012
8233696 Simultaneous wafer ID reading Jul. 31, 2012
8233039 Microscope image pickup system Jul. 31, 2012
8229206 Photomask inspection method Jul. 24, 2012
8229205 Pattern matching method in manufacturing semiconductor memory devices Jul. 24, 2012
8224605 Inspection standard setting device, inspection standard setting method and process inspection device Jul. 17, 2012
8224070 Three-dimensional measuring device Jul. 17, 2012
8224061 Method, program product, and apparatus for performing a model based coloring process for pattern decomposition for use in a multiple exposure process Jul. 17, 2012
8223403 Inspection apparatus, inspection method and manufacturing method of mask for exposure, and mask for exposure Jul. 17, 2012
8219940 Method and apparatus for removing dummy features from a data structure Jul. 10, 2012
8219215 Electronic device properties control Jul. 10, 2012
8213739 Method and system of performing detection on an imaging device Jul. 3, 2012











 
 
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