Patent ID: 11860549
Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for determining a correction for control of at least one manufacturing apparatus used in a manufacturing process for providing structures to a region on a substrate, the region comprising a plurality of sub-regions; the method comprising:
obtaining measurement data relating to a process parameter of the manufacturing process for the region;
determining, by a hardware computer, a first layer correction for the at least one manufacturing apparatus based on the measurement data, wherein the first layer correction is configured for application with respect to a boundary region and a remainder of at least one of the sub-regions and configured to better correct the process parameter across the boundary between two of the sub-regions with respect to within the remainder of the two sub-regions in providing structures to a first layer of the substrate and wherein the determining of an amount or type of first layer correction for the boundary region of the at least one sub-region is dependent on the determining of an amount or type of first layer correction for the remainder of the at least one sub-region or vice versa;
determining a second layer correction for control of the manufacturing process based on a separate consideration for each of the plurality of sub-regions of the first layer, the second layer correction for providing second layer structures to the region on the substrate in a second layer and configured for a different size area than the first layer correction; and
applying the first layer and/or second layer correction for control of the at least one manufacturing apparatus and/or outputting a signal representing, or based on, the first layer and/or second layer correction to a tool or system for enabling control of the at least one manufacturing apparatus.