Patent ID: 9696268
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G01N,H01J

Claim:
1. A method for automated review of defects detected in a defective die on the target substrate, the method comprising: obtaining a results file that includes locations of the defects; performing an automated review of the defects using an secondary electron microscope (SEM) so as to obtain electron-beam images of the defects; performing an automated classification of the defects into types based on morphology of the defects as determined from the electron-beam images; selecting defects of a specific type for automated energy-dispersive x-ray (EDX) review; performing the automated EDX review on the defects of the specific type; and generating a defect pareto that is a distribution of defect frequency by type, wherein the defect pareto combines morphological and elemental information by dividing defects of the specific type based on morphology of the defects into multiple types depending on elemental information.