Patent ID: 7049587
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: G01N,G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for inspecting a specimen, comprising: inspection means having a sensor to detect an actual image of a pattern formed on a specimen to be inspected and a processor to process the detected actual image to extract a defect candidate of the pattern with its location information; output means for outputting an actual image of the extracted defect candidate and data including location information of the defect candidate; information transfer means for transferring information outputted from the output means; store means for storing information outputted from the output means and transferred by the information transfer means; and processing means having a display screen for processing the information stored in the store means and for displaying the processed information on the display screen; wherein said processing means simultaneously displays defect candidate distribution data in a wafer map format on the display screen and an enlarged actual image of a defect candidate on the display screen.