Abstract:
A purpose of the present invention is to provide: a pattern height measurement device capable of high-precision measurement of the dimensions of a fine pattern, in the height direction; and a charged particle beam device. In order to achieve the purpose, this pattern height measurement device comprises a calculation device that finds the dimensions of a sample, in the height direction, on the basis of first reflected light information obtained by dispersing light that is reflected when the sample is irradiated with light. The calculation device: finds second reflected light information on the basis of a formula for the relationship between the value for the dimension in the sample surface direction of a pattern formed upon the sample, obtained by irradiation of a charged particle beam on the sample, the value for the dimension in the height direction of the sample, and reflected light information; compares a second reflected light intensity and the first reflected light information; and outputs, as the dimension in the height direction of the pattern, the value for the dimension in the height direction of the sample in the second reflected light information when the first reflected light information and the second reflected light information fulfil prescribed conditions.

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
       [0001]    The present invention relates to a height measurement device that measures a height of a pattern or the like formed on a sample, particularly to a height measurement device that measures a height of a fine pattern. 
       BACKGROUND ART 
       [0002]    In the further, process control is expected to be very important, when an electron microscope or an optical inspection device is used, with miniaturization of semiconductor devices. PTL 1 discloses a film thickness measuring device that measures a film thickness of a thin film, during a flattening process of the thin film as one process of semiconductor manufacturing processes. PTL 1 describes the film thickness measuring device that irradiates the thin film with white light so as to evaluate a state of processing performed using a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) method, and performs film thickness measurement, on the basis of spectral analysis of reflected light. 
       CITATION LIST 
     Patent Literature 
       [0003]    [PTL 1] Japanese Patent No. 4460659 (corresponding U.S. Pat. No. 6,753,972) 
       SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     Technical Problem 
       [0004]    With currently growing demand for higher integration of additional semiconductor devices, three-dimensional structuring of a pattern that configures a circuit is developed. With the development of the three-dimensional structure, control of dimension of the pattern in a height direction is expected to be highly important. Although the film thickness measuring device as disclosed in PTL 1 is suitable for measuring the film thickness of the thin film having a thickness which is uniform over a broad range, it is difficult to perform evaluation of a fine pattern having, for example, a line width of several nm to tens of nm. 
         [0005]    On the other hand, high integration of semiconductor devices has mainly aimed at densification through miniaturization of a pattern that configures a circuit, and thus, in order to evaluate a line width or the like of the pattern, which is formed to be several nm to tens of nm, for example, a critical dimension-scanning electron microscope (CD-SEM) has been used. However, the electron microscope having a depth of focus, which is relatively deeper than that of the optical inspection device, is a device that is not suitable for measuring the height direction. 
         [0006]    As described above, it is difficult for both of the optical film thickness measuring device and the electron microscope to measure the dimension of a fine pattern in the height direction, the advent of a device that measures the dimension of the fine pattern in the height direction with high accuracy is expected to be desirable, for further three-dimensional structuring of the semiconductor devices in the future. 
         [0007]    Hereinafter, a height measurement device that aims to measure dimensions of a fine pattern in a height direction with high accuracy; and a charged particle beam device are proposed. 
       Solution to Problem 
       [0008]    As an aspect to achieve the object described above, there is provided a pattern height measurement device that is provided with a calculation device that calculates a dimension of a sample in a height direction, on the basis of first reflected light information acquired by dispersing reflected light produced when the sample is irradiated with light. The calculation device calculates second reflected light information on the basis of a formula for a relationship between a value for dimension of a pattern formed on the sample in a surface direction of the sample, which is obtained by irradiating the sample with a charged particle beam, a value for a dimension of the sample in the height direction, and reflected light information, compares the second reflected light intensity and the first reflected light information, and outputs, as the dimension of the pattern in the height direction, a value for the dimension of the sample in the height direction in the second reflected light information, which is obtained when the first reflected light information and the second reflected light information satisfy a predetermined condition. 
         [0009]    As another aspect to achieve the object described above, there is provided a charged particle beam device that is provided with a calculation device that measures a dimension of a pattern formed on a sample, on the basis of a detection signal acquired by scanning of a charged particle beam emitted from a charged particle source, the charged particle beam device including: an optical device that detects reflected light produced when the sample is irradiated with light. The calculation device calculates a height of the pattern on the basis of first reflected light information of the optical device, and the detection signal acquired by scanning of the charged particle beam. 
       Advantageous Effects of Invention 
       [0010]    In this configuration described above, it is possible to measure a dimension of a fine pattern in a height direction with accuracy. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         [0011]      FIG. 1  is a diagram illustrating an overview of a pattern height measurement device. 
           [0012]      FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating a concept of height measurement. 
           [0013]      FIG. 3  is a flowchart illustrating processes of the height measurement using an optical microscope and an electron microscope. 
           [0014]      FIG. 4  is a diagram illustrating an example of a scanning electron microscope including the optical microscope. 
           [0015]      FIG. 5  is a diagram illustrating an example of a measurement system including the optical microscope and the scanning electron microscope. 
           [0016]      FIG. 6  is a flowchart illustrating processes of the height measurement using the optical microscope and the electron microscope. 
       
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
       [0017]    An example to be described below relates to a measurement device that mainly measures a height of a semiconductor device or the like, and a computer program for causing a computer to execute calculation for height measurement. In recent years, necessity of measurement of a height of a fine shape highly increases in manufacturing processes of a semiconductor device. For example, since a Fin line pattern of a FinFET device having a three-dimensional structure is a passage of a switching current, it is necessary to achieve evenness in not only a line width, but also a height dimension. In order to perform process control of a fine pattern, it is desirable to use a charged particle beam device such as an electron microscope that is capable of performing evaluation of the fine pattern. However, since it is difficult to acquire information of a height direction from a top-down image obtained through beam irradiation in a perpendicular direction with respect to a sample surface direction, it is considered to measure a dimension of a pattern in the height direction by tilting an electron beam of the electron microscope and observing a side wall or the like of the pattern in an inclined direction. 
         [0018]    However, in recent years, miniaturization is developed in a device structure. When an interval between adjacent two lines is only 20 nm, in order to measure a height by viewing a bottom positioned about 40 nm below therefrom, the beam has to be tilted by a tilting angle of about several degrees from the vertical axis. Under such restricted conditions, it is very difficult to measure the height by a degree of nanometer with accuracy. In addition, when a height dimension is to be measured by means other than the electron microscope, in a mass-production factory of a device, problems has arisen in that a throughput or measurement accuracy is degraded, or machine maintenance costs increase, and thus it is not possible to perform application to production. 
         [0019]    Examples to be described below propose a charged particle beam device, a measurement system, and a measurement device which include measurement means that is good in all of the throughput, the measurement accuracy, and the machine maintenance costs, by modifying the electron microscope to the smallest extent. 
         [0020]    Hereinafter, a height measurement device that includes an optical microscope and an electron microscope will be described. The height measurement device causes white light to be incident to a light path of the optical microscope, analyzes, by using a pseudo thin film analysis method, an optical spectrum obtained by measuring reflected light from a wafer, and calculates a height of a fine pattern. Particularly, a height evaluating method using both of height evaluation results by the optical microscope and dimension measurement results by the electron microscope is described. According to such a method, it is possible to perform the height measurement of the fine pattern with high accuracy, and, as a result, it is possible to perform control of process change in an up-to-date device to which development of three-dimensional structuring is applied. 
         [0021]      FIG. 1  illustrates an example of a device configuration of height measurement. The electron microscope illustrated in  FIG. 1  is an electron microscope that aims at dimension measurement of a semiconductor device pattern, and further is provided with an optical microscope for observing a positioning pattern formed on a wafer. In the electron microscope, a magnification of 1,000 times or higher is used; however, in order to find the positioning pattern formed on a wafer having a diameter of 300 mm, it is difficult to efficiently find the pattern because a field of sight is too narrow with too high magnification. The electron microscope illustrated in  FIG. 1  is provided with the optical microscope that is capable of being used in observation under low magnification. According to the electron microscope provided with the optical microscope, it is possible to control a position of the semiconductor device pattern on a wafer, as a coordinate representing a relative position with respect to the positioning pattern. In order to automatically measure a pattern dimension, it is desirable to perform control, based on an algorithm of searching for the positioning pattern in the optical microscope. 
         [0022]    In the example, an example, in which a half mirror is mainly disposed on a light path of the optical microscope for observation of the positioning pattern, and thereby the optical microscope has two functions of detecting the positioning pattern and performing the height measurement, is described. Note that the half mirror may move on the light path only when the height measurement is performed so as not to interfere with the light path when the observation of the positioning pattern is performed. 
         [0023]    A light source of the optical microscope is, for example, a halogen lamp, and white light including light having a wavelength of about 300 nm to 800 nm passes through a polarizer, is reflected from the half mirror, and is guided into the optical microscope. The light source may be a combination of a plurality of LEDs that emit only a specific wavelength. The light reflected from the wafer is condensed in the optical microscope, passes through the half mirror, and is transmitted to an optical spectrometer via an optical fiber. In the optical spectrometer, a spectrum indicating intensity of light due to the wavelength is detected as spectral reflection ratio. Meanwhile, spectra at various heights of the pattern on the wafer are listed as theoretically calculated values, a pattern height is obtained when the theoretically calculated value is most equal to a measurement spectrum, and the result is output as the pattern height. 
         [0024]    Before or after the measurement by using the optical microscope, the pattern dimension obtained when the front surface of the wafer is observed in a top-down direction with the electron microscope is measured. This dimension is substituted in theoretical calculation of the spectrum, and the theoretically calculated value is obtained with higher accuracy. 
         [0025]    In addition, a reflective sample is disposed on or in the vicinity of the wafer, and a spectrum obtained by measuring the dimensions before and after the measurement described above may be subtracted from the spectrum obtained by measuring the device pattern. In this manner, it is possible to cancel errors occurring due to changes with time of the polarizer, the half mirror, the light path of the white light, the optical microscope, or the optical fiber or the like. The reflective sample may be a piece of a mirror wafer on which no pattern is formed. Otherwise, a region without a pattern on the top surface of the wafer, on which the pattern is formed, may be measured as the reflective sample. 
         [0026]      FIG. 2  is a view illustrating a principle of height measurement of the pattern by using both of the optical microscope and a scanning electron microscope. For example, a device pattern has a straight line shape, thus, W represents a width when viewed in the top-down direction, P represents a pitch when the lines are aligned at equal intervals, and h represents a height of the pattern. In recent years, in the device pattern, since for example, W is about 20 nm, a wavelength of the white light, with which a sample is irradiated, is about 300 nm at the shortest, a condition that the width is a tenth of the wavelength is satisfied. 
         [0027]    When the measurement is performed with the white light under such a condition, the pattern is too fine for the wavelength of the white light as probe light, and thus it is possible to achieve approximation by a thin film of a medium obtained by a homogeneously mixture of a material of the line pattern, such as silicon, a material between the lines, that is, vacuum. Such a medium is referred to as an effective medium. 
         [0028]    When e a  and e b  represent the known permittivities (complex number) of the silicon and the vacuum, respectively, permittivity e of the effective medium is approximated by the following formula. 
         [0000]        e=fe   a +(1− f ) e   b   Formula (1)
 
         [0000]        f=W/P   Formula (2)
 
         [0029]    The permittivity is a spectrum that varies depending on the wavelength. It is possible to calculate a spectrum of reflected light by a Fresnel formula with e and a film thickness d of the effective heterogeneity. Since e a  and e b  are already known, and W and P are not a variable value but a measurement value by the CD-SEM, d is obtained when a shape of a spectrum of reflection ratio R(e, d) calculated with the film thickness d as a variable is most identical with an actually measured reflection spectrum. It is possible to consider that d equals to the height h of an actual line/space pattern. 
         [0030]    In addition, Formula (1) is a formula used in a case where a polarizing state of light is mainly parallel to the line/space pattern, and the following Formula (3) is used in a case where the polarizing state of light is orthogonal to the line/space pattern. 
         [0000]      1/ e=f/e   a +(1− f )/ e   b   Formula (3)
 
         [0031]    In addition, polarization plates are disposed between the optical fiber and the half mirror, and between the light source and the half mirror, respectively in the optical microscope, and thereby it is possible to switch between the polarizing states according to a direction of the line/space pattern. The two polarization plates are disposed to have orientations parallel to each other, the two polarization plates are caused to simultaneously rotate, and thereby it is possible to switch between the polarizing states parallel or orthogonal to the line/space pattern. 
         [0032]    Incidentally, as a method different from the height measurement method described above, a measurement method called scatterometry is known. In this method, laser light is reflected on the sample, and a shape of a cross section of the pattern is estimated from the reflection spectrum. In this method, the reflection spectra formed when the shape of the cross section variously changes are obtained in advance, by calculation, a cross section, which provides a calculated spectrum that is closest to the measured reflection spectrum, is searched for, and the searched spectrum is used as the measurement result. 
         [0033]    The scatterometry is a method different from an analysis method or the like using a Fresnel thin film reflection formula as in the example. 
         [0034]    In the scatterometry, interference light produced when light having a specific wavelength reaches a three-dimensional structure of a device pattern and is reflected therefrom is obtained by calculating with a geometric model. In this method, since calculation time is taken for an enormous amount of calculation, interference light needs to be calculated and to be organized in a database for various cross sections, and thus a problem arises in that costs increase in mass production. 
         [0035]    On the other hand, in the example, the sample is not considered as a three-dimensional structure, but is considered as an even thin film, and thus it is possible to analytically calculate spectra using Fresnel thin film reflection formula. In this manner, since calculation time is little taken, and thus the database does not need to be prepared, it is possible to reduce costs in mass production. 
         [0036]      FIG. 3  is a view illustrating a procedure of height measurement of the pattern by using the optical microscope and the scanning electron microscope. First, the positioning pattern is searched for on the wafer with the optical microscope, and the position of the wafer is adjusted (Step  1 ). Step  1  is an important process for automatically measuring the pattern dimension by the electron microscope, and it is possible to know a coordinate of the position having a known positional relationship between measured patterns by positioning. 
         [0037]    Next, the wafer is moved such that the pattern as a measurement target enters the field of sight of the optical microscope, on the basis of the positional coordinate designated in Step  1  (Step  2 ). For example, in a case where a measurement size of the optical microscope is about 50 micron, a stage, on which the wafer is positioned, is caused to move such that the measurement target pattern is included in a range of 50 micron. The half mirror is disposed on the light path of the optical microscope (Step  3 ). The half mirror is caused to move such that an angle of a front surface of the half mirror with respect to the light path is constant all the times in a case where the half mirror is caused to move on the light path from a position out of the light path of the optical microscope. In this case, a rail for moving of the half mirror may be prepared, and the half mirror may move on the rail by motor driving. 
         [0038]    In a state in which the half mirror is inserted on the light path of the optical microscope, the dimension measurement target pattern and the reflection spectrum of the reflective sample are measured (Steps  4  and  5 ). After the measurement of the reflection spectrum is ended, the half mirror is retracted from the light path of the optical microscope (Step  6 ). The half mirror is retracted from the light path of the optical microscope, and thereby the state in which it is possible to measure the film thickness is switched to the state in which it is possible to acquire an image of the positioning pattern image. 
         [0039]    Next, the measurement target pattern is positioned in the field of sight of the scanning electron microscope, and dimension measurement of the pattern is performed on the basis of the image of the measurement target pattern, which is obtained on the basis of the scanning of the electron beam, or a waveform signal (Step  7 ). 
         [0040]    The thickness of the thin film is obtained on the basis of the value for dimension of the pattern (light width or pitch) obtained by the above process, and a reflection spectrum of the reflective sample and the actually measured pattern, convert the thickness of the corresponding thin film into the pattern height, and a height of the pattern is output (Steps  8  and  9 ). Note that the height h of the pattern obtained as above, a width Wt of the upper side of the pattern measured by the electron microscope, width Wb of the lower side, and thus it is possible to obtain an inclined angle θ of the side wall of the pattern by the following Formula. 
         [0000]      θ=arctan {(2× h /( Wb−Wt ))  Formula (4)
 
         [0041]    In such means, it is possible to measure the pattern height of the fine pattern, which is difficult to be seen in the optical microscope, with accuracy, and using the optical microscope. 
         [0042]    Next, example described above will be specifically described.  FIG. 4  is a view illustrating an example of the height measurement device configured of a combined device of a scanning electron microscope  400  and an optical microscope  450 . The scanning electron microscope  400  is provided with built-in configurational element that is necessary for irradiating the sample with an electron beam, and forming a signal waveform or an image on the basis of a detection signal obtained on the basis of the beam irradiation. An electron beam  403 , which is drawn out by a lead electrode  402  from an electron source  401  and is accelerated by an acceleration electrode (not illustrated), is narrowed by a condenser lens  404  as an example of a focusing lens, and then is primarily and secondarily scanned by a scanning deflector  405  on a sample  408 . The electron beam  403  is decelerated by a negative voltage applied to an electrode embedded in a stage  409  and is focused due to a lens effect of an objective lens  406 , and then the sample  408  is irradiated with the electron beam. 
         [0043]    When the sample  408  is irradiated with the electron beam  403 , secondary electrons and electrons  410  such as backscattered electrons are emitted from corresponding irradiation position. The emitted electrons  410  are accelerated in an electron-source direction due to an acceleration effect based on the negative voltage applied to the sample, and collide with a conversion electrode  412 , and secondary electrons  411  are generated. The secondary electrons  411  emitted from the conversion electrode  412  are captured by a detector  413 , and an output of the detector  413  changes by an amount of captured secondary electrons. Brightness of a display device (not illustrated) changes depending on the output. For example, in a case where two-dimensional image is formed, a deflecting signal to the scanning deflector  405  is synchronized with the output of the detector  413 , and an image of the scanning region is formed. In addition, in the scanning electron microscope illustrated in  FIG. 4 , a beam deflector (not illustrated) that moves over a scanning region of the electron beam is provided. The beam deflector is used to shape an image or the like of the patterns having the same shape which are positioned at different positions. The beam deflector is also referred to as an image shift beam deflector, and is capable of moving to position in the field of sight of the electron microscope without moving of the sample by the sample stage. The image shift deflector and the scanning deflector as common beam deflectors may superimpose a signal for image shifting on a signal for scanning, and the superimposed signal may be supplied to the beam deflector. 
         [0044]    Note that an example, in which the electrons emitted from the sample are once converted into conversion electrodes and the conversion electrodes are detected, is described in the example in  FIG. 4 ; however, it is needless to say that the configuration is not limited thereto, and, for example, it is possible to employ a configuration in which an electron multiplier tube or a detection surface of the detector is disposed on trajectories of the accelerated electrons. 
         [0045]    A control device  420  controls the configurations of the scanning electron microscope, and has a function of forming an image based on detected electron, and a function of measuring the width of the pattern formed on the sample, on the basis of distribution of intensity of the detection electrons referred to as a line profile. In addition, the control device  420  is provided with a built-in arithmetic processing unit that forms an image on the basis of the obtained signal and performs image processing on the image. The arithmetic processing unit will be described below in detail. 
         [0046]    The optical microscope  450  is disposed in a sample chamber  451  separately from the scanning electron microscope  400 . Note that the example in which the optical microscope  450  is disposed in the sample chamber  451  is illustrated in the example in  FIG. 4 ; however, the configuration is not limited thereto, and, for example, the optical microscope  450  may be disposed in a preliminary exhaust chamber (not illustrated) of which the atmosphere, in which the sample is positioned, is changed to have the same degree of vacuum as the sample chamber  451  before the sample such as the wafer is introduced in the sample chamber  451 . The optical microscope  450  is provided with a built-in light source  452  and a built-in optical element  453  that adjusts optical conditions of the beam emitted from the light source  452 . In addition, the optical microscope is provided with a built-in half mirror  455  that polarizes the beam emitted from the light source  452  toward the sample and allows the reflected light from the sample to pass through, a built-in objective lens  454  for magnifying an observation target, and a built-in light receiving element  456  that receives reflected light from the sample. A light signal received by the light receiving element  456  is dispersed by an optical spectrometer  457 , and is sent to the control device  420  such that the following processes are to be performed thereon. In addition, the optical microscope  450  is provided with a moving mechanism  458  for causing the half mirror  455  to move between an optical axis and another position out of the optical axis of the optical microscope  450 . The control device  420  controls the moving mechanism  458  in accordance with a measurement algorithm which will be described below. 
         [0047]    In addition, a reference sample  459  that is made in accordance with the same conditions as the sample  408  is mounted on the stage  409  of the scanning electron microscope illustrated in  FIG. 4 . Since the reference sample  459  is made in the same processes as the measurement target pattern except that the pattern is not formed on the reference sample, it is possible to use in correction of errors produced on the basis of the changes with time described above. 
         [0048]    Note that, in  FIG. 4 , the combined device of the scanning electron microscope  400  and the optical microscope  450  is described; however, the scanning electron microscope  400  and the optical microscope  450  may be provided as separated devices, the detection signal obtained from the microscope and the microscope may be acquired via network, or a measurement system configured to have the arithmetic processing unit that performs measurement of the pattern may be configured.  FIG. 5  is a view illustrating an example of a measurement system configured to have the scanning electron microscope  400 , the optical microscope  450 , and an arithmetic processing unit  501  that performs measurement of the pattern, based on the detection signals obtained from the microscopes. The processes performed in the arithmetic processing unit  501  may be performed by the control device  420  illustrated in  FIG. 4 . 
         [0049]    The arithmetic processing unit  501  supplies, to the scanning electron microscope  400  and the optical microscope  450 , a control signal including measurement conditions and observation conditions, and is provided with an arithmetic processing portion  304  which performs processing in relation to the measurement of the pattern on the basis of the detection signal and the detection results obtained by the scanning electron microscope  400  and the optical microscope  450 , and a memory  505  that stores a recipe as an operation information that determines the measurement conditions and the observation conditions, measurement result, or a calculation formula illustrated on the example, or the like. The detection signal obtained by the scanning electron microscope  400  is supplied to an image processing hardware such as a CPU, ASIC, and FPGA which are provided in the arithmetic processing unit  501  in a built-in manner and subjected to image processing corresponding to the purpose. 
         [0050]    The arithmetic processing unit  504  is provided with a matching processing portion  506  that performs matching processing for designating a predetermined position on an image formed on the basis of the detection signal obtained by the scanning electron microscope  400  and the optical microscope  450 , a film thickness measuring portion  507  that measures a film thickness of a thin film formed on the sample on the basis of the signal obtained by the optical microscope  450 , a pattern dimension measuring portion  508  that measures a pattern dimension formed on the sample on the basis of the detection signal of the scanning electron microscope  400 , and a pattern height calculation portion  509  that calculates a pattern height on the basis of the detection signal obtained by both of the scanning electron microscope  400  and the optical microscope  450  in a built-in manner. 
         [0051]    The measurement conditions or the like can be set by an input device  503 , and a recipe for the measurement is generated on the basis of the setting. In addition, a sample coordinate may be designated by the input device  503 , and thereby design data of the corresponding coordinate may be read from design data storage medium  502 , and figure data formed on the basis of the read design data may be used as a template provided to the matching process of the matching processing portion  506 . 
         [0052]    The matching processing portion  506  performs the matching process on the image generated from the detection signal obtained by the scanning electron microscope  400  or the optical microscope  450 , by using the template recorded in advance. The film thickness measuring portion  507  and the pattern dimension measuring portion  508  perform predetermined measurement by positioning a beam or the optical axis at a measurement target position having a known positional relationship with the matching position. 
         [0053]      FIG. 6  is a flowchart illustrating processes of performing pattern height measurement by using the measurement device illustrated in the example in  FIG. 4 . Note that the measurement system as illustrated in  FIG. 5  can also perform the same measurement by linking to coordinate information of the scanning electron microscope  400  and the optical microscope  450 . When measurement is performed, first, the sample  408  is introduced to the sample chamber  451 , and the stage  409  is controlled such that an evaluation target portion is positioned under the optical axis of the optical microscope  405 , on the basis of coordinate information of an evaluation target portion (Steps  601  and  602 ). Next, an image of the sample is acquired by the optical microscope  450 , and pattern matching is performed on the acquired image by using a predetermined template (Steps  603  and  604 ). In the pattern matching process, in order to search for a measurement target pattern or a unique pattern positioned in the vicinity of the measurement target pattern, a template, on which the same pattern as the corresponding pattern is displayed, is prepared in advance, a degree of identity of the template and the image is evaluated, and thereby a desired position is designated. 
         [0054]    The measurement target pattern is accurately positioned on the optical axis of the optical microscope  450 , on the basis of a positioning process, and then the control device  420  drives the moving mechanism  458 , and inserts the half mirror  455  to the optical axis of the optical microscope  450  (Step  605 ). The half mirror  455  is inserted into the optical axis, and thereby the sample  408  can be irradiated with the beam emitted from the light source  452 . Next, the measurement target pattern is irradiated with the beam emitted from the light source  452 , and the detection of the reflection spectrum is performed (Step  606 ). The light received by the light receiving element  456  passes through an optical fiber and is dispersed for each wavelength by the optical spectrometer  457 , and reflection ratio (reflection light intensity) information of the wavelengths λ is transmitted to a storage medium installed in the control device  420 . 
         [0055]    Next, the stage  409  (sample stage) is driven such that the evaluation target pattern is positioned in the field of sight of the scanning electron microscope  400  on the basis of the coordinate information of the evaluation target pattern (evaluation target portion) (Step  607 ). The measurement target pattern is positioned in the field of sight of the scanning electron microscope  400 , then, for example, acquisition of a low magnification image, and positioning based on the pattern matching on the low magnification image are performed, and further positioning is performed with accuracy. The field of sight of the scanning electron microscope is accurately positioned on the measurement target pattern, then, the electron beam  403  is scanned one-dimensionally, or two-dimensionally, by the scanning deflector  405 , a brightness profile is formed, and thereby pattern dimension (line width W and pitch P) is measured (Step  608 ). W and P represent dimensions in the sample surface direction (X-Y direction) and d, which will be described below, represents a dimension in the Z direction. f is calculated using W and P, which are measured, and Formula (4), and e is obtained using f and Formula (1). Such calculation is performed by the control device  420  or the arithmetic processing portion  504 . 
         [0000]        f=W/P   Formula (4)
 
         [0056]    Note that the example, in which the pattern height is calculated on the basis of the permittivity e of the medium (substance existing on the normal passing trajectory of light) in Formulas 1 to 3; is described however, it is possible to use refractive index (complex number) N of light of the material. The following relationship is obtained between the permittivity e and a refractive index N. 
         [0000]        N=e   2   Formula (5)
 
         [0057]    Therefore, Formula (1) and Formula (3) can be described using the refractive index N of light of a material. 
         [0000]        N   1/2   =fN   a   1/2 +(1− f ) N   b   1/2   Formula (6)
 
         [0000]      1/ N   1/2   =f/N   a   1/2 +(1− f )/ N   b   1/2   Formula (7)
 
         [0058]    By using the Formulas, it is possible to obtain the refractive index N (N 1  to be described below) of the layer on which the pattern is formed, on the basis of an original refractive index N a  of the material of the pattern and the refractive index N b  of the vacuum. 
         [0059]    A method of calculating the reflection ratio R of the front surface is as follows. 
         [0060]    N 0  represents the refractive index of vacuum (region above the pattern of which the height is measured), N 1  represents the refractive index of the layer provided with the pattern, of which the height is measured, and N 2  represents the refractive index of the material positioned in a layer under the measurement target pattern. 
         [0061]    Since the refractive index of the vacuum, and the refractive index of silicon or SiO 2  as materials of the semiconductor device are already known, the indexes are stored in a predetermined storage medium in advance, and calculation for obtaining the refractive index N 1  is performed using the Formulas (1) and (2) described above. 
         [0062]    N 1  represents a value to which a value for the dimension obtained by the measurement by the scanning electron microscope is reflected. W represents the line width of the pattern, P represents the pitch, and f represents a value indicating a ratio of a size of a space in which the patterns are present to a space in which both the patterns and spaces between the patterns are present. 
         [0063]    Next, a reflection ratio r 1  of an interface between the vacuum and a layer on which the pattern is formed, and a reflection ratio r 2  of an interface between the layer on which the pattern is formed and a lower layer under the pattern are obtained, on the basis of the calculated N 1  and Formulas 8 and 9, and further the reflection ratio R is calculated on the basis of the corresponding r 1 , r 2 , and Formulas 10 and 11. 
         [0000]        r   1 =( N   0   −N   1 )/( N   0   +N   1 )  Formula (8)
 
         [0000]        r   2 =( N   1   −N   2 )/( N   1   +N   2 )  Formula (9)
 
         [0000]      2δ=4π/λ· d ·cos φ  Formula (10)
 
         [0000]        R =( r   1   +r   2   ·e   −i2     δ   )/(1+ r   1   ·r   2   ·e   −i2     δ   )  Formula (11)
 
         [0064]    The calculations of Formulas (4) to (11) can be performed by using the measurement values by the scanning electron microscope and the known information. A shape of a waveform spectrum obtained by plotting R described above for each wavelength λ of the light is considered to be changed by an amount of the formed pattern. Accordingly, d in Formula (10) is changed and the calculation is repeatedly performed, and a film thickness d is obtained when the waveform spectrum acquired by the optical microscope is identical to the waveform spectrum that is formed on the basis of the known information and the measurement value obtained by the scanning electron microscope. In the example in  FIG. 4 , since the beam emitted from the light source  452  is perpendicularly incident to the sample  408  via the half mirror  455 , φ is almost zero, and cos φ is 1. Note that 2δ represents a phase difference between a wave reflected from the surface of the layer as a height evaluation target and a wave that reciprocates through the corresponding layer and transmits through the front surface of the layer as the evaluation target. 
         [0065]    More specifically, R is calculated by changing λ from 200 nm to 800 nm per 1 nm for each different film thickness d, and a reflection spectrum for each film thickness d is calculated by plotting the corresponding R for each λ. The reflection spectra (second reflected light information) obtained by a plurality of calculations are compared to the reflection spectra (first reflected light information) actually obtained by the optical microscope, and it is possible to consider, as the pattern height h, the film thickness d obtained when the second waveform signal, which is closest to the first waveform signal is calculated. 
         [0066]    Note that, as a method for comparing two reflection spectra, the following methods are considered. Addition average values of degrees of deviation of R for each different wavelength are compared, and then the smallest addition average value is selected, or the film thickness d used in the calculation of appropriate R is selected by filtering the degrees of deviation of R, which is greater than or equal to a predetermined value. In addition, two comparison methods described above may be used together. Besides, it is possible to apply another method of evaluating a degree of similarity of two waveform shapes. 
         [0067]    Steps  609  to  612  in  FIG. 6  illustrate a flow of processes from the calculation of the spectrum to the process of selecting appropriate d. In the example in  FIG. 6 , the process of comparing an actually measured spectrum to a calculated spectrum is performed in a loop until identical spectra are found, and d is output as the pattern height when the degree of identity is confirmed. 
         [0068]    As described above, the actually measured spectrum is compared to the calculated spectrum obtained based on pattern information acquired by the scanning electron microscope, d of the calculated spectrum, with which the relationship between both satisfies the predetermined conditions (two spectra are identical, the degree of deviation of two spectra is a predetermined range or lower, or one spectrum has the highest degree of identity to the actually measured spectrum, of the plurality of calculated spectra (the lowest degree of deviation), or the like), is output as the pattern height, and thereby it is possible to obtain appropriate measurement results to which fine pattern information is reflected. 
         [0069]    Note that, in the examples described above, the example, in which the spectra are obtained while the film thickness d is changed, is described; however, a model of the spectra may be formed in advance for each combination of three parameters of W, P, and d, the model and the spectra obtained by the optical microscope may be compared to each other, and d of the most approximate model may be output as the pattern height. 
       REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 
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               400  scanning electron microscope 
               401  electron source 
               402  extraction electrode 
               403  electron beam 
               404  condenser lens 
               405  scanning deflector 
               406  objective lens 
               408  sample 
               409  stage 
               410  electron 
               411  secondary electron 
               412  conversion electrode 
               413  detector 
               420  control device 
               450  optical microscope 
               451  sample chamber 
               452  light source 
               453  optical element 
               454  objective lens 
               455  half mirror 
               456  light receiving element 
               457  optical spectrometer 
               458  moving mechanism 
               459  reference sample