Researchers at KU Leuven and imec published a technical paper on automatic defect inspection algorithms for semiconductor manufacturing using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images.
The paper discusses the importance of these algorithms due to the increasing defectivity in semiconductor manufacturing caused by shrinking device patterns.
The research aims to analyze and categorize various automatic defect inspection algorithms used in SEM image analysis for semiconductor manufacturing.
The open access paper titled 'Scanning electron microscopy-based automatic defect inspection for semiconductor manufacturing: a systematic review' was published in the Journal of Micro/Nanopatterning, Materials, and Metrology in May 2025.