KLA
Utility Patents

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List of all KLA patents 126 in total

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Utility: Grey-mode scanning scatterometry overlay metrology External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Apr 2022
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Utility: Pupil-plane beam scanning for metrology External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Apr 2022
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Utility: System, method, and target for wafer alignment External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Apr 2022
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Utility: Method and apparatus for beam stabilization and reference correction for EUV inspection External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 5 Apr 2022
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Utility: Advanced in-line part average testing External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 5 Apr 2022
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Utility: Method of measuring misregistration in the manufacture of topographic semiconductor device wafers External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 22 Mar 2022
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Utility: Reference image generation for semiconductor applications External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 15 Mar 2022
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Utility: Laser produced plasma illuminator with low atomic number cryogenic target External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 8 Mar 2022
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Utility: Variable aperture mask External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 8 Mar 2022
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Utility: System and method for protecting optics from vacuum ultraviolet light External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 1 Mar 2022
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Utility: Laser produced plasma illuminator with liquid sheet jet target External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 22 Feb 2022
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Utility: Strontium tetraborate as optical glass material External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 22 Feb 2022
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Utility: Characterization system and method with guided defect discovery External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 22 Feb 2022
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Utility: Imaging overlay targets using Moire elements and rotational symmetry arrangements External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 22 Feb 2022
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Utility: Per-site residuals analysis for accurate metrology measurements External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 15 Feb 2022
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Utility: Sensitive particle detection with spatially-varying polarization rotator and polarizer External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 8 Feb 2022
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Utility: Sample positioning system and method External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 8 Feb 2022
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Utility: Frequency conversion using stacked strontium tetraborate plates External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 1 Feb 2022
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Utility: Arrayed column detector External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 1 Feb 2022
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Utility: Multi-environment polarized infrared reflectometer for semiconductor metrology External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 25 Jan 2022
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Utility: Determining metrology-like information for a specimen using an inspection tool External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Jan 2022
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Utility: System and method for wafer-by-wafer overlay feedforward and lot-to-lot feedback control External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Jan 2022
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Utility: Plasmonic photocathode emitters External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 4 Jan 2022
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Utility: Performance optimized scanning sequence for eBeam metrology and inspection External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 28 Dec 2021
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Utility: Six degree of freedom workpiece stage External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 28 Dec 2021
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Utility: System and method for semiconductor device print check alignment External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 14 Dec 2021
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Utility: Systems and methods for advanced defect ablation protection External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 23 Nov 2021
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Utility: Periodic semiconductor device misregistration metrology system and method External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 23 Nov 2021
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Utility: Image noise reduction using stacked denoising auto-encoder External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 9 Nov 2021
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Utility: Misregistration metrology by using fringe Moire and optical Moire effects External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 2 Nov 2021
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Utility: Vacuum actuator containment for molecular contaminant and particle mitigation External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 26 Oct 2021
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Utility: Process monitoring of deep structures with X-ray scatterometry External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Oct 2021
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Utility: Soft x-ray optics with improved filtering External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 12 Oct 2021
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Utility: Mid-infrared spectroscopy for measurement of high aspect ratio structures External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 5 Oct 2021
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Utility: System and method for defining flexible regions on a sample during inspection External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 21 Sep 2021
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Utility: System and method for reducing printable defects on extreme ultraviolet pattern masks External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 14 Sep 2021
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Utility: Unsupervised learning-based reference selection for enhanced defect inspection sensitivity External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 14 Sep 2021
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Utility: Methods and systems for measurement of thick films and high aspect ratio structures External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 14 Sep 2021
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Utility: System and method for pumping laser sustained plasma with interlaced pulsed illumination sources External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 14 Sep 2021
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Utility: Defect candidate generation for inspection External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 7 Sep 2021
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Utility: Pattern-to-design alignment for one-dimensional unique structures External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 7 Sep 2021
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Utility: Back-illuminated sensor and a method of manufacturing a sensor External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 7 Sep 2021
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Utility: Apparatus, method and computer program product for defect detection in work pieces External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 31 Aug 2021
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Utility: Visualization of three-dimensional semiconductor structures External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 24 Aug 2021
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Utility: Parameter-stable misregistration measurement amelioration in semiconductor devices External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 24 Aug 2021
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Utility: Inspection sensitivity improvements for optical and electron beam inspection External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 17 Aug 2021
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Utility: Deep learning networks for nuisance filtering External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 10 Aug 2021
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Utility: Metrology target for scanning metrology External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 27 Jul 2021
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Utility: Multi-dimensional model of optical dispersion External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 13 Jul 2021
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Utility: Scatterometry based methods and systems for measurement of strain in semiconductor structures External link
Filling date: 6 Sep 2025 Issue date: 13 Jul 2021

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