Spectroscopic device, spectroscopic method using the same, and method of fabricating semiconductor memory device using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12593659-B2
Application number	US-202217895486-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2022
Priority date	Nov 17, 2021
Publication date	Mar 31, 2026
Grant date	Mar 31, 2026

Abstract

A spectroscopic device may include a light source part configured to emit a first light toward a target object, the light source part including a main light source and a plurality of auxiliary light sources, a diffraction part including a diffraction grating configured to diffract a second light that is produced based on the first light being reflected from the target object, the diffraction grating configured to produce a third light that is the diffracted second light, a detection part configured to detect the third light, and an analyzing part connected to the detection part. The detection part may include a plurality of pixels and an actuator. The plurality of auxiliary light sources may be configured to emit light rays of different wavelengths. The actuator may be configured to rotate and move the detection part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A spectroscopic device, comprising:
a light source part configured to emit a first light toward a target object, the light source part including a main light source and a plurality of auxiliary light sources, the plurality of auxiliary light sources configured to emit light rays of different wavelengths such that the first light includes first light rays of the different wavelengths; a diffraction part including a diffraction grating configured to diffract a second light to produce a third light, the second light produced based on the first light being reflected from the target object; a detection part configured to detect the third light, the detection part including a plurality of pixels and an actuator; and an analyzing part connected to the detection part, wherein the actuator is configured to rotate and move the detection part, wherein the analyzing part is configured to determine wavelength information corresponding to a first pixel of the plurality of pixels based on a second pixel of the plurality of pixels detecting the third light.

2 . The spectroscopic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a slit part between the diffraction part and the detection part, the slit part configured to enable transmission of the third light through the slit part.

3 . The spectroscopic device of claim 1 , wherein the actuator is configured to move the detection part in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction.

4 . The spectroscopic device of claim 3 , wherein
the second light includes second light rays and the third light includes third light rays, the diffraction grating of the diffraction part is configured to cause the second light rays of the second light to be diffracted into the third light rays of the third light such that each respective second light ray of the second light is diffracted at a separate, respective angle of diffraction that is proportional to a respective wavelength of the respective second light ray to produce a separate third light ray of the third light, the diffraction grating of the diffraction part is configured to cause the third light rays of the third light to be emitted at different angles from the diffraction grating, and the actuator is configured to move the detection part in the horizontal direction such that the third light is incident on a center of a top surface of the detection part.

5 . The spectroscopic device of claim 3 , wherein the actuator is configured to rotate the detection part in a direction inclined to the vertical direction such that the plurality of pixels of the detection part have position-dependent resolutions per pixel.

6 . The spectroscopic device of claim 1 , wherein a wavelength spectrum of the first light ranges from 100 nm to 1000 nm.

7 . The spectroscopic device of claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the detection part has a flat shape or a curved shape.

8 . A spectroscopic method using a spectroscopic device, wherein the spectroscopic device includes a light source part including a main light source and a plurality of auxiliary light sources, a diffraction part including a diffraction grating, a detection part including a plurality of pixels and an actuator, and an analyzing part connected to the detection part, wherein the spectroscopic method comprises:
directing a first light, which is emitted from the light source part, to be incident on a target object such that a second light is reflected from the target object based on the first light being incident on the target object; diffracting the second light reflected from the target object to produce a third light; detecting the third light; rotating and moving the detection part using the actuator to change a resolution per pixel of at least some pixels of the plurality of pixels in a wavelength-dependent manner; obtaining information on wavelengths according to positions of the plurality of pixels of the detection part; and determining wavelength information corresponding to a first pixel of the plurality of pixels based on obtaining information on wavelengths corresponding to a second pixel of the plurality of pixels by detecting the third light with the second pixel, wherein the plurality of auxiliary light sources are configured to emit light rays of different wavelengths.

9 . The spectroscopic method of claim 8 , wherein the actuator is configured to move the detection part in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction.

10 . The spectroscopic method of claim 9 , wherein the actuator is configured to move the detection part in the horizontal direction such that the third light is incident on a center of a top surface of the detection part.

11 . The spectroscopic method of claim 9 , wherein the actuator is configured to rotate the detection part in a direction inclined to the vertical direction such that the plurality of pixels of the detection part have position-dependent resolutions per pixel.

12 . The spectroscopic method of claim 8 , wherein
the target object is a semiconductor substrate, and a single thin film or a stack including a plurality of thin films is on the semiconductor substrate, and the spectroscopic method further includes determining a thickness of the single thin film or the stack on the semiconductor substrate based on processing the information on the wavelengths according to the positions of the plurality of pixels of the detection part.

13 . The spectroscopic method of claim 8 , wherein
the obtaining of the information on the wavelengths according to the positions of the plurality of pixels comprises calculating a wavelength of a signal measured from an arbitrary pixel, and the calculating of the wavelength of the signal measured from the arbitrary pixel includes
representing respective wavelengths of respective signals obtained from respective pixels of the plurality of pixels as a function equation of respective pixel numbers of the plurality of pixels,
calculating coefficients of the function equation through auxiliary signals of the plurality of auxiliary light sources, and
substituting a pixel number of the arbitrary pixel into the function equation.

14 . The spectroscopic method of claim 13 , wherein
the function equation is an m-th order function equation, where m is a natural number, and a quantity of the plurality of auxiliary light sources is (m+1).

15 . A method of fabricating a semiconductor memory device, the method comprising:
forming a mold structure including interlayer dielectric layers and sacrificial layers, which are alternately and repeatedly stacked on a substrate; forming vertical channel holes to penetrate the mold structure; performing a spectroscopic process on the mold structure and the vertical channel holes; forming vertical channel structures in the vertical channel holes; and forming gate electrodes to fill empty spaces, the empty spaces are formed based on selectively removing the sacrificial layers of the mold structure, wherein the spectroscopic process includes
directing a first light, which is emitted from a light source part including a main light source and a plurality of auxiliary light sources, to be incident on the mold structure such that a second light is reflected from the mold structure based on the first light being incident on the mold structure;
diffracting the second light reflected from the mold structure to produce a third light;
detecting the third light;
rotating and moving a detection part including an actuator and a plurality of pixels to change a resolution per pixel of at least some pixels of the plurality of pixels in a w

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Jaeho
• Kim Souk
• Sohn Younghoon

Classifications

• H10B43/27

  the channels comprising vertical portions, e.g. U-shaped channels · CPC title

• H10B43/10

  characterised by the top-view layout · CPC title

• G01J3/18

  using diffraction elements, e.g. grating (gratings per se G02B) · CPC title

• G02B5/18

  Diffraction gratings {(holographic optical elements G02B5/32, G03H; integrally combined with optical fibres G02B6/02057; for coupling light guides G02B6/34; integrally combined with optical integrated light guides G02B6/12; grating systems G02B27/44)} · CPC title

• H10B43/35

  with cell select transistors, e.g. NAND · CPC title