Image preprocessing to improve the reliability of normalized correlation

Douglas D. Bacon

doi:10.1117/12.271243

15 April 1997 Image preprocessing to improve the reliability of normalized correlation

Douglas D. Bacon

Proceedings Volume 3029, Machine Vision Applications in Industrial Inspection V; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.271243
Event: Electronic Imaging '97, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Machine vision based alignment is a fundamental feature of many types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and normalized correlation based pattern finding remains commercially popular as a core of the alignment systems. Despite its strengths, normalized correlation search (NCS) alone often fails to find the correct pattern when given the kind of degradations and nonlinear image variations seen in some semiconductor processes. This paper discusses the utilization of image processing prior to the execution of the NCS algorithm as a way to improve alignment reliability.

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Douglas D. Bacon "Image preprocessing to improve the reliability of normalized correlation", Proc. SPIE 3029, Machine Vision Applications in Industrial Inspection V, (15 April 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.271243

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