Liu, Ming-JieMing-JieLiuHuang, Yu-TangYu-TangHuangLIANG-CHIA CHENSendelbach, Matthew J.Schuch, Nivea G.2025-07-072025-07-072025-02-24https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-105007140723&origin=resultslisthttps://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/730606Optical image metrology is vital in semiconductor manufacturing, offering non-contact, high-resolution, high-speed measurements. This AI-driven approach integrates CNN with a physics-based 3D point spread function (PSF) for enhanced critical dimension (CD) measurement. A focused ion beam (FIB) artifact captures the PSF, while imaging noise is minimized using a parameterized 3D PSF from the Gibson-Lanni model with Zernike polynomials. A super-resolution CNN with Wiener deconvolution refines resolution. Preliminary experimental results show this method doubles the depth of field (DOF) and enables nanometer-accurate CD measurement, improving semiconductor manufacturing and automated optical inspection (AOI).Advanced semiconductor packagingAI deep learningAutomated Optical Inspection (AOI)Critical Dimension (CD)Optical MetrologySuper resolutionEnhancing critical dimension measurement with nanometer scale using CNNs and optical theory-derived 3D point spread functionconference paper10.1117/12.3051689