An after develop inspection tool considers tool-to-tool variability when
determining confidence score for wafers under inspection. A golden wafer
is used to calculate a RGB signature as well as the slope of the
individual RGB curves for different lamp intensities. These slopes are
normalized in order to generate a compensation factor for red values and
blue values within a signature. When a wafer is subsequently inspected at
an ADI station using a different lamp, the test wafer RGB signature is
likely captured at a different lamp intensity. Consequently, when
comparing the signatures, the golden wafer RGB signature is adjusted by
the compensation factors, based on the different lamp's intensity
setting, and this adjusted RGB signature is then used to determine
whether a defect exists on the test wafer.