A method for improving the measurement capability of multi-parameter
inspection systems includes performing a measuring procedure to acquire a
measured signature of a sample, calculating weighting factors
representing a correlation between structural parameters of the sample by
using a weighting algorithm, transforming the weighting factors into a
sampling function by using a transforming rule, updating the measured
signature to form an updated measured signature and generating a
plurality of updated nominal signatures according to the sampling
function, and comparing the updated measured signature and the updated
nominal signatures to determine the structural parameters of the sample.