Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiplexing control of multiple positional sensors in device manufacturing machines
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Application No.: US16947822Application Date: 2020-08-19
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Publication No.: US11862499B2Publication Date: 2024-01-02
- Inventor: Kiyki-Shiy Shang , Mikhail Taraboukhine , Venkata Raghavaiah Chowdhary Kode
- Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- Main IPC: H01L21/68
- IPC: H01L21/68 ; B25J9/16 ; B25J13/08 ; G01B11/27 ; G01B11/00 ; B25J11/00 ; H01L21/67

Abstract:
Implementations disclosed describe an integrated sensor controller comprising a sensor circuit and a logic circuit. The sensor circuit includes a light source driver to generate a driving signal, a demultiplexer to produce, using the driving signal, a plurality of output driving signals to be delivered to one of a plurality of sensors, and an amplifier to: receive a first signal from a first sensor, the first signal being associated with a first event representative of a position of a substrate within a device manufacturing machine, and generate a second signal. The sensor circuit further includes an analog-to-digital converter to receive the second signal and generate a third signal. The logic circuit includes a memory device and a processing device coupled to the memory device, the processing device to obtain based on the third signal, information about the position of the substrate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220055219A1 INTEGRATED OPTICAL SENSOR CONTROLLER FOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING MACHINES Public/Granted day:2022-02-24
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