Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Machine vision as input to a CMP process control algorithm
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Application No.: US18163835Application Date: 2023-02-02
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Publication No.: US12257665B2Publication Date: 2025-03-25
- Inventor: Benjamin Cherian , Jun Qian , Nicholas A. Wiswell , Dominic J. Benvegnu , Boguslaw A. Swedek , Thomas H. Osterheld
- 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: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: B24B37/013
- IPC: B24B37/013 ; G06N3/084

Abstract:
During chemical mechanical polishing of a substrate, a signal value that depends on a thickness of a layer in a measurement spot on a substrate undergoing polishing is determined by a first in-situ monitoring system. An image of at least the measurement spot of the substrate is generated by a second in-situ imaging system. Machine vision processing, e.g., a convolutional neural network, is used to determine a characterizing value for the measurement spot based on the image. Then a measurement value is calculated based on both the characterizing value and the signal value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230182258A1 MACHINE VISION AS INPUT TO A CMP PROCESS CONTROL ALGORITHM Public/Granted day:2023-06-15
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