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公开(公告)号:US20240339347A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-10
申请号:US18747417
申请日:2024-06-18
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Patricia Schulze , Gregory John Freeman , Michael Kutney , Arunkumar Ramachandraiah , Chih Chung Chou , Zhaozhao Zhu , Ozkan Celik
IPC: H01L21/68 , G01B11/24 , H01L21/683 , H01L21/687
CPC classification number: H01L21/681 , G01B11/24 , H01L21/6831 , H01L21/68721 , G01B2210/56
Abstract: An optical measurement device comprises a substrate holder to secure a substrate, a plurality of actuators to move the substrate holder relative to a plurality of axes, a first sensor to generate one or more first measurements or images of a first plurality of target positions on the substrate, and a second sensor to generate one or more second measurements of a second plurality of target positions on the substrate. The optical measurement device further comprises a plate, wherein the substrate holder, the plurality of actuators, the first sensor and the second sensor are each mounted to the plate, and wherein the plate provides vibration isolation from a factory interface to which the optical measurement device mounts. The optical measurement device further comprises a processing device that executes instructions to control the plurality of actuators and process the first measurements or images and the second measurements.
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公开(公告)号:US20240290592A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-29
申请号:US18655748
申请日:2024-05-06
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Patrick Tae , Blake W. Erickson , Zhaozhao Zhu , Michael David Willwerth , Barry Paul Craver
CPC classification number: H01J37/32972 , G01B11/0625 , G01B11/0683 , H01J37/32467 , H01J37/32862 , H01J37/32963 , H01L22/26 , H01J2237/24585 , H01J2237/332
Abstract: A method includes embedding at least part of a transparent crystal within a wall and a liner of a processing chamber, depositing a transparent thin film on a surface of the transparent crystal that is exposed to an interior of the processing chamber and depositing a process film layer on the transparent thin film. The method includes receiving light reflected back from a surface of the transparent thin film and a surface of the process film layer and detecting, by a spectrometer within the received light, a first spectrum that is representative of the process film layer. The method includes calculating, by a processing device coupled to the spectrometer, a process drift of the processing chamber based at least in part on the first spectrum.
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公开(公告)号:US12031910B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-09
申请号:US17447745
申请日:2021-09-15
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Patrick Tae , Zhaozhao Zhu , Blake W. Erickson , Chunlei Zhang
IPC: G01N21/55
CPC classification number: G01N21/55 , G01N2021/558
Abstract: Implementations disclosed describe a system including a light source, an optical sensor, and a processing device. The light source directs, during a first time, a probe light into a processing chamber through a window. The light source ceases, during a second time, directing the probe light into the processing chamber through the window. The optical sensor detects, during the first time, a first intensity of a first light. The first light includes a portion of the probe light reflected from the window and a light transmitted from an environment of the processing chamber through the window. The optical sensor detects, during the second time, a second intensity of a second light. The second light includes the light transmitted from the environment of the processing chamber through the window. The processing device determines, using the first intensity and the second intensity, a transmission coefficient of the window.
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公开(公告)号:USD1031743S1
公开(公告)日:2024-06-18
申请号:US29837666
申请日:2022-05-06
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Designer: Sidharth Bhatia , Zhaozhao Zhu , Jeffrey Yat Shan Au , Shawn Levesque , Michael Howells , Raja Sekhar Jetti
Abstract: FIG. 1 is a front view of a first image in a sequence of a portion of a display panel with a graphical user interface; and,
FIG. 2 is a second image thereof.
The appearance of the transitional image sequentially transitions between the images shown in FIGS. 1-2. The process or period in which one image transitions to another image forms no part of the claimed design.-
公开(公告)号:US20220028713A1
公开(公告)日:2022-01-27
申请号:US17379653
申请日:2021-07-19
Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Inventor: Upendra V. Ummethala , Blake Erickson , Prashanth Kumar , Michael Kutney , Steven Trey Tindel , Zhaozhao Zhu
Abstract: A method for determining whether to modify a manufacturing process recipe is provided. A substrate to be processed at a manufacturing system according to the first process recipe is identified. An instruction to transfer the substrate to a substrate measurement subsystem to obtain a first set of measurements for the substrate is generated. The first set of measurements for the substrate is received from the substrate measurement subsystem. An instruction to transfer the substrate from the substrate measurement subsystem to a processing chamber is generated. A second set of measurements for the substrate is received from one or more sensors of the processing chamber. A first mapping between the first set of measurements and the second set of measurements for the substrate is generated. The first set of measurements mapped to the second set of measurements for the substrate is stored. A determination is made based on the first set of measurements mapped to the second set of measurements for the substrate of whether to modify the first process recipe or a second process recipe for the substrate.
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公开(公告)号:US20210391157A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-16
申请号:US16946263
申请日:2020-06-12
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Patrick Tae , Blake W. Erickson , Zhaozhao Zhu , Michael David Willwerth , Barry Paul Craver
Abstract: A system includes a transparent crystal, at least part of which is embedded within a wall and a liner of a processing chamber. The transparent crystal has a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having a distal surface exposed to an interior of the processing chamber. A transparent thin film is deposited on the distal surface and has chemical properties substantially matching those of the liner. A light coupling device is to: transmit light, from a light source, through the proximal end of the transparent crystal, and focus, into a spectrometer, light received reflected back from a combination of the distal surface, a surface of the transparent thin film, and a surface of a process film layer deposited on the transparent thin film. The spectrometer is to detect a first spectrum within the focused light that is representative of the process film layer.
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公开(公告)号:US12216455B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-04
申请号:US17584318
申请日:2022-01-25
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Chunlei Zhang , Zhaozhao Zhu , Michael Kutney
IPC: G05B19/418 , H01L21/66 , H01L21/67
Abstract: A substrate processing system includes a process chamber, one or more robot, a substrate measurement system, and a computing device. The process chamber may process a substrate that will comprise a film and/or feature after the processing. The one or more robot, to move the substrate from the process chamber to a substrate measurement system. The substrate measurement system may measure the film and/or feature on the substrate and generate a profile map of the film and/or feature. The computing device may process data from the profile map using a first trained machine learning model, wherein the first trained machine learning model outputs a first chamber component condition estimation for a first chamber component of the process chamber. The computing device may then determine whether to perform maintenance on the first chamber component of the process chamber based at least in part on the first chamber component condition estimation.
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公开(公告)号:US12191176B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-07
申请号:US18335899
申请日:2023-06-15
Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Inventor: Upendra V. Ummethala , Blake Erickson , Prashanth Kumar , Michael Kutney , Steven Trey Tindel , Zhaozhao Zhu
Abstract: A process recipe associated with a substrate at a manufacturing system is identified. A first set of measurements for the substrate is obtained from a substrate measurement subsystem. A second set of measurements for the substrate is obtained from one or more sensors of a chamber of the manufacturing system. A determination is made based on the obtained first set of measurements and the obtained second set of measurements of whether to modify the process recipe by at least one of modifying an operation of the process recipe or generating an instruction to prevent completion of execution of one or more operations of the process recipe.
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公开(公告)号:US20240393262A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-28
申请号:US18201927
申请日:2023-05-25
Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Inventor: Jeong Jin Hong , Sejune Cheon , Sang Hong Kim , Thomas Ho Fai Li , Anders Andelman Nottrott , Zhaozhao Zhu , MiHyun Jang
Abstract: A method includes receiving spectral data of a substrate and metrology data corresponding to the spectral data of the substrate. The method further includes determining a plurality of feature model configurations for each of a plurality of feature models, each of the plurality of feature model configurations including one or more feature model conditions. The method further includes determining a plurality of feature model combinations, where each feature model combination of the plurality of feature model combinations includes a subset of the plurality of feature model configurations. The method further includes generating a plurality of input datasets, where each input dataset of the plurality of input datasets is generated based on application of the spectral data to a respective feature model combination of the plurality of feature model combinations. The method further includes training a plurality of machine learning models, where each machine learning model is trained to generate an output using an input dataset of the plurality of input datasets and the metrology data. The method further includes selecting a trained machine learning model from the plurality of trained machine learning models satisfying one or more selection criteria.
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公开(公告)号:US12009191B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-11
申请号:US16946263
申请日:2020-06-12
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Patrick Tae , Blake W. Erickson , Zhaozhao Zhu , Michael David Willwerth , Barry Paul Craver
CPC classification number: H01J37/32972 , G01B11/0625 , G01B11/0683 , H01J37/32467 , H01J37/32862 , H01J37/32963 , H01L22/26 , H01J2237/24585 , H01J2237/332
Abstract: A system includes a transparent crystal, at least part of which is embedded within a wall and a liner of a processing chamber. The transparent crystal has a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having a distal surface exposed to an interior of the processing chamber. A transparent thin film is deposited on the distal surface and has chemical properties substantially matching those of the liner. A light coupling device is to: transmit light, from a light source, through the proximal end of the transparent crystal, and focus, into a spectrometer, light received reflected back from a combination of the distal surface, a surface of the transparent thin film, and a surface of a process film layer deposited on the transparent thin film. The spectrometer is to detect a first spectrum within the focused light that is representative of the process film layer.
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