Method to characterize post-processing data in terms of individual contributions from processing stations

    公开(公告)号:US11709432B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-25

    申请号:US17283307

    申请日:2019-09-19

    CPC classification number: G03F7/70508 G03F7/70525 G03F7/70616 G05B15/02

    Abstract: A method for characterizing post-processing data in terms of individual contributions from processing stations, the post-processing data relating to a manufacturing process for manufacturing integrated circuits on a plurality of substrates using a corresponding processing apparatus for each of a plurality of process steps, at least some of the processing apparatuses each including a plurality of the processing stations, and wherein the combination of processing stations used to process each substrate defines a process thread for the substrate; the method including: obtaining post-processing data associated with processing of the plurality of substrates in a cyclic sequence of processing threads; and determining an individual contribution of a particular processing station by comparing a subset of the post-processing data corresponding to substrates having shared process sub-threads, wherein a process sub-thread describes the process steps of each process thread other than the process step to which the particular processing station corresponds.

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