Method to label substrates based on process parameters

    公开(公告)号:US11320743B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-03

    申请号:US17044771

    申请日:2019-03-04

    Abstract: A method of grouping data associated with substrates undergoing a process step of a manufacturing process is disclosed. The method includes obtaining first data associated with substrates before being subject to the process step and obtaining a plurality of sets of second data associated with substrates after being subject to the process step, each set of second data being associated with a different value of a characteristic of the first data. A distance metric is determined which describes a measure of distance between the sets of second data, and the second data is grouped based on a property of the distance metric.

    Maintaining a set of process fingerprints

    公开(公告)号:US11099485B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-24

    申请号:US16493326

    申请日:2018-04-09

    Abstract: A method of maintaining a set of fingerprints representing variation of one or more process parameters across wafers subjected to a device manufacturing method, the method including: receiving measurement data of one or more parameters measured on wafers; updating the set of fingerprints based on an expected evolution of the one or more process parameters; and evaluation of the updated set of fingerprints based on decomposition of the received measurement data in terms of the updated set of fingerprints. Each fingerprint may have a stored likelihood of occurrence, and the decomposition may involve: estimating, based the received measurement data, likelihoods of occurrence of the set of fingerprints in the received measurement data; and updating the stored likelihoods of occurrence based on the estimated likelihoods.

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