METHOD OF DETECTING RADICALS USING MASS SPECTROMETRY

    公开(公告)号:US20230215711A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-06

    申请号:US18017904

    申请日:2022-05-31

    申请人: INFICON, Inc.

    发明人: Norbert Mueller

    IPC分类号: H01J37/32 H01J49/14 H01J49/00

    摘要: A method for detecting radicals in process gases in a semiconductor fabrication assembly is provided where the semiconductor fabrication includes a plasma source and a mass spectrometer with an ion source. The method includes separating ions from the process gases and determining a fixed electron energy in which to measure the process gases. Process gases in the semiconductor fabrication assembly are continuously sampled. A first measurement is performed on the sampled process gases at the electron energy using the mass spectrometer, where the first measurement is performed with the plasma source off. A second measurement of the sampled process gases is performed at the fixed electron energy using the mass spectrometer, where the second measurement is performed with the plasma source on. An amount of a radical present in the sampled process gases is determined as a difference between the second measurement and the first measurement.

    Method of detecting radicals using mass spectrometry

    公开(公告)号:US11784031B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-10

    申请号:US18017904

    申请日:2022-05-31

    申请人: INFICON, Inc.

    发明人: Norbert Mueller

    IPC分类号: H01J49/00 H01J37/32 H01J49/14

    摘要: A method for detecting radicals in process gases in a semiconductor fabrication assembly is provided where the semiconductor fabrication includes a plasma source and a mass spectrometer with an ion source. The method includes separating ions from the process gases and determining a fixed electron energy in which to measure the process gases. Process gases in the semiconductor fabrication assembly are continuously sampled. A first measurement is performed on the sampled process gases at the electron energy using the mass spectrometer, where the first measurement is performed with the plasma source off. A second measurement of the sampled process gases is performed at the fixed electron energy using the mass spectrometer, where the second measurement is performed with the plasma source on. An amount of a radical present in the sampled process gases is determined as a difference between the second measurement and the first measurement.