Apparatus and method for monitoring and measuring properties of polymers in solutions

    公开(公告)号:US11385154B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-12

    申请号:US17034724

    申请日:2020-09-28

    Abstract: Techniques herein include an apparatus and method for measuring and monitoring properties of fluids consumed in a semiconductor fabrication process. The apparatus includes a flow cell having a hollow chamber, a first chamber sidewall of the hollow chamber bisecting the length of the flow cell, the first chamber sidewall having a predetermined angle to the incoming direction of light from the first light source; a refractive index sensor configured to detect the light from the first light source transmitted through the hollow chamber of the flow cell and exiting the flow cell through the second flow cell sidewall of the at least six flow cell sidewalls; and a first light sensor configured to detect the light from the first light source scattered off the fluid in the hollow chamber.

    Raman sensor for supercritical fluids metrology

    公开(公告)号:US11664283B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-30

    申请号:US17445570

    申请日:2021-08-20

    Inventor: Ivan Maleev

    Abstract: An apparatus includes a measurement chamber configured to retain one or more sample substances. The apparatus includes an entrance window mounted on a side of the measurement chamber. The apparatus includes a light source configured to generate an incident light beam. The apparatus includes a Raman sensor configured to collect inelastically scattered light from the chamber, and measure an intensity of a Raman peak of a first substance from the one or more sample substances based on the collected inelastically scattered light. The apparatus further includes a processor configured to (i) calculate a concentration of the first substance based on at least the measured intensity of the Raman peak of the first substance, (ii) determine the end point of a wafer cleaning process based on a calculated concentration of the first substance, and (iii) terminate the wafer cleaning process based on the determined end point.

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