Hermes-epitek Corporation

Bu-Chin Chung

Po-Jung Lin

Chung-Yuan Wu

Takashi Kobayashi

Che-Lin Chen

Chung-Hua Fu

Robert Champetier

A vapor deposition system and its wafer and thin-film temperature control method are disclosed. A susceptor carries a plurality of wafer holders with each bearing a wafer. The susceptor makes revolution around a center axle and each wafer holder rotates around its own axis. A carrier gas approaches a first surface of the wafer and is heated to form a thin film to be deposited on the first surface. An isothermal plate is placed at a second surface of the wafer and the second surface is opposite to the first surface. One or more remote temperature-measuring elements measure a temperature of a rear surface of the isothermal plate and the rear surface is opposite to the wafer, and a wafer-side temperature is calculated by the measured rear surface temperature of the isothermal plate.

System and method for controlling wafer and thin film surface temperature

A system for manufacturing semiconductor epitaxy structure includes a deposition apparatus, a curvature monitor system and a control unit. The deposition apparatus is configured for sequentially depositing a buffer layer, a first epitaxy layer, an insertion layer, a second epitaxy layer on a substrate. The curvature monitor system is configured for monitoring a curvature value of the semiconductor epitaxy structure. The control unit is configured for controlling the deposition apparatus to stop depositing the buffer layer, the first epitaxy layer, the insertion layer and the second epitaxy layer according to the curvature value of the semiconductor epitaxy structure measured by the curvature monitor system. The above-mentioned system for manufacturing semiconductor epitaxy structure is able to effectively control the strain of the semiconductor epitaxy structure during growth. A method for manufacturing semiconductor epitaxy structure is also disclosed.

Method and system for manufacturing semiconductor epitaxy structure

Apparatus and method for curvature and thin film stress measurement are disclosed. The apparatus comprises two light sources and a detector. Two light beams from the two light sources with an angle are not parallel. The two light beams are collimated and projected onto a specimen with a pitch. The detector receives the light beams reflected from the specimen. The curvature of the specimen is calculated via a distance between spots of the light beams on the detector or a size variation of one of the spots.

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Hsinchu, Taiwan

Bu-Chin Chung