Applied Materials, Inc.

Jason Mershon

Aaron Muir Hunter

Mark Yam

Gary Eugene Miner

Bruce W Peuse

Peter A Knoot

A method of correcting a temperature probe reading in a thermal processing chamber for heating a substrate, including the steps of heating the substrate to a process temperature and using a first, a second and a third probe to measure the temperature of the substrate. The first probe has a first effective reflectivity and the second probe has a second effective reflectivity. The first probe produces a first temperature indication, the second probe produces a second temperature indication and the third probe produces a third temperature indication. The first and second effective reflectivities may be different. From the first and second temperature indications, a corrected temperature reading for the first probe may be derived, wherein the corrected temperature reading is a more accurate indicator of an actual temperature of the substrate than an uncorrected readings produced by both the first and second probes. A corrected temperature reading for the third probe may be derived by adjusting the temperature correction calculated for the first probe according to the measured emissivity sensitivity associated with the environment of the third probe to provide a corrected temperature reading that is a more accurate indicator of an actual temperature of the substrate in the environment of the third probe. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed.

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