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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2015
Applicant:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Xuesong Lu, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Lin Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);

Andy Le, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01); C23C 16/52 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); C23C 16/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67253 (2013.01); C23C 16/50 (2013.01); C23C 16/52 (2013.01); G05B 19/4189 (2013.01); G05B 19/41875 (2013.01); H01J 37/3211 (2013.01); H01J 37/32091 (2013.01); H01J 37/32449 (2013.01); H01J 37/32522 (2013.01); H01J 37/32935 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37008 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45032 (2013.01); G05B 2219/50388 (2013.01); H01J 2237/327 (2013.01); H01J 2237/3321 (2013.01); H01J 2237/3323 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methodology to match and calibrate processing chamber performance in a processing chamber. In one embodiment, a method for calibrating a processing chamber for semiconductor manufacturing process includes performing a first predetermined process in a processing chamber, collecting a first set of signals transmitted from a first group of sensors disposed in the processing chamber to a controller while performing the predetermined process, analyzing the collected first set of signals, comparing the collected first set of signals with database stored in the controller to check sensor responses from the first group of sensors, calibrating sensors based on the collected first set of signals when a mismatch sensor response is found, subsequently performing a first series of processes in the processing chamber, and collecting a second set of signals transmitted from the sensors to the controller while performing the series of processes.


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