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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:
Nov. 19, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2015
Applicant:

Axcelis Technologies, Inc., Beverly, MA (US);

Inventors:

Andy M. Ray, Newburyport, MA (US);

Edward C. Eisner, Lexington, MA (US);

Bo H. Vanderberg, Gloucester, MA (US);

Assignee:

Axcelis Technologies, Inc., Beverly, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/30 (2006.01); H01J 37/304 (2006.01); H01J 37/317 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/304 (2013.01); H01J 37/3171 (2013.01); H01J 2237/24514 (2013.01); H01J 2237/24528 (2013.01); H01J 2237/24535 (2013.01); H01J 2237/24542 (2013.01); H01J 2237/30483 (2013.01); H01J 2237/31703 (2013.01);
Abstract

An ion implantation system and method are provided where an ion beam is tuned to a first process recipe. The ion beam is scanned along a scan plane at a first frequency, defining a first scanned ion beam. A beam profiling apparatus is translated through the first scanned ion beam and one or more properties of the first scanned ion beam are measured across a width of the first scanned ion, thus defining a first beam profile associated with the first scanned ion beam. The ion beam is then scanned at a second frequency, thus defining a second scanned ion beam, wherein the second frequency is less than the first frequency. A second beam profile associated with the second scanned ion beam is determined based, at least in part, on the first beam profile. Ions are subsequently implanted into a workpiece via the second scanned ion beam.


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