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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 27/52 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70841 (2013.01); G03F 7/70808 (2013.01); G03F 7/70908 (2013.01); G03F 7/70991 (2013.01); H01L 21/67201 (2013.01); G03F 7/7075 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for creating a vacuum in a load lock chamber is provided. The method includes building an air-tight environment in the load lock chamber. The method further includes reducing the pressure in a gas tank to a predetermined vacuum pressure. The method also includes enabling an exchange of gas between the load lock chamber and the gas tank when the pressure in the gas tank is at the predetermined vacuum pressure so as to reduce the pressure in the load lock chamber to an adjusted vacuum pressure.