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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:
Apr. 27, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2017
Applicant:

Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ye Feng, Portland, OR (US);

Rajan Arora, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Jason Shields, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Assignee:

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION, Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/48 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G01B 11/06 (2006.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/25 (2013.01); G01B 11/06 (2013.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G01B 2210/56 (2013.01); G01N 2201/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A metrology system for substrate processing includes an optical metrology station including a plurality of optical sensors to measure spectra from a plurality of measurement locations on a substrate. A plurality of fiber cables are connected to the plurality of optical sensors. A spectrometer is selectively connected to the plurality of fiber cables. A mass metrology station measures at least one of a mass or mass change of the substrate. A controller includes a modelling module to generate thickness values at the plurality of measurement locations based on the spectra from the plurality of measurement locations and a learned model. A spatial modelling module generates a spatial thickness distribution model for the substrate based on the thickness values at the plurality of measurement locations from the modelling module and the at least one of the mass or the mass change from the mass metrology station.


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