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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Kokusai Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tsuyoshi Takeda, Toyama, JP;
Tatsuya Nishino, Toyama, JP;
Assignee:
KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/3065 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); C23C 16/52 (2006.01); H05H 1/00 (2006.01); H05H 1/46 (2006.01); H01L 21/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/3065 (2013.01); C23C 16/52 (2013.01); H01J 37/32449 (2013.01); H01J 37/32935 (2013.01); H01L 21/0217 (2013.01); H01L 21/0228 (2013.01); H01L 21/02211 (2013.01); H01L 21/02274 (2013.01); H01L 21/31 (2013.01); H05H 1/00 (2013.01); H05H 1/0025 (2013.01); H05H 1/46 (2013.01); H01J 2237/3151 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a technique that includes: imaging a gas supply hole configured to supply a plasma-converted gas into a process chamber by using an imaging device disposed in the process chamber; detecting a plasma emission intensity based on an image of the imaged gas supply hole; and determining at least one of whether abnormal plasma discharge has occurred and whether plasma flickering has occurred based on the detected plasma emission intensity.