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Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2021
Applicant:

Asm Ip Holding B.v., Almere, NL;

Inventors:

Aniket Nitin Patil, Tempe, AZ (US);

Saket Rathi, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Sam Kim, Chandler, AZ (US);

Shiva K. T. Rajavelu Muralidhar, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

ASM IP Holding B.V., Almere, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 3/00 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01); C23C 16/458 (2006.01); C23C 16/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/455 (2013.01); B23Q 3/00 (2013.01); C23C 16/4582 (2013.01); C23C 16/52 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fixture is provided. The fixture includes a base, a turntable, a first sensor, and a second sensor. The turntable is supported on the base, is rotatable about a rotation axis, and is configured to slidably seat a susceptor assembly for rotation about the rotation axis. The first sensor is fixed relative to the base, is radially offset from the rotation axis, and is configured to determine ex-situ runout of the susceptor assembly. The second sensor is fixed relative to the first sensor, is axially offset from the first sensor, and is configured to determine ex-situ wobble of the susceptor assembly. Fixture arrangements and methods of determining ex-situ runout and ex-situ wobble of susceptor assemblies for semiconductor processing systems are also described.


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