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Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 10, 2020
Applicant:

Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Evangelos T. Spyropoulos, San Jose, CA (US);

Piyush Agarwal, Newark, CA (US);

Assignee:

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION, Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 25/10 (2022.01); G01F 15/04 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 25/15 (2022.01); G01F 15/043 (2013.01); H01J 37/32449 (2013.01); H01J 37/32091 (2013.01); H01J 2237/24585 (2013.01); H01L 21/67253 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for calibrating a gas flow metrology system for a substrate processing system includes a) measuring temperature using a first temperature sensor and a reference temperature sensor over a predetermined temperature range and determining a first transfer function; b) measuring pressure using a first pressure sensor and a reference pressure sensor over a predetermined pressure range using a first calibration gas and determining a second transfer function; c) performing a first plurality of flow rate measurements in a predetermined flow rate range with a first metrology system and a reference metrology system, wherein the first metrology system and the reference metrology system use a first orifice size and the first calibration gas; and d) scaling temperature and pressure using the first transfer function and the second transfer function, respectively, and determining a corresponding transfer function for the first calibration gas based on the first plurality of flow rate measurements.


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