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Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 10, 2022
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Yi Chen Ho, Taichung, TW;

Chih Ping Liao, Hsinchu, TW;

Chien Ting Lin, Hsinchu, TW;

Jie-Ying Yang, Yunlin County, TW;

Wei-Ming Wang, Hsinchu, TW;

Ker-Hsun Liao, Hsinchu, TW;

Chi-Hsun Lin, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 7/10 (2006.01); B23Q 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 7/10 (2013.01); F16F 2222/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method that includes measuring vibration levels in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, determining one or more sections of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus that vibrate at levels greater than a predetermined vibration level, and reducing the vibration levels in the one or more sections to be at or within the predetermined vibration level by coupling one or more weights to an external surface of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus in the one or more sections.


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