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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. 29, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2022
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Joji Takayoshi, Miyagi, JP;

Hidehiko Sato, Miyagi, JP;

Hiroshi Nagahata, Miyagi, JP;

Yuri Kimura, Miyagi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/66 (2005.12); H01J 37/20 (2005.12); H01J 37/32 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32935 (2012.12); H01J 37/20 (2012.12); H01J 37/32091 (2012.12); H01J 37/32642 (2012.12); H01J 37/32733 (2012.12); H01L 22/20 (2012.12); H01J 2237/334 (2012.12);
Abstract

A substrate processing apparatus includes a process module that includes: a stage having a first surface on which a substrate is placed and a second surface, a process module including an edge ring placed on the second surface, a measurement unit measuring an etching rate of the substrate; and a controller. The controller transfers the substrate to different transfer positions on the first surface and etches the substrate for each transfer position, acquires etching rates at points on a concentric circle of the substrate in an end of the substrate, for each transfer position, from the measurement unit, generates an approximate curve of each of the concentric circles based on each of the acquired etching rates for each transfer position, calculates each linear expression representing a movement direction of the substrate, based on the approximate curve for each transport position, and calculates an intersection coordinate of the linear expressions.


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