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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Joel Estrella, Austin, TX (US);
Ihsan Simms, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Carcasi, Austin, TX (US);
Joshua Hooge, Austin, TX (US);
Hiroshi Marumoto, Koshi, JP;
Assignee:
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); B08B 3/08 (2006.01); B08B 3/10 (2006.01); B08B 13/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/001 (2013.01); B08B 3/08 (2013.01); B08B 3/106 (2013.01); B08B 13/00 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 20/46 (2022.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); H01L 21/67057 (2013.01); H01L 21/67253 (2013.01); B08B 2203/007 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30148 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30242 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary method of monitoring a bath process includes processing a first wafer by submerging the first wafer within a bath solution; capturing a video of the bath solution containing the first wafer during a first time interval; analyzing the video based on intensity of light captured in a frame of the video; and based on analyzing the video, determining a first metric of the bath solution during the first time interval.