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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2022
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yaoying Zhong, Singapore, SG;
Siew Kit Hoi, Singapore, SG;
John Klocke, Kalispell, MT (US);
Bridger Earl Hoerner, Columbia Falls, MT (US);
Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided herein. For example, a method comprises in a process chamber, processing a substrate in a presence of an electric field, subsequently capturing an image of the substrate, determining whether substrate arcing occurred based upon analysis of the captured image, and one of continuing processing of the substrate when no arcing is determined or stopping processing of the substrate when arcing is determined.
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