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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:
May. 19, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2024
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Jitae Park, Suwon-si, KR;

Kwangho Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Seongjin In, Suwon-si, KR;

Keonhee Lim, Suwon-si, KR;

Yoonjae Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Ilwoo Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Sangki Nam, Suwon-si, KR;

Sejin Oh, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10P 72/00 (2026.01); G01B 11/06 (2006.01); G01J 3/443 (2006.01); G05B 19/4099 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10P 72/0604 (2026.01); G01B 11/0641 (2013.01); G01J 3/443 (2013.01); G05B 19/4099 (2013.01); H01J 37/3244 (2013.01); H01J 37/32972 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45031 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2445 (2013.01); H01J 2237/24578 (2013.01); H01J 2237/332 (2013.01);
Abstract

A semiconductor process device includes a housing including a chamber where a substrate is processed, a viewport in a side wall of the housing, an adapter configured to receive reflected light in which light generated from plasma generated inside the chamber is reflected at a target position on a surface of a structure provided on an upper surface of the substrate, a polarization beam splitter configured to separate the reflected light received from the adapter into P-polarized light and S-polarized light, a spectroscope configured to analyze spectra of the P-polarized light and the S-polarized light, and a control unit configured to monitor a thickness of the structure based on luminous intensity over time at one or more wavelengths of each of the P-polarized light and the S-polarized light, based on results of analyzing the spectra.


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