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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:
Jun. 16, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2022
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Junnosuke Maki, Koshi City, JP;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10P 72/30 (2026.01); H10P 72/00 (2026.01); H10P 72/50 (2026.01); H10P 72/76 (2026.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10P 72/3411 (2026.01); H10P 72/0451 (2026.01); H10P 72/0606 (2026.01); H10P 72/0608 (2026.01); H10P 72/30 (2026.01); H10P 72/3302 (2026.01); H10P 72/3402 (2026.01); H10P 72/50 (2026.01); H10P 72/7602 (2026.01);
Abstract

A detection system configured to detect a state of a structure within a processing space of a substrate processing apparatus, includes: a detection substrate including a state detector that detects the state of the structure; a transfer device that loads and unloads each of a substrate to be processed and the detection substrate into and from the processing space; and a control device, wherein the detection substrate further includes at least one acceleration detector that detects an acceleration in each of two directions intersecting each other in a surface of the substrate, and wherein the control device estimates an orientation of the state detector on the detection substrate within the processing space based on a detection result obtained by the at least one acceleration detector when the detection substrate is moved in a loading/unloading direction during loading or unloading of the detection substrate into or from the processing space.


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