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Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2024
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Jun Shinagawa, Fremont, CA (US);

Inga Kuznetsova, Fremont, CA (US);

Shyam Sridhar, Austin, TX (US);

Peter Lowell George Ventzek, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32 (2006.01); G05B 19/048 (2006.01); H10P 74/20 (2026.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32972 (2013.01); G05B 19/048 (2013.01); H10P 74/203 (2026.01); G05B 2219/45031 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of profile simulator calibration is provided. The method includes executing a plasma recipe on a wafer in a processing chamber. In-situ plasma sensor data are collected by in-situ plasma sensors while the plasma recipe is executed. Estimated plasma parameters are obtained based on the in-situ plasma sensor data. A predicted profile of the wafer is obtained by inputting the estimated plasma parameters into a profile simulator. A measured profile of the wafer is obtained using wafer metrology after executing the plasma recipe. The profile simulator is calibrated by comparing the predicted profile with the measured profile.


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