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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/762 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/762 ;
Abstract
A plasma process end point determination method comprises the steps of measuring a physical quantity in a circuit for producing a plasma within a reaction chamber, and determining a plasma process end point on the basis of an inflection point of the measured physical quantity in relation to the passing of time.