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Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2014
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsin-Chu, TW;

Inventors:

Han-Wen Liao, Taichung, TW;

Chih-Yu Lin, Tainan, TW;

Cherng-Chang Tsuei, Hsin-Chu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/3065 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/3065 (2013.01);
Abstract

One or more systems and methods for controlling a target dimension for a wafer are provided. A processing chamber, such as an etching chamber, is configured to etch one or more wafers. In some embodiments, during processing of a first wafer of a set of wafers, the processing chamber is coated with a relatively thicker chamber coating than chamber coatings used for subsequently processed wafers of the set of wafers. The increased chamber coating thickness results in the first wafer having a target dimension that is substantially similar to target dimensions of the subsequently processed wafers. In some embodiments, a post wafer cleaning process is performed, but a pre wafer cleaning process is disabled, between processing a final wafer of a first set of wafers and an initial wafer of a second set of wafers so that the final wafer and the initial wafer have substantially similar target dimensions.


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