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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2015
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., Gloucester, MA (US);
Morgan Evans, Manchester, MA (US);
Ross Bandy, Milton, MA (US);
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., Gloucester, MA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus to control processing conditions for a substrate. The apparatus may include a current measurement component to perform a plurality of extraction current measurements for extraction current in a processing apparatus housing the substrate, the extraction current comprising ions extracted from a plasma and directed to the substrate; and an endpoint detection component comprising logic to generate an endpoint detection signal based upon a change in extraction current during the plurality of extraction current measurements.
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