Method of monitoring semiconductor process
AssigneeWinbond Electronics Corp.
InventorsChien-Yen Liu, Cheng-Chieh Shen, Chung-Hsin Lai, Chen-Wei Liao
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Abstract
A method of monitoring a semiconductor process includes the following steps. A process parameter is set to a first condition. A first process is performed to form a first film layer on a first wafer. The first film layer does not cover a wafer edge region of the first wafer. The first wafer having the first film layer is photographed by an image capturing device to obtain a first wafer image. Image recognition is performed to the first wafer image to obtain first data. Whether a position of the first film layer is offset is determined according to the first data.
Claims12
A method of monitoring a semiconductor process, comprising:
- setting a process parameter to a first condition;
- performing a first process to form a first film layer on a first wafer, wherein the first film layer does not cover a wafer edge region of the first wafer;
- before performing a patterning process, photographing the first wafer having the first film layer by a camera to obtain a first image, wherein the first image comprises a wafer image and a first film image, and the first film image covers an entire center region of the wafer image;
- performing image recognition to the first image to obtain a first data regarding to the wafer and the first film, wherein the first film covers an entire center region of the wafer;
- determining whether a position of the first film layer is offset according to the first data;
- determining whether an equipment malfunction occurs when the position of the first film layer is offset;
- performing a batch automatic equipment tuning to re-adjust the first condition when equipment malfunction does not occur, wherein a factor adjusted and calibrated in the batch automatic equipment tuning includes a robot arm transfer offset;
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- performing a manual adjustment to re-adjust the first condition when equipment malfunction occur.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.