Tool for manufacturing semiconductor structures and method of use
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRussell H. Arndt, David F. Hilscher
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Abstract
A tool and method is provided for mixing multiple components and feeding a single blend of the multiple components into the tool. The method includes adjusting a concentration of etchant solution. The method includes determining an etch target for each batch of wafers of a plurality of batches of wafers entering an etch chamber of a wafer processing tool. The method further includes adjusting a concentration of 40% NH4F to 49% HF for the each batch of wafers of the plurality of batches of wafers entering the wafer processing tool during a single run.
Claims20
A method of adjusting a concentration of etchant solution comprising:
- determining an etch target for each batch of wafers of a plurality of batches of wafers entering an etch chamber of a wafer processing tool;
- and
- adjusting a concentration of 40% NH4F to 49% HF in the wafer processing tool for the each batch of wafers of the plurality of batches of wafers entering the wafer processing tool based on the determined etch target for each batch of wafers,
- wherein:
- each batch of wafers enters the wafer processing tool during a single run of the wafer processing tool;
- each batch of wafers includes a plurality of wafers;
- the determining comprises:
- determining that a wafer of a first batch of the plurality of batches of wafers has a first etch target which is a smallest etch target of the plurality of wafers included in the first batch, and
- determining that a wafer of a second batch of the plurality of batches of wafers has a second etch target which is a smallest etch target of the plurality of wafers included in the second batch;
- and
- the adjusting comprises:
- for the first batch, adjusting the concentration of the 40% NH4F to 49% HF to a first predetermined concentration corresponding to the first etch target, and
- for the second batch, adjusting the concentration of the 40% NH4F to 49% HF to a second predetermined concentration corresponding to the second etch target.
A method comprising:
- for each batch of wafers of a plurality of batches of wafers entering an etch chamber of a wafer processing tool:
- determining that a wafer of a current batch of the plurality of batches of wafers has an etch target which is a smallest etch target of a plurality of wafers included in the current batch;
- and
- adjusting a concentration of 40% NH4F to 49% HF for the current batch, the adjusted concentration corresponding to the determined etch target of the wafer which is the smallest etch target of the plurality of wafers, the adjusting comprising:
- adjusting a mass flow controller of 40% NH4F for the tool;
- and
- adjusting a mass flow controller of 49% HF for the tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.