Void monitoring device for measurement of wafer temperature variations
AssigneeGlobalfoundries Inc.
InventorsShawn A. Adderly, Samantha D. DiStefano, Mark J. Esposito, Jeffrey P. Gambino, Prakash Periasamy
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Abstract
A method of monitoring a temperature of a plurality of regions in a substrate during a deposition process, the monitoring of the temperature including: forming, in the monitored plurality of regions, a plurality of metal structures each with a different metal pattern density, where each metal pattern density corresponds to a threshold temperature at or above which metal voids and surface roughness are formed in the plurality of metal structures, and detecting metal voids and surface roughness in the plurality of metal structures to determine the temperature of the monitored plurality of regions.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- providing a substrate with a plurality of regions and, in the plurality of regions, a plurality of metal structures, the metal structures having different patterns of metal with different metal pattern densities corresponding to different threshold temperatures at or above which development of metal voids and surface roughness occurs;
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- monitoring a temperature of the substrate during a deposition process to deposit a film on the substrate, the monitoring of the temperature comprising:
- inspecting the substrate to detect metal voids or surface roughness in any of the metal structures of the plurality of metal structures;
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- determining the temperature of the substrate based on each specific threshold temperature corresponding to each specific metal pattern density of each specific metal structure having the metal voids or the surface roughness detected therein.
A method comprising:
- forming at least one die on a substrate, the at least one die comprising an active area surrounded by a dicing channel;
- forming, on a region outside the active area, at least one metal structure with a metal configuration having a metal density, the metal density corresponding to a threshold temperature at or above which development of metal voids and surface roughness occurs;
- depositing a dielectric material on the substrate above and in direct contact with the metal structure;
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- inspecting the metal structure to determine if metal voids or surface roughness occurred in the metal structure during the depositing and, based on results of the inspecting, determining a temperature of the substrate during the depositing, wherein detection of the metal voids or the surface roughness during the inspecting indicates that the temperature of the substrate was at or above the threshold temperature during the depositing and wherein lack of detection of the metal voids or the surface roughness during the inspecting indicates that the temperature of the substrate was below the threshold temperature during the depositing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.