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Method and system to monitor a process apparatus

US10571806B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 2017
Grant dateFeb 25, 2020
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L22/20
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method involving determining a contribution that one or more process apparatuses make to a characteristic of a substrate after the substrate has been processed according to a patterning process by the one or more process apparatuses by removing from values of the characteristic of the substrate a contribution of a lithography apparatus to the characteristic and a contribution of one or more pre-lithography process apparatuses to the characteristic.

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