Method for implanter angle verification and calibration
US7397046B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 29, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L22/20
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods (300, 400) are described for calibrating the implantation angle of an ion implanter utilized in the manufacture of semiconductor products. One method (300) includes implanting (330) phosphorous ions into a pilot wafer held by a wafer platen held at a starting implantation angle in the ion implanter. The phosphorous implantation into a p-doped substrate of the pilot or blank wafer, for example, forms a semiconductive sheet. The method (300) then includes changing the implantation angle (340), and implanting another wafer (330) with phosphorous ions. The angle changing (340) and implanting (330) of other wafers continues in this manner until all wafers or angles are implanted (350) as desired. The phosphorous implanted wafers are then measured (360) with a four-point probe, for example, to obtain the sheet resistance of all the implanted wafers. The difference between the sheet resistances of the wafers at each corresponding implant angle is then obtained (370) to determine a functional relationship between the sheet resistance and the implantation angle. Finally, the functional relationship is then used to calibrate (380) the implantation angle of the implanter. For example,…
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