Developments in equipment support technology

Autor: J. W. Hosch, J. M. Baker, J. J. Sullivan, W. Culwell, Y. Gu, R. Gwizdak
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films. 16:1842-1851
ISSN: 1520-8559
0734-2101
DOI: 10.1116/1.581116
Popis: This article will review the achievements, on-going development activities and needs in “equipment support technology,” i.e., the critical or key components which surround the process chamber and without which an effective process cannot be reliably and repeatably executed. The challenges of the SIA (Semiconductor Industry Association) Roadmap have been the focus for the dramatic developments in many areas, such as the following: delivery of process material vapors into the reactor, control of the exhaust effluent from the reactor, on-process pressure measurement and control sensors and actuators, implementation of a well supported digital sensor bus introduced on 300 mm tool sets, tool and process diagnostics through residual gas analysis, and the incorporation of fault detection schemes and the eventual implementation of model based process control techniques. With the escalating cost of wafers-in-process, and the desire to increase overall equipment effectiveness and reduce cost-of-ownership, it become...
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