Predictive-model-based MIMO motion control of an unstable 6-DoF hexapod stage for overlay measurements

Autor: Gert Witvoet, Max Baeten, Stefan Kulper, Geerten Kramer
Přispěvatelé: Control Systems Technology
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: 1st Annual IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, CCTA 2017, 2017-January, 726-731
CCTA
DOI: 10.1109/CCTA.2017.8062548
Popis: Correct functionality of semiconductor devices depends on the overlay performance between device layers. Future smaller device features consequently require more accurate overlay metrology tools. In this paper we present a large dynamic range AFM overlay tool to directly measure marker-to-feature distances, and focus on the controller design of the large stroke 6-DoF hexapod motion stage which is at the heart of this tool. The stage is open-loop unstable due to magnetic gravity compensation, which calls for an initial model-based MIMO controller design, which is based on a finite-element modal analysis, geometric decoupling and SISO loopshaping. This controller is successfully validated in experiments; further controller improvements after closed-loop system identification yield a closed-loop position error of just 1 nm RMS.
Databáze: OpenAIRE