Infrared thermopile detector system for semiconductor process monitoring and control
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1. A semiconductor process system including flow circuitry for flow of or with a process fluid, said system comprising:
- a fluid sampling region for the process fluid;
an infrared radiation source constructed and arranged to transmit infrared radiation through the fluid sampling region;
a thermopile detector constructed and arranged to receive infrared radiation after the transmission thereof through the fluid sampling region and to responsively generate an output signal correlative of concentration of at least one selected component of the process fluid; and
process control means arranged to receive the output of the thermopile detector and to responsively control one or more process conditions in and/or affecting the semiconductor process system.
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Abstract
A thermopile-based detector for monitoring and/or controlling semiconductor processes, and a method of monitoring and/or controlling semiconductor processes using thermopile-based sensing of conditions in and/or affecting such processes.
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1. A semiconductor process system including flow circuitry for flow of or with a process fluid, said system comprising:
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a fluid sampling region for the process fluid;
an infrared radiation source constructed and arranged to transmit infrared radiation through the fluid sampling region;
a thermopile detector constructed and arranged to receive infrared radiation after the transmission thereof through the fluid sampling region and to responsively generate an output signal correlative of concentration of at least one selected component of the process fluid; and
process control means arranged to receive the output of the thermopile detector and to responsively control one or more process conditions in and/or affecting the semiconductor process system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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- 30. A method of operating a semiconductor process including processing of or with a fluid, said method comprising sensing concentration of a desired component of said fluid with a thermopile detector, generating an output from said thermopile detector indicative of concentration of said selected component of said fluid, and controlling one or more conditions in and/or affecting the semiconductor process, in response to said output.
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