Wafer integrated plasma probe assembly array
First Claim
1. A wafer integrated plasma probe assembly array comprising:
- a plurality of plasma probes;
the plurality of plasma probes comprising;
a larger sized probe;
four medium sized probes; and
a smaller sized probe;
wherein the larger sized probe has a geometrical area equal to the geometric area of the four medium sized probes; and
the smaller probe has an area which is very much smaller than any of the larger and medium sized probes.
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Abstract
A wafer integrated plasma diagnostic apparatus for semiconductor wafer processing system having a multiplicity of plasma probe assemblies arranged on a wafer in a planar array fashion such that one plasma probe assembly is in the center and eight more plasma probe assemblies are at intermediate positions such that they lie along the radius from the center to the corners; such corners forming four corners of a square box near the edge of the wafer. At each location and in each of the plasma probe assemblies, there are six possible probe elements having a relative geometrical area such that they are capable of making simultaneous measurements of both spatial resolution and real time measurement of different plasma characteristics at the wafer surface, such as: D.C. potential, A.C. potential, shading induced potentials, ion fluxes, ion energy distribution, and the electron part of the I-V Langmuir probe characteristic.
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20 Claims
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1. A wafer integrated plasma probe assembly array comprising:
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a plurality of plasma probes;
the plurality of plasma probes comprising;a larger sized probe; four medium sized probes; and a smaller sized probe; wherein the larger sized probe has a geometrical area equal to the geometric area of the four medium sized probes; and the smaller probe has an area which is very much smaller than any of the larger and medium sized probes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A wafer integrated plasma probe assembly array comprising:
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a plurality of plasma probes;
the plurality of plasma probes comprising;a larger sized probe having a probe element area; four medium sized probes each having a probe element area; and a smaller sized probe having a probe element area; wherein the probe element area of the larger sized probe is about equal to the combined probe element area of the four medium sized probes; and the probe element area of the smaller probe is very much smaller than the probe element area any of the larger and medium sized probes. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A wafer integrated plasma probe assembly array comprising:
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a plurality of plasma probes;
the plurality of plasma probes comprising;a larger sized probe; four medium sized probes; and a smaller sized probe; wherein the larger sized probe has a probe element area equal to the probe element area of the four medium sized probes; wherein the smaller sized probe has a probe element area of about one (1%) percent of the probe element area of all the larger sized probe and the four medium sized probes and the smaller sized probe combined. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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