Method and system for controlling a product parameter of a circuit element
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1. A method of controlling a product performance parameter of a circuit element, the method comprising:
- performing a first controlled manufacturing process on the basis of first process measurement data to form a first pre-form of said circuit element;
performing a second controlled manufacturing process on the basis of second process measurement data to form a second pre-form of said circuit element; and
controlling said second controlled manufacturing process on the basis of said first process measurement data and a correlation of said first and second measurement data with said product parameter, wherein said correlation represents a sensitivity of said first and second measurement data with respect to a variation of said product performance parameter.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed that allow an adjustment of a product parameter, such as operating speed, of a circuit element, such as a field effect transistor, during the fabrication of the device. A manufacturing process downstream of a first controlled process is controlled by a superior control scheme in response to the measurement data of the first and second processes and on the basis of a sensitivity function, which describes the effect a variation of the product parameter generates in the measurement data. The superior control scheme may provide a compensated target value for the downstream process.
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1. A method of controlling a product performance parameter of a circuit element, the method comprising:
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performing a first controlled manufacturing process on the basis of first process measurement data to form a first pre-form of said circuit element; performing a second controlled manufacturing process on the basis of second process measurement data to form a second pre-form of said circuit element; and controlling said second controlled manufacturing process on the basis of said first process measurement data and a correlation of said first and second measurement data with said product parameter, wherein said correlation represents a sensitivity of said first and second measurement data with respect to a variation of said product performance parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 29)
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18. A method of controlling a product performance parameter of a circuit element, the method comprising:
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performing a first manufacturing process that is controlled by a first APC application to form a first pre-form of said circuit element; performing a second manufacturing process that is controlled by a second APC application to form a second pre-form of said circuit element; and controlling said second manufacturing process on the basis of said first APC application and second APC application and product measurement data indicative of said product performance parameter, wherein controlling said second manufacturing process comprises determining a correlation quantifying a sensitivity of measurement data used at least the first APC application for a variation in said product performance parameter. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30)
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27. A multi-step APC control system comprising:
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a first APC controller configured to control a first manufacturing process; a second APC controller configured to control a second manufacturing process; and a control unit connected to the first and second APC controllers, said control unit being configured to determine a compensated target value for said second APC controller on the basis of measurement data used by said first APC controller and sensitivity information relating said measurement data to a product performance parameter of a circuit element formed by at least said first and second manufacturing processes. - View Dependent Claims (28, 31)
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