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Method and apparatus for verifying a site-dependent wafer

  • US 7,729,795 B2
  • Filed: 04/09/2008
  • Issued: 06/01/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of verifying a Site-Dependent (S-D) wafer comprising:

  • receiving a first S-D wafer using a Non-Site-Dependent (N-S-D) transfer system;

    transferring the first S-D wafer to a first S-D processing element using the N-S-D transfer system;

    creating one or more unverified S-D wafers, wherein one or more S-D unverified evaluation features are created at one or more sites on a first S-D unverified wafer using a first S-D creation procedure;

    determining a first S-D evaluation wafer using the one or more unverified S-D wafers;

    transferring the first S-D evaluation wafer to a first S-D evaluation element using the N-S-D transfer system, or a Site-Dependent (S-D) transfer system, or a combination thereof;

    establishing first confidence data for the first S-D evaluation wafer using a first S-D evaluation procedure, wherein a S-D unverified evaluation feature at a first site on the first S-D evaluation wafer is evaluated;

    comparing the first confidence data for the first S-D evaluation wafer to first confidence limits;

    identifying the first unverified evaluation feature as a high confidence feature having a first level of confidence associated therewith and identifying the first S-D evaluation wafer as a high confidence wafer having the first level of confidence associated therewith, when a first confidence limit is met; and

    applying a first corrective action when the first confidence limit is not met.

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