IP Library Granted Patent US 8,013,748
Granted Patent B2
US 8,013,748 · App. 12/327,218 · Granted Sep 6, 2011

System for monitoring temperature and slope of a wafer and a method thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,013,748
App. No.
12/327,218
Granted
Sep 6, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for monitoring the temperature and slope of a wafer is presented, and the steps of the method comprises: (a) providing a cooling machine, a monitoring system, a sensing module, and a wafer; (b) cooling the wafer by the cooling machine; (c) sensing all regions of the wafer by the sensing module, and detecting the temperature and slope of the wafer relative to the cooling machine; (d) if the wafer's temperature is higher than a set temperature, the monitoring system outputs a first alarm signal, if the wafer's slope is greater than a set slope, the monitoring system outputs a second alarm signal.

Claims (14)

1. A method for monitoring temperature and slope of a wafer, the steps of the method comprises:

(a) providing (1) a cooling machine including a rotatable cooling module and a fixing module on the rotatable cooling module;

(2) a sensing module including:

a first sensing unit arranged in the rotatable cooling module; and

a second sensing unit arranged on the fixing module;

(3) a monitoring system;

(b) cooling the wafer on the rotatable cooling module;

(c) sensing the temperature and the slope of the wafer by the first sensing unit and the second sensing unit;

(d) forming a sensor signal from the first sensing unit and the second sensing unit, and according to the sensor signal,

(e1) outputting a first alarm signal from the monitoring system if the temperature of the wafer is higher than a set temperature established by the monitoring system;

(e2) outputting a second alarm signal from the monitoring system if the slope of the wafer is greater than a set slope established by the monitoring system; and

(e3) outputting a third alarm signal from the monitoring system if the temperature and the slope of the wafer do not conform to the set temperature and the set slope established by the monitoring system.

2. The method for monitoring the temperature and slope of the wafer according to claim 1 , wherein when the wafer of step (b) is fixed at the rotatable cooling module, the rotatable cooling module starts rotating.

3. The method for monitoring the temperature and slope of the wafer according to claim 2 , wherein the first sensing module of step (c) sense partial region of the wafer, the second sensing module of step (c) sense all regions of the wafer so as to detect and receive data of the temperature and slope of the wafer.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2019
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2018
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2017
From: INOTERA MEMORIES, INC.
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 3 TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 10, 2017
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2008
From: CHEN, CHI-FEN; CHENG, JEN JUI
To: INOTERA MEMORIES, INC.
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