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US 10,607,869 · App. 15/936,891 · Granted Mar 31, 2020

Substrate processing system and control device

Inventors: Yuichi Takenaga (Yamanashi, JP); Takahito Kasai (Iwate, JP)
Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
H01L21/67253B05C11/1005C23C14/50C23C16/52H01L21/67313
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Patent No.
US 10,607,869
App. No.
15/936,891
Granted
Mar 31, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a substrate processing system that includes a substrate processing apparatus configured to perform a predetermined processing on a substrate accommodated in a processing container. The substrate processing system includes: a processing execution unit configured to execute a film deposition processing on the substrate; a characteristic acquiring unit configured to acquire the characteristic of the film deposited on the substrate by the film deposition processing; and an abnormality determination unit configured to determine whether the characteristic of the film includes an abnormal value based on the characteristic of the film acquired by the characteristic acquiring unit.

Claims (18)

1. A substrate processing system comprising:

a substrate processing apparatus including a processing container and a substrate holder accommodated in the processing container and having therein a plurality of slots provided in a vertical direction each of which holds a substrate, the substrate processing apparatus being configured to perform a predetermined processing on the substrate held in a slot of the plurality of slots; and

a controller configured to control the substrate processing apparatus,

wherein the controller is configured to:

execute a film deposition processing on the substrate;

acquire a characteristic of a film deposited on the substrate by the film deposition processing in which the characteristic of the film is associated with the plurality of slots; and

determine whether the characteristic of the film includes an abnormal value based on a relationship between a position of each of the plurality of slots within the substrate holder and the characteristic of the film,

wherein the relationship between the position of each of the plurality of slots within the substrate holder and the characteristic of the film includes a relationship between a position of each of the plurality of slots that holds the substrate within the substrate holder with reference to a top of the substrate holder and a thickness of the film.

2. The substrate processing system of claim 1 , wherein the characteristic of the film is associated with a distance from a center of the substrate, and

the controller is configured to determine whether the characteristic of the film includes the abnormal value based on a relationship between the distance from the center of the substrate and the characteristic of the film.

3. The substrate processing system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to determine whether the characteristic of the film includes the abnormal value based on a currently set first process condition, a previously set second process condition, a characteristic of a film deposited under the second process condition, and a characteristic of a film deposited under the first process condition estimated based on a process model which represents an influence of a process condition on a film deposition result.

4. The substrate processing system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to output a warning message when it is determined that the characteristic of the film includes the abnormal value.

5. A controller that controls a substrate processing apparatus configured to perform a predetermined processing on a substrate, the substrate processing apparatus including a processing container and a substrate holder accommodated in the processing container and having therein a plurality of slots provided in a vertical direction each of which holds a substrate,

wherein the controller is configured to:

execute a film deposition processing on the substrate;

acquire a characteristic of a film deposited on the substrate by the film deposition processing in which the characteristic of the film is associated with the plurality of slots; and

determine whether the characteristic of the film includes an abnormal value based on a relationship between a position of each of the plurality of slots within the substrate holder and the characteristic of the film,

wherein the relationship between the position of each of the plurality of slots within the substrate holder and the characteristic of the film includes a relationship between a position of each of the plurality of slots that holds the substrate within the substrate holder with reference to a top of the substrate holder and a thickness of the film.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2018
From: TAKENAGA, YUICHI; KASAI, TAKAHITO
To: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Reel/Frame 045882/0829 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-063791 · Mar 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180286720A1 · Oct 4, 2018