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Ion implantation control system
Assignee: VEECO/AI Inc A TX CORP
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Filing: 1983-03-29
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Granted: 1985-05-14
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Expires: 2003-03-29
Abstract
Abstract A control system is disclosed for an ion implantation system of the type in which the wafers to be implanted are mounted around the periphery of a disk which rotates and also moves in a radial direction relative to an ion beam to expose successive sections of each wafer to the radiation. The control system senses beam current which passes through one or more apertures in the disk and is collected by a Faraday cup. This current is integrated to obtain a measure of charge which is compared with a calculated value based upon the desired ion dosage and other parameters. The resultant controls the number of incremental steps the rotating disk moves radially to expose the adjacent sections of each wafer. This process is continued usually with two or more traverses until the entire surface of each wafer has been implanted with the proper ion dosage.
Inventors
- 👤 Roger B. Gault
- 👤 Larry L. Keutzer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 06:13
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J37/00; H01J37/30; H01J37/317; H01J37/3171; H01J2237/00; H01J2237/30; H01J2237/317; H01J2237/31701; H01J2237/31703
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
In an ion implantation system having an ion beam, a rotating wafer support and displacement means for displacing the rotating support in a radial direction to expose successive sections of wafers carried on said support to said ion beam as the rotating support is displaced radially, the improvement comprising: (a) means for computing a signal indicative of charge delivered to a section of said support; (b) means for generating a signal indicative of desired dosage; (c) displacement control means responsive to said charge and dosage signals for producing a signal for causing a sequence of predetermined incremental displacements of said support by said displacement means, and wherein each incremental displacement occurs at substantially the same velocity with the number of said incremental displacements being responsive to the values of said charge and dosage signals.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
134 words
In an ion implantation system having an ion beam, a rotating wafer support and displacement means for displacing the rotating support in a radial direction to expose successive sections of wafers carried on said support to said ion beam as the rotating support is displaced radially, the improvement comprising: (a) means for computing a signal indicative of charge delivered to a section of said support; (b) means for generating a signal indicative of desired dosage; (c) displacement control means responsive to said charge and dosage signals for producing a signal for causing a sequence of predetermined incremental displacements of said support by said displacement means, and wherein each incremental displacement occurs at substantially the same velocity with the number of said incremental displacements being responsive to the values of said charge and dosage signals.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The apparatus of claim 1 in which said section of said support comprises an area defined by a slot in said support and the dimension of said predetermined increment.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The apparatus of claim 1 in which said incremental radial displacements are produced repetitively in reciprocal directions until a total desired dosage is obtained.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The apparatus of claim 1 in which said support includes a slot irradiated by said beam and in which the dosage signal represents desired dosage, slot width and increment length.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
162 words
An ion implantation system having an ion beam, a rotating wafer support having an aperture, and means for rotating the support to expose successive wafers carried on said support to said ion base, the improvement comprising: (a) radial displacement means coupled to said wafer support and configured to produce substantially constant velocity stepwise radial displacements of the support to expose successive sections of said wafers to said beam; (b) measuring means positioned to be periodically radiated by said beam via said aperture for computing a signal indicative of charge delivered to a section of said support; (c) means for generating a signal indicative of desired dosage; (d) means responsive to said desired dosage signal for computing a signal representing desired dosage per step; (e) displacement control means responsive to said charge and dosage per step signals for computing the required number of step drive pulses for said radial displacement means whereby said support undergoes a computed number of substantially constant velocity increments.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
162 words
An ion implantation system having an ion beam, a rotating wafer support having an aperture, and means for rotating the support to expose successive wafers carried on said support to said ion base, the improvement comprising: (a) radial displacement means coupled to said wafer support and configured to produce substantially constant velocity stepwise radial displacements of the support to expose successive sections of said wafers to said beam; (b) measuring means positioned to be periodically radiated by said beam via said aperture for computing a signal indicative of charge delivered to a section of said support; (c) means for generating a signal indicative of desired dosage; (d) means responsive to said desired dosage signal for computing a signal representing desired dosage per step; (e) displacement control means responsive to said charge and dosage per step signals for computing the required number of step drive pulses for said radial displacement means whereby said support undergoes a computed number of substantially constant velocity increments.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 5 in which said measuring means produce a pulse train having a number of pulses related to said delivered charge.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system of claim 6 in which said displacement control means include a digital divider for dividing said charge signal by said dosage per step signal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The system of claim 7 including clocked gating means for gating the output of said divider to said radial displacement means.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
19 words
The system of claims 5, 6, 7 or 8 including means for adjusting the intensity of said ion beam.
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