Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for orientator based wafer defect sensing
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Application No.: US15941585Application Date: 2018-03-30
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Publication No.: US10978331B2Publication Date: 2021-04-13
- Inventor: Yan-Hong Liu , Daniel M. Y. Yang , Che-Fu Chen
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Agency: Duane Morris LLP
- Main IPC: H01L21/68
- IPC: H01L21/68 ; H01L21/687 ; G01N21/95 ; H01L21/67

Abstract:
In an embodiment, a system includes: an orientation sensor configured to detect an orientation fiducial on a bevel of a wafer; a pedestal configured to rotate the wafer to allow the orientation sensor to detect the orientation fiducial and place the orientation fiducial at a predetermined orientation position; and a defect sensor configured to detect a wafer defect along a surface of the wafer while rotated by the pedestal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190304826A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORIENTATOR BASED WAFER DEFECT SENSING Public/Granted day:2019-10-03
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