Patents by Inventor Tim Michaelson

Tim Michaelson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7534627
    Abstract: A method of controlling wafer critical dimension (CD) uniformity on a track lithography tool includes obtaining a CD map for a wafer. The CD map includes a plurality of CD data points correlated with a multi-zone heater geometry map. The multi-zone heater includes a plurality of heater zones. The method also includes determining a CD value for a first heater zone of the plurality of heater zones based on one or more of the CD data points and computing a difference between the determined CD value for the first heater zone and a target CD value for the first heater zone. The method further includes determining a temperature variation for the first heater zone based, in part, on the computed difference and a temperature sensitivity of a photoresist deposited on the wafer and modifying a temperature of the first heater zone based, in part, on the temperature variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Sokudo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tim Michaelson, Nikolaos Bekiaris