Abstract: A system includes an image processing module configured to receive an image, captured by an imaging device, of a plasma environment within a substrate processing chamber during processing of a substrate and extract one or more features of the image indicative of a plasma sheath formed within the plasma environment during the processing of the substrate. A control module is configured to determine a plasma sheath profile based on the one or more features extracted from the image and selectively adjust at least one processing parameter related to the processing of the substrate based on the plasma sheath profile.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 29, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 23, 2021
Assignee:
Lam Research Corporation
Inventors:
Yuhou Wang, Michael John Martin, Jon Mcchesney, Alexander Miller Paterson