Abstract: An apparatus includes a beam scanner applying, during a non-uniform scanning mode, a plurality of different waveforms generating a scan of an ion beam along a scan direction, wherein a given waveform comprises a plurality of scan segments, wherein a first scan segment comprises a first scan rate and a second scan segment comprises a second scan rate different from the first scan rate; a current detector intercepting the ion beam outside of a substrate region and recording a measured integrated current of the ion beam for a given waveform; and a scan adjustment component coupled to the beam scanner and comprising logic to determine: when a beam width of the ion beam along the scan direction exceeds a threshold; and a plurality of current ratios based on the measured integrated current of the ion beam for at least two different waveforms of the plurality of waveforms.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a beam scanner applying, during a non-uniform scanning mode, a plurality of different waveforms generating a scan of an ion beam along a scan direction, wherein a given waveform comprises a plurality of scan segments, wherein a first scan segment comprises a first scan rate and a second scan segment comprises a second scan rate different from the first scan rate; a current detector intercepting the ion beam outside of a substrate region and recording a measured integrated current of the ion beam for a given waveform; and a scan adjustment component coupled to the beam scanner and comprising logic to determine: when a beam width of the ion beam along the scan direction exceeds a threshold; and a plurality of current ratios based on the measured integrated current of the ion beam for at least two different waveforms of the plurality of waveforms.

Abstract: An ion beam tuning method, system and program product for tuning an ion implanter system are disclosed. The invention obtains an ion beam profile of the ion beam by, for example, scanning the ion beam across a profiler that is within an implant chamber; and tunes the ion implanter system to maximize an estimated implant current based on the ion beam profile to simultaneously optimize total ion beam current and ion beam spot width, and maximize implant current. In addition, the tuning can also position the ion beam along a desired ion beam path based on the feedback of the spot beam center, which improves ion implanter system productivity and performance by reducing ion beam setup time and provides repeatable beam angle performance for each ion beam over many setups.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlled ion implantation of a workpiece, such as a semiconductor wafer, are provided. The method includes generating an ion beam, scanning the ion beam across the workpiece in a first direction to produce scan lines, translating the workpiece in a second direction relative to the ion beam so that the scan lines are distributed over the workpiece with a standard spatial frequency, acquiring a dose map of the workpiece, and initiating a dose correction implant and controlling the spatial frequency of the scan lines during the dose correction, if the acquired dose map is not within specification and a required dose correction is less than a minimum dose correction that can be obtained with the standard spatial frequency of the scan lines.