Impact of multi-product and -process manufacturing on run-to-run control

Michael L. Miller

doi:10.1117/12.284630

25 August 1997 Impact of multi-product and -process manufacturing on run-to-run control

Michael L. Miller

Proceedings Volume 3213, Process, Equipment, and Materials Control in Integrated Circuit Manufacturing III; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.284630
Event: Microelectronic Manufacturing, 1997, Austin, TX, United States

Abstract

For the past few years, both academia and industry have increased research in run-to-run or supervisory level control of semiconductor processes. Run-to-run control has been cited as a necessary and integral part of many current and future leading edge processes. Run-to-run control has been applied or proposed for common and critical fab processes such as chemical mechanical polish (CMP) and lithography/etch line width control. Many traditional as well as advanced control techniques have been used in the formulation of run-to-run controllers (time series and statistical process control- based, state space methods, simple P/PI/PID algorithms, model- based predictive control, etc.). In addition, papers have been published that discuss some of the many issues involved in deploying a run-to-run controller. However, one important issue that affects deployment of run-to-run control has largely been ignored. In many state-of-the-art fabs, especially those that manufacture microprocessors and other logic chips, costly fab tools are required to run more than one process for throughput and flexibility reasons. Furthermore, today's fabs frequently produce more than one type of chip. Both of these factors, multi-processing and - products, sometimes lead to major difficulties in designing and deploying a run-to-run controller This paper focuses on the issues involved in multi-product and -process run-to-run control, as well as compare and contrast some strategies that could be used to design a run-to-run control system under these circumstances.

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Michael L. Miller "Impact of multi-product and -process manufacturing on run-to-run control", Proc. SPIE 3213, Process, Equipment, and Materials Control in Integrated Circuit Manufacturing III, (25 August 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.284630

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