WAFER POSITIONING AND CORRECTION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE
20250232999 ยท 2025-07-17
Inventors
- Rongsheng Lyu (Nanjing, CN)
- Han ZHANG (NANJING, CN)
- Zhichun Guo (Nanjing, CN)
- Zuojun Shen (Moraga, CA, US)
Cpc classification
G05B19/404
PHYSICS
International classification
Abstract
A semiconductor wafer transfer device has a wafer positioning deskewing method via steps of initially setting parameters for the size of a wafer to be measured; collecting a motor rotational angle initialization settings for the size of the wafer to be measured; collecting motor angle data .sub.i and optical calibrator optical calibrator shading length data s.sub.i; calculating the wafer turning angle .sub.i and the wafer edge to center of rotation distance data .sub.i. The distance between the edge of the wafer to be measured and the center of the rotating suction cup is determined to the center of the rotating suction cup is within the specified range.
Claims
1. A wafer positioning and correcting method, the wafer to be measured includes a round edge and a flat edge, characterized in that it includes the following steps: S1: with respect to a dimension of the wafer to be measured, a predetermined coaxiality error of the center P of a wafer to be measured and a center O of a rotating suction cup, the radius R of the wafer to be measured, a distance L.sub.0 between the center O of the rotary suction cup and a emitter position of a optical calibrator, a optical calibrator range s, a transmission ratio k of a motor to the rotary suction cup, and a flat edge calibration threshold t are initialized and set; S2: real-time acquisition of a motor angle .sub.i and a optical calibrator shading amount s.sub.i during a rotation of the wafer to be measured on the rotary suction cup, thereby calculating a rotation angle .sub.i of the wafer to be measured and a distance .sub.i between the edge of the wafer to be measured and the center O of the rotary suction cup; S3: determining whether the distance .sub.i between the edge of the wafer to be measured and the center O of the rotary suction cup is within a specified range: if within the specified range, continuing with step S4; specified range, continue with step S4; if not, give a shutdown indication that the wafer is out of position; S4: determine whether the rotation angle .sub.i of the wafer to be measured and the distance .sub.i between the edge of the wafer to be measured and the center of the rotary suction cup O and determine whether the distance .sub.i is round edge data or flat edge data: if rounded edge data, then calculate a polar coordinate position deviation between the center P of the wafer to be measured and the center O of the rotating suction cup on a polar coordinate system (.sub.p,.sub.p), where .sub.p is a radius deviation of the wafer center P to be measured relative to the center O of the rotating suction cup, .sub.p is the radius deviation of the wafer center P to be measured relative to the center O of the rotating suction cup; phase deviation relative to the center O of the the rotary suction cup; or if flat edge data, the phase deviation .sub.p is the phase deviation of the center P of the wafer to be measured relative to the center O of the rotating suction cup obtained from the rounded edge data before a jump; wherein phase deviation .sub.p is to calculate a flat edge angle phase deviation ; S5: use the radius deviation .sub.p of the center P of the wafer to be measured P relative to the rotating suction cup center O, the center P of the wafer to be measured P, phase deviation .sub.p relative to the center O of the rotating suction cup, and the flat edge angle phase deviation to place the wafer to be measured for; wherein, the wafer to be measured is placed on a rotary suction cup, the rotary suction cup is connected to the motor, the rotary suction cup drives the wafer to be tested, wherein the edge of the wafer to be measured is set in the calibration area between a transmitter and a receiver of the optical calibrator, wherein the edge of the wafer to be measured is set in the calibration zone between a transmitter and a receiver of the optical calibrator, wherein the optical calibrator shading amount s.sub.i is a shading length of the edge of the wafer to be tested between the transmitter and the receiver of the optical calibrator, wherein the length of the shading of the wafer to be measured between the transmitter and the receiver of the optical calibrator.
2. The wafer positioning correction method according to claim 1, characterized in that the rotation angle of the wafer to be measured .sub.i is calculated for:
3. The wafer positioning and correcting method according to claim 1, characterized in that: the distance .sub.i between the edge of the wafer to be measured and said center O of the rotary suction cup, the distance .sub.i is calculated as:
4. The wafer positioning correction method according to claim 1, characterized in that in S3, the specified range is: R0.5<.sub.i<R+0.5 wherein R denotes the radius of the wafer; denotes a preset coaxial error between the center P of the wafer to be measured and the center O of the rotating suction cup.
5. The wafer positioning correction method according to claim 1, wherein the wafer center P to be measured and rotary suction cup center O have a preset coaxial error, wherein the preset coaxially error of the wafer center P to be measured and rotary suction cup center O is in the range of: <s wherein s denotes a range of a optical calibrator.
6. The wafer positioning and correcting method according to claim 1, characterized in that: in S4, a jumping to flat edge data or round edge data edge data judgment method comprises:
7. The wafer positioning deviation correction method according to claim 1, characterized in that: calculating the semi diameter deviation .sub.p:
8. The wafer positioning correction method according to claim 7, characterized in that: the phase deviation .sub.p is calculated as:
9. The wafer positioning correction method according to claim 1, wherein: calculating the flat edge angle phase deviation :
10. A wafer positioning guiding system comprising the following modules of: a data initialization module for, with respect to a dimensions of a wafer to be inspected, preset coaxial error , a radius R of the wafer to be measured, a distance O of a center of a rotary suction cup from a transmitter position of a optical calibrator distance L.sub.0, optical calibrator range s, motor to rotary suction cup transmission ratio k and flat edge calibration threshold t initialized setting; a data acquisition and calculation module for real-time acquisition of a motor angle .sub.i of the wafer to be measured during rotation on the rotary suction cup with a optical calibrator shading amount s.sub.i, and thereby calculating a rotation angle .sub.i of the wafer to be measured and a distance .sub.i between the edge of the wafer to be measured and the rotating center O of the suction cup, the distance; .sub.i of the edge of the wafer to be measured from the center O of the rotating suction cup; a wafer position deviation judgement module for judging whether the distance pi between the edge of the wafer to be measured and the rotating suction cup center O is within a specified range: if it is within the specified range, continue with step S4; if it is not, give a shutdown indication of the wafer deviating from a position indication; a deviation parameter acquisition module for determining the rotation angle .sub.i of the wafer to be measured and whether the rotation angle .sub.i of the wafer to be measured and the distance .sub.i between the edge of the wafer to be measured and the center O of the rotary suction cup are round edge data or flat edge data: if it is rounded edge data, calculating a polar coordinate position deviation between the wafer center P to be measured and the rotating suction cup center O in a polar coordinate system (.sub.p,.sub.p), where .sub.p is a radius deviation of the wafer center P to be measured relative to the rotating suction cup center O, .sub.p is the radius deviation of the wafer center P to be measured relative to the rotating suction cup center O, phase deviation relative to the center O of the rotating suction cup; in case of flat edge data, the phase deviation .sub.p is the phase deviation of the wafer center P relative to the center O of the rotating suction cup obtained from the rounded edge data before a jump, the phase deviation .sub.p to calculate a flat edge angle phase deviation ; a wafer position correction module for using a radius deviation .sub.p of the to-be-measured wafer center P relative to the rotating suction cup center O, phase deviation .sub.p of the center P of the wafer to be measured P relative to the center O of the rotating suction cup, and the flat edge angle phase deviation for calibrating the to-be-tested wafer placement position; and wherein the wafer to be measured is placed in a calibrated position wherein the wafer to be measured is placed on the rotary suction cup, the rotary suction cup is connected to the motor, the rotary suction cup drives the wafer to be measured the edge of the wafer to be measured is set in the calibration area between a transmitter and a receiver of the optical calibrator, wherein the edge of the wafer to be measured is set in the calibration area between a transmitter and a receiver of the optical calibrator, the optical calibrator shading amount s.sub.i is the amount of light that the edge of the wafer to be tested is located between the transmitter and the receiver of the optical calibrator, wherein the optical calibrator shading amount s.sub.i is a shading length of the edge of the wafer to be measured between the transmitter and receiver of the optical calibrator.
11. The wafer positioning guiding system of claim 10 wherein the wafer positioning guiding system is implemented as a wafer positioning deskew device as claimed in claim 10.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0041] In order to make the contents of the present invention more easily and clearly understood, the following is a further detailed description of the present invention according to specific embodiments of the present invention and in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the present invention is described in further detail, wherein
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[0047] A description of the accompanying drawings callouts shows: [0048] 1 a wafer to be measured [0049] 11 an edge of the wafer to be measured [0050] 2 a rotating suction cup [0051] 3 laser micrometry instrument [0052] 31 transmitter [0053] 32 receiver
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0054] The present invention is further described below in connection with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments so that those skilled in the art may better understand the present invention and be able to implement it, but the exemplified embodiments are not intended to be a limitation of the present invention.
Example 1
[0055] Referring to
[0056] S1: with respect to the size of the wafer to be inspected, a preset coaxiality error of the wafer to be tested at the circular center P and the rotating suction cup center O , the radius R of the wafer to be tested, the distance L.sub.0 between the rotary suction cup center O and the emitter position of the optical calibrator, the optical calibrator range s, a motor to rotary suction cup ratio k and a flat edge calibration threshold t for initialization setting.
[0057] S2: Use the data acquisition device shown in
[0058] S3: determining whether the distance .sub.i between the edge of the wafer to be measured and the center O of the rotating suction cup is within a specified range: If within the specified range, continue with step S4; if not, give a shutdown indication that the wafer is out of position;
[0059] S4: determining whether the rotation angle .sub.i of the wafer to be measured and the distance .sub.i between the edge of the wafer to be measured and the center of the rotating suction cup O whether the distance .sub.i is round edge data or flat edge data:
[0060] As shown in
[0061] In the case of flat edge data, the wafer center P to be measured relative to the center of the rotating suction cup obtained from the rounded edge data before jumping is used to center O to calculate the phase deviation of the flat edge corner phase deviation.
[0062] S5: using the radius deviation of the to-be-tested wafer center P relative to the rotating suction cup center O, the to-be-tested wafer circle center P relative to the center O of the rotating suction cup and the flat edge angle phase deviation for the placement of the wafer to be tested calibration.
[0063] As shown in
[0064] In step S2, the wafer turn angle .sub.i is calculated as:
[0066] In
[0067] L.sub.0 denotes the distance between the rotating suction cup center O and the emitter position of the optical calibrator and s.sub.i denotes the optical calibrator shading amount.
[0068] In step S3, in determining whether the distance .sub.i between the edge of the wafer to be measured and the rotary chuck center O is within a specified range: if it is within the specified range, the distance .sub.i is within the specified range. range: if within the specified range, continue to step S4; the specified range is:
[0069] R denotes the radius of the wafer. A denotes a predetermined coaxiality error between the wafer center P to be measured and the center O of the rotating suction cup difference. The range of values of the preset coaxiality error of the wafer center P to be measured and the center O of the rotating suction cup is:
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[0070] s denotes the optical calibrator range.
[0071] In step S4, the judgement method of jumping to flat-edge data or rounded-edge data comprises: based on the current sample, the previous two samples, the rotation angle of the wafer to be measured, and the distance between the edge of the wafer to be measured and the center O of the rotating suction cup is judged: full
The rounded edge data jumps to flat edge data when the condition of the
condition, the flat edge data jumps to rounded edge data; where .sub.i is the currently sampled to-be-measured rotation angle of the currently sampled wafer to be measured; .sub.i-1 is the rotation angle of the last sampled wafer to be measured of .sub.i; .sub.i-2 is the last sampled .sub.i-2 is the angle of rotation of the last sampled wafer to be measured of .sub.i-1; .sub.i is the distance between the edge of the currently sampled wafer to be measured and the center O of the rotating suction cup; .sub.i-1 is the distance between the edge of the last sampled wafer to be measured and the center O of the rotating suction cup; .sub.i-2 is the distance between the edge of the last sampled wafer to be measured and the center O of the rotating suction cup; .sub.i-1 is the distance between the edge of the last sampled wafer to be measured and the center O of the rotating suction cup; and the distance between the edge of the last sampled wafer to be measured of .sub.i and the center O of the rotating suction cup.
[0072] If the angle of rotation .sub.i of the wafer to be measured and the distance between the edge of the wafer to be measured and the center O of the rotating suction cup the distance .sub.i is circular edge data:
[0073] Calculate the polar position deviation (.sub.p, .sub.p) between the wafer center P to be measured and the center O of the rotating suction cup in a polar coordinate system, where .sub.p is the radius deviation of the wafer center P to be measured with respect to the rotating suction cup center O, .sub.p is the phase deviation of the wafer center P to be measured with respect to the rotating O, where .sub.p is the radius deviation of the wafer center P to be measured relative to the rotating suction cup center O, .sub.p is the phase deviation of the wafer center P to be measured relative to the rotating suction cup center O, wherein the radius deviation .sub.p is calculated according to the least squares method:
[0075] The phase deviation .sub.p is calculated as follows:
[0076] If the rotation angle .sub.i of the wafer to be measured and the distance between the edge of the wafer to be measured and the center of the rotating suction cup O distance .sub.i are flat edge data: the phase of the center P of the wafer to be measured relative to the center O of the rotating suction cup obtained based on the rounded edge data before the jump the phase deviation .sub.p, the phase deviation of the flat edge angle is calculated by the least squares method:
Example II
[0078] Based on the same inventive concept as the debiasing method described in Example I, the present invention also provides a wafer positioning debiasing method. bias correction system comprising the following modules: [0079] A data initialization module, for use in relation to the dimensions of the wafer to be inspected, a predetermined coaxiality error between the center P of the wafer to be tested and the center O of the rotating suction cup the preset coaxiality error of the wafer to be tested, the radius R of the wafer to be tested, the distance L.sub.0 of the center O of the rotary suction cup from the emitter position of the optical calibrator, the range s of the optical calibrator, the distance L.sub.0 of the motor to the rotary suction cup, and the distance L.sub.0 of the motor to the emitter position of the optical calibrator. L.sub.0, the optical calibrator range s, the motor to rotary suction cup ratio k and the flat edge verification threshold t are initialized; [0080] A data acquisition and calculation module for real-time acquisition of the motor rotation during rotation of the wafer to be measured on the rotary suction cup angle .sub.i and optical calibrator shading amount s.sub.i, and thereby calculating the rotation angle .sub.i of the wafer to be measured and the edge of the wafer to be measured from the center O of the rotating suction cup .sub.i; [0081] A wafer position deviation judgement module for judging the distance between the edge of the wafer to be measured and the center O of the rotary chuck distance .sub.i is within a specified range: if within the specified range, continue with step S4; if not, give the wafer deviation position of the [0082] A deviation parameter acquisition module for determining whether a rotation angle .sub.i of the wafer to be measured and an edge of the wafer to be measured distance .sub.i from the center O of the rotating suction cup is round edge data or flat edge data: [0083] If it is rounded edge data, calculating the polar coordinate position of the wafer-to-be-tested circle center P and the rotating suction cup center O on the polar coordinate system deviation (.sub.p,.sub.p), where .sub.p is the radius deviation .sub.p of the wafer center P to be measured with respect to the center O of the rotating suction cup, .sub.p is the radius deviation .sub.p of the wafer .sub.p is the phase deviation of the wafer center P to be measured with respect to the center O of the rotating suction cup; [0084] In the case of flat edge data, the phase deviation of the center P of the wafer to be measured relative to the center O of the rotating suction cup is calculated based on the rounded edge data obtained before the jump. the phase deviation of the center O of the rotating chuck; [0085] A wafer position correction module for using the radius deviation of the to-be-tested wafer center P with respect to the rotating suction cup center O the radius deviation of the wafer center P to be measured with respect to the center O of the rotating suction cup, the phase deviation of the wafer center P to be measured with respect to the center O of the rotating suction cup and the phase deviation of the flat-edge angle for the wafer to be measured the placement position of the wafer to be measured is calibrated; [0086] wherein the wafer to be measured is placed on a rotary suction cup, the rotary suction cup is connected to a motor, the rotary suction cup carries the wafer to be measured the wafer-to-be-tested is rotated, the wafer-to-be-tested having an edge set between the transmitter and receiver of the optical calibrator for calibration of the wafer-to-be-tested the edge of the wafer to be tested is set in the calibration area between the transmitter and the receiver of the optical calibrator, the optical calibrator shading amount s.sub.i being the handing length of the edge of the wafer to be tested between the transmitter and the receiver of the optical calibrator. between the transmitter and receiver of the optical calibrator.
Example 3
[0087] The present invention also provides a wafer positioning deskew device comprising the wafer positioning deskew system described in Example II.
[0088] It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that embodiments of the present application may be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Accordingly, the present application may take the form of fully hardware embodiments, fully software embodiments, or a combination of software and hardware aspects. embodiments, or a combination of software and hardware aspects. Further, the present application may take the form of a computer program that contains computer-usable program code on one or more computer-usable storage media (including a computer program that contains computer-usable program code). The application may also take the form of a computer program product implemented on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk memory, CD-ROM, optical memory, etc.) that contain computer-usable program code. in the form of a product.
[0089] The present application is made with reference to flowcharts and/or block diagrams of methods, devices (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the present application. diagrams and/or block diagrams according to embodiments of the present application. It should be understood that each of the flowcharts and/or block diagrams may be implemented by computer program instructions, as well as by computer program instructions, each flow and/or box in the flowchart and/or block diagram, and the combination of flows and/or boxes in the flowchart and/or block diagram. These computer program instructions may be provided instructions to a processor of a general-purpose computer, a specialized computer, an embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine. a machine such that the instructions executed through the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing device produce a process flow or multiple processes for implementing the flowchart. present the functions specified in the one process or multiple processes of the flowchart and/or the one box or multiple boxes of the block diagram.
[0090] These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory capable of directing the computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in that computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture comprising an instruction instructions stored in the computer-readable memory to produce an article of manufacture comprising an instruction device that implements a function specified in one or more processes of a flowchart and/or one or more boxes of a block diagram. plurality of boxes.
[0091] These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device, such that the computer or other programmable data processing device may be loaded onto the computer or other programmable data processing device, such that the computer or other programmable device to perform a series of operational steps to produce computer-implemented processing, such that the computer or the instructions executed on the computer or other programmable device provide instructions for realizing a process in one or more processes of a flowchart and/or one or more boxes of a block diagram, one or more boxes of a flowchart and/or one or more boxes of a block diagram.
[0092] Clearly, the foregoing embodiments are merely examples for clarity and are not a limitation of the embodiments. For one of ordinary skill in the art, other variations or changes may be made on the basis of the foregoing description. The above illustrations are not intended to be a limitation of the embodiments. It is neither necessary nor possible to exhaust all of the embodiments herein.