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http://dx.doi.org/10.7471/ikeee.2016.20.1.009

Real Time Endpoint Detection in Plasma Etching Using Decision Making Algorithm  

Noh, Ho-Taek (Dept. of Information and Communication Engineering, Myongji University)
Park, Young-Kook (Dept. of Information and Communication Engineering, Myongji University)
Han, Seung-Soo (Dept. of Information and Communication Engineering, Myongji University)
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Journal of IKEEE / v.20, no.1, 2016 , pp. 9-15 More about this Journal
Abstract
The endpoint detection (EPD) is the most important technique in plasma etching process. In plasma etching process, the Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES) is usually used to analyze plasma reaction. And Plasma Impedance Monitoring (PIM) system is used to measure the voltage, current, power, and load impedance of the supplied RF power during plasma process. In this paper, a new decision making algorithm is proposed to improve the performance of EPD in SiOx single layer plasma etching. To enhance the accuracy of the endpoint detection, both OES data and PIM data are utilized and a newly proposed decision making algorithm is applied. The proposed method successfully detected endpoint of silicon oxide plasma etching.
Keywords
Endpoint Detection (EPD); Decision Making Algorithm; Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES); Plasma Impedance Monitoring (PIM); Hidden Markov Model (HMM);
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