Electricity: measuring and testing – Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components – Of individual circuit component or element
Patent
1997-06-11
2000-06-13
Ballato, Josie
Electricity: measuring and testing
Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components
Of individual circuit component or element
324662, 324756, 361234, H02N 1300
Patent
active
060753757
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and a method for detecting the presence and position of a wafer upon a semiconductor wafer support pedestal surface. Specifically, a wafer detector comprising a plurality of electrodes on a surface of the wafer support pedestal. The electrodes are coupled to a capacitance measurement circuit that measures the capacitance between the electrodes and generates a signal corresponding to a wafer's presence, location and chucking condition. The wafer's presence completes an electrical circuit between the electrodes, increasing the capacitance between the electrodes. As such, the presence of a wafer, the position of the wafer, and the condition of the wafer, i.e., wafer damage, can be detected upon a wafer support pedestal during wafer processing.
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Burkhart Vincent E.
Manaoharlal Deepak
Applied Materials Inc.
Ballato Josie
Solis Jose M.
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