METHOD FOR DECOUPLING SOURCES OF VARIATION RELATED TO SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING
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Described herein is a method for determining process drifts or outlier wafers over time in semiconductor manufacturing. The method involves obtaining a key performance indicator (KPI) variation (e.g., LCDU) characterizing a performance of a semiconductor process over time, and data associated with a set of factors associated with the semiconductor process. A model of the KPI and the data is used to determine contributions of a first set of factors toward the KPI variation, the first set of factors breaching a statistical threshold. The contributions from the first set of factors toward the KPI variation is removed from the model to obtain a residual KPI variation. Based on the residual KPI variation, a residual value breaching a residual threshold is determined. The residual value indicates process drifts in the semiconductor process over time or an outlier substrate corresponding to the residual value at a certain time.
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| CN | A | CN117616342 | Jun 02, 2022 |
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