Run-to-Run Control in Semiconductor Manufacturing

Offers analyses of run-to-run (R2R) control. Through manufacturing case studies, this book provides justification for and demonstrates the benefits of run-to-run control, and offers the know-how and direction for incorporating R2R control into readers' manufacturing capabilities.
Run-to-run (R2R) control is cutting-edge technology that allows modification of a product recipe between machine "runs," thereby minimizing process drift, shift, and variability-and with them, costs. Its effectiveness has been demonstrated in a variety of processes, such as vapor phase epitaxy, lithography, and chemical mechanical planarization. The only barrier to the semiconductor industry's widespread adoption of this highly effective process control is a lack of understanding of the technology. Run to Run Control in Semiconductor Manufacturing overcomes that barrier by offering in-depth analyses of R2R control.