Continued optimization and improvement of the hardware and procedures for litho, processing, and operations have brought the MET5 ecosystem into a mature phase of its research lifecycle. The past year resulted with improved focus control, improved image stabilization, improved dose calibration, improved processing, 2X increase in shift capacity, new diagnostics for exposure dose and illumination alignment, improved online tools for users to plan and run experiments, improved data security, improved consistency of wafer supply, and improved film thickness metrology. This paper provides a summary of these improvements and learnings.
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