Patent ID: 8084400
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: C23C,H01J,H01L,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: combinatorially processing a plurality of regions on a substrate in a first line comprising a combinatorial line, the plurality of regions having locally uniform processing, wherein the combinatorial processing includes varying at least one of a material, a unit process, a processing condition, or a process sequence, each of the plurality of regions defined by a processing cell enclosing a corresponding region, wherein a bottom surface of a side of the processing cell provides a seal against the surface of the substrate and wherein the processing cell includes a sealed upper surface coupled to side surfaces of the side to isolate processing regions defined above one of the regions from an external environment; removing the substrate from the first line; and placing the substrate in a second line comprising a non-combinatorial manufacturing line to process the substrate in a non-combinatorial substantially uniform manner across the plurality of regions and areas between the plurality of regions.