Patent Document ID: 7526699
Application ID: 11278386
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of using a Built-In Self Test (BIST) table for monitoring a monolayer deposition (MLD) system in real-time comprising: positioning one or more wafers at different heights in a thermal processing chamber; reducing pressure in the thermal processing chamber; performing a first precursor process; monitoring data for the first precursor process using a first set of nonlinear differential equations {dot over (x)} 1 and a first output equation y 1 , wherein 
 {dot over (x)} 1 =ƒ ( x 1 ,p 1 ,u 1 ) 
 y 1 =g ( x 1 ,p 1 ,u 1 ) and x 1 , p 1, and u 1 are first precursor process parameters in which the first vector x 1 comprises a first state vector for the first precursor process, the first vector p 1 comprises one or more modeling parameters for the first precursor process, the vector u 1 comprises one or more inputs applied to the first precursor process; calculating a first dynamic estimation error for the first precursor process using the monitored data for the first precursor process; determining if the first dynamic estimation error can be associated with a pre-existing first BIST rule for the first precursor process, and when the first dynamic estimation error cannot be associated with a pre-existing first BIST rule for the first precursor process, either modifying the BIST table by creating and storing a new first BIST rule for the first precursor process, or stopping the first precursor process when a new first BIST rule for the first precursor process cannot be created.