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- Patent Title: Plasma treatment process for in-situ chamber cleaning efficiency enhancement in plasma processing chamber
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Application No.: US15145750Application Date: 2016-05-03
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Publication No.: US10002745B2Publication Date: 2018-06-19
- Inventor: Lin Zhang , Xuesong Lu , Andrew V. Le , Jang Seok Oh , Xinhai Han
- Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Patterson+Sheridan, LLP
- Main IPC: H01J37/32
- IPC: H01J37/32

Abstract:
Embodiments of the disclosure include methods for in-situ chamber cleaning efficiency enhancement process for a plasma processing chamber utilized for a semiconductor substrate fabrication process. In one embodiment, a method for performing a plasma treatment process after cleaning a plasma process includes performing a cleaning process in a plasma processing chamber in absent of a substrate disposed thereon, subsequently supplying a plasma treatment gas mixture including at least a hydrogen containing gas and/or an oxygen containing gas into the plasma processing chamber, applying a RF source power to the processing chamber to form a plasma from the plasma treatment gas mixture, and plasma treating an interior surface of the processing chamber.
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