Invention Grant
- Patent Title: PECVD apparatus and process
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Application No.: US14422148Application Date: 2013-10-23
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Publication No.: US10030306B2Publication Date: 2018-07-24
- Inventor: Nagarajan Rajagopalan , Xinhai Han , Michael Tsiang , Masaki Ogata , Zhijun Jiang , Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez , Thomas Nowak , Jianhua Zhou , Ramprakash Sankarakrishnan , Ganesh Balasubramanian , Amit Kumar Bansal , Jeongmin Lee , Todd Egan , Edward Budiarto , Dmitriy Panasyuk , Terrance Y. Lee , Jian J. Chen , Mohamad A. Ayoub , Heung Lak Park , Patrick Reilly , Shahid Shaikh , Bok Hoen Kim , Sergey Starik
- 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
- International Application: PCT/US2013/066443 WO 20131023
- International Announcement: WO2014/066541 WO 20140501
- Main IPC: G01N21/00
- IPC: G01N21/00 ; C23C16/52 ; G01B11/06 ; H01L21/00 ; H01L21/687 ; H01L21/67 ; C23C16/509 ; C23C16/458 ; C23C16/46 ; C23C16/50 ; C23C16/505 ; G01N21/55 ; G01N21/65 ; C23C16/455

Abstract:
Apparatus and method of processing a substrate according to a PECVD process is described. Temperature profile of the substrate is adjusted to change deposition rate profile across the substrate. Plasma density profile is adjusted to change deposition rate profile across the substrate. Chamber surfaces exposed to the plasma are heated to improve plasma density uniformity and reduce formation of low quality deposits on chamber surfaces. In situ metrology may be used to monitor progress of a deposition process and trigger control actions involving substrate temperature profile, plasma density profile, pressure, temperature, and flow of reactants.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150226540A1 PECVD APPARATUS AND PROCESS Public/Granted day:2015-08-13
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