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- Patent Title: Clean resistant windows for ultraviolet thermal processing
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Application No.: US14641179Application Date: 2015-03-06
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Publication No.: US10240236B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: James Lee , George Andrew Antonelli , Kevin M. McLaughlin , Andrew John McKerrow , Curtis Bailey , Alexander R. Fox , Stephen Lau , Eugene Smargiassi , Casey Holder , Troy Daniel Ribaudo , Xiaolan Chen
- Applicant: Lam Research Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Fremont
- Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
- Current Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Fremont
- Agency: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP
- Main IPC: B08B7/00
- IPC: B08B7/00 ; B08B9/00 ; C23C16/44 ; C23C16/48 ; H01L21/67 ; H01L21/687

Abstract:
Apparatuses and methods for cleaning a semiconductor processing chamber is provided. The semiconductor processing chamber may include a UV radiation source, a substrate holder, and a UV transmissive window. The UV transmissive window may include one or multiple panes. One or more panes of the UV transmissive window may be non-reactive with fluorine containing chemistries. In multi-pane windows a purge gas flow path may be formed in the gap between windows. A purge gas may be flowed through the purge gas flow path to prevent process gases used in the chamber interior from reaching one or more panes of the UV transmissive window.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160258057A1 CLEAN RESISTANT WINDOWS FOR ULTRAVIOLET THERMAL PROCESSING Public/Granted day:2016-09-08
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