Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High pressure RF-DC sputtering and methods to improve film uniformity and step-coverage of this process
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Application No.: US15237414Application Date: 2016-08-15
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Publication No.: US10763090B2Publication Date: 2020-09-01
- Inventor: Adolph Miller Allen , Lara Hawrylchak , Zhigang Xie , Muhammad M. Rasheed , Rongjun Wang , Xianmin Tang , Zhendong Liu , Tza-Jing Gung , Srinivas Gandikota , Mei Chang , Michael S. Cox , Donny Young , Kirankumar Savandaiah , Zhenbin Ge
- 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: H01J37/34
- IPC: H01J37/34 ; C23C14/34 ; C23C14/35 ; C23C14/54 ; C23C14/56 ; H01J37/32

Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention generally provide a processing chamber used to perform a physical vapor deposition (PVD) process and methods of depositing multi-compositional films. The processing chamber may include: an improved RF feed configuration to reduce any standing wave effects; an improved magnetron design to enhance RF plasma uniformity, deposited film composition and thickness uniformity; an improved substrate biasing configuration to improve process control; and an improved process kit design to improve RF field uniformity near the critical surfaces of the substrate. The method includes forming a plasma in a processing region of a chamber using an RF supply coupled to a multi-compositional target, translating a magnetron relative to the multi-compositional target, wherein the magnetron is positioned in a first position relative to a center point of the multi-compositional target while the magnetron is translating and the plasma is formed, and depositing a multi-compositional film on a substrate in the chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170029941A1 HIGH PRESSURE RF-DC SPUTTERING AND METHODS TO IMPROVE FILM UNIFORMITY AND STEP-COVERAGE OF THIS PROCESS Public/Granted day:2017-02-02
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