Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for controlling ion fraction in physical vapor deposition processes
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Application No.: US15448996Application Date: 2017-03-03
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Publication No.: US11037768B2Publication Date: 2021-06-15
- Inventor: Xiaodong Wang , Joung Joo Lee , Fuhong Zhang , Martin Lee Riker , Keith A. Miller , William Fruchterman , Rongjun Wang , Adolph Miller Allen , Shouyin Zhang , Xianmin Tang
- 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: Moser Taboada
- Main IPC: H01J37/34
- IPC: H01J37/34 ; C23C14/35 ; C23C14/54 ; H01L21/768 ; H01L21/285

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for controlling the ion fraction in physical vapor deposition processes are disclosed. In some embodiments, a process chamber for processing a substrate having a given diameter includes: an interior volume and a target to be sputtered, the interior volume including a central portion and a peripheral portion; a rotatable magnetron above the target to form an annular plasma in the peripheral portion; a substrate support disposed in the interior volume to support a substrate having the given diameter; a first set of magnets disposed about the body to form substantially vertical magnetic field lines in the peripheral portion; a second set of magnets disposed about the body and above the substrate support to form magnetic field lines directed toward a center of the support surface; a first power source to electrically bias the target; and a second power source to electrically bias the substrate support.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170253959A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ION FRACTION IN PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION PROCESSES Public/Granted day:2017-09-07
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