Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-radius magnetron for physical vapor deposition (PVD) and methods of use thereof
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Application No.: US16916494Application Date: 2020-06-30
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Publication No.: US11295938B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Jiao Song , Anthony Chih-Tung Chan , David Gunther , Kirankumar Neelasandra Savandaiah , Irena H. Wysok
- 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

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided herein. In embodiments, a magnetron assembly for use in a PVD chamber includes: a base plate having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a central axis; a magnet plate rotatably coupled to the base plate, wherein the magnet plate rotates with respect to the base plate about an offset axis; a magnet assembly coupled to the magnet plate offset from the offset axis and configured to rotate about the central axis and the offset axis; a first motor coupled to the base plate to rotate the magnet assembly about the central axis; and a second motor coupled to the magnet plate to control an angular position thereof and to position the magnet assembly in each of a plurality of fixed angular positions defining a plurality of different fixed radii.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210407778A1 MULTI-RADIUS MAGNETRON FOR PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (PVD) AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Public/Granted day:2021-12-30
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