Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hardware to prevent bottom purge incursion in application volume and process gas diffusion below heater
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Application No.: US17214011Application Date: 2021-03-26
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Publication No.: US11643725B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Nitin Pathak , Tuan A. Nguyen , Amit Bansal , Badri N. Ramamurthi , Thomas Rubio , Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez
- 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: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: C23C16/40
- IPC: C23C16/40 ; C23C16/455 ; C23C16/44 ; C23C16/458 ; C23C16/46

Abstract:
Exemplary semiconductor processing chambers may include a substrate support including a top surface. A peripheral edge region of the top surface may be recessed relative to a medial region of the top surface. The chambers may include a pumping liner disposed about an exterior surface of the substrate support. The chambers may include a liner disposed between the substrate support and the pumping liner. The liner may be spaced apart from the exterior surface to define a purge lumen between the liner and the substrate support. The chambers may include an edge ring seated on the peripheral edge region. The edge ring may extend beyond a peripheral edge of the substrate support and above a portion of the liner. A gap may be formed between a bottom surface of the edge ring and a top surface of the liner. The gap and the purge lumen may be fluidly coupled.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220307135A1 HARDWARE TO PREVENT BOTTOM PURGE INCURSION IN APPLICATION VOLUME AND PROCESS GAS DIFFUSION BELOW HEATER Public/Granted day:2022-09-29
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