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US09574265B2 Rotation plus vibration magnet for magnetron sputtering apparatus 有权
旋转加振动磁体用于磁控溅射装置

Rotation plus vibration magnet for magnetron sputtering apparatus
Abstract:
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a plasma processing system having a magnetron that provides a symmetric magnetic track through a combination of vibrational and rotational motion. The disclosed magnetron has a magnetic element that generates a magnetic field. The magnetic element is attached to an elastic element connected between the magnetic element and a rotational shaft that rotates the magnetic element about a center of the sputtering target. The elastic element may vary its length during rotation of the magnetic element to change the radial distance between the rotational shaft and the magnetic element. The resulting magnetic track enables concurrent motion of the magnetic element in both an angular direction and a radial direction. Such motion enables a symmetric magnetic track that provides good wafer uniformity and a short deposition time.
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