摘要:
A method of additive manufacturing includes storing a plurality of predetermined cell processing recipes, dispensing a layer of a plurality of successive layers of feed material on a platform, receiving data describing an area of the layer of the feed material to fuse, determining a combination of a plurality of non-overlapping cells that substantially cover the area, and sequentially processing the plurality of cells. Each cell processing recipe includes scan path data indicating a path for an energy beam to follow, and different cell processing recipes having different paths for the energy beam. Each cell of the plurality of cells gets an associated cell processing recipe selected from the plurality of predetermined cell processing recipes. Each cell is processed by causing an energy beam to follow the first path for the cell processing recipe associated with the cell.
摘要:
An additive manufacturing system includes a platen having a top surface to support an object being manufactured, a feed material dispenser to deliver a plurality of successive layers of feed material over the platen, an energy source positioned above the platen to fuse at least a portion of an outermost layer of feed material, and a coolant fluid dispenser to deliver a coolant fluid onto the outermost layer of feed material after at least a portion of the outermost layer has been fused.
摘要:
An additive manufacturing system includes a platen, a dispenser apparatus configured to deliver a layer of powder onto the platen or a previously dispensed layer on the platen, a voltage source coupled to the platen and configured to apply a voltage to the platen to create an electrostatic attraction of the powder to the platen sufficient to compact the powder, and an energy source configured to apply sufficient energy to the powder to fuse the powder.
摘要:
A method of removing a silicon-containing hard polymeric material from an opening leading to a recessed feature during the plasma etching of said recessed feature into a carbon-containing layer in a semiconductor substrate. The method comprises the intermittent use of a cleaning step within a continuous etching process, where at least one fluorine-containing cleaning agent species is added to already present etchant species of said continuous etching process for a limited time period, wherein the length of time of each cleaning step ranges from about 5% to about 100% of the time length of an etch step which either precedes or follows said cleaning step.
摘要:
Additive manufacturing includes successively forming a plurality of layers on a support. Depositing a layer from the plurality of layers includes dispensing first particles, selectively dispensing second particles in selected regions corresponding to a surface of the object, and fusing at least a portion of the layer. The layer has the first particles throughout and the second particles in the selected regions. Alternatively or in addition, forming the plurality of layers includes depositing multiple groups of layers. Depositing a group of layers includes, for each layer in the group of layers dispensing a feed material to provide the layer, and after dispensing the feed material and before dispensing a subsequent layer fusing a selected portion of the layer. After all layers in the group of layers are dispensed, a volume of the group of layers that extends through all the layers in the group of layers is fused.
摘要:
A semiconductor processing system includes a vacuum chamber, a gas source configured to supply a gas to the chamber, a platen having a top surface in the chamber to support a substrate, the platen including a conductive plate, a robot to transport the substrate onto and off of the platen, a first plurality of lamps disposed below the top surface of the platen to heat the platen, and an RF power source to generate a plasma in the chamber above the platen.
摘要:
In one embodiment of the present invention, a halogen-free plasma etch processes is used to define a feature in a multi-layered masking stack including an amorphous carbon layer. In a particular embodiment, oxygen (O2), nitrogen (N2), and carbon monoxide (CO) are utilized to etch the amorphous carbon layer to form a mask capable of producing sub-100 nm features in a substrate film having a reduced line edge roughness value. In another embodiment, the present invention employs an O2 plasma pretreatment preceding the halogen-free amorphous carbon etch to first form an oxidized silicon region in a patterned photoresist layer to increase the selectivity of the amorphous carbon etch relative to a patterned photoresist layer containing unoxidized silicon.
摘要:
In one embodiment of the present invention, a halogen-free plasma etch processes is used to define a feature in a multi-layered masking stack including an amorphous carbon layer. In a particular embodiment, oxygen (O2), nitrogen (N2), and carbon monoxide (CO) are utilized to etch the amorphous carbon layer to form a mask capable of producing sub-100 nm features in a substrate film having a reduced line edge roughness value. In another embodiment, the present invention employs an O2 plasma pretreatment preceding the halogen-free amorphous carbon etch to first form an oxidized silicon region in a patterned photoresist layer to increase the selectivity of the amorphous carbon etch relative to a patterned photoresist layer containing unoxidized silicon.
摘要翻译:在本发明的一个实施例中,使用无卤等离子体蚀刻工艺来定义包括无定形碳层的多层掩模叠层中的特征。 在一个具体实施方案中,使用氧(O 2 H 2),氮(N 2 H 2)和一氧化碳(CO)来蚀刻无定形碳层以形成掩模 在具有降低的线边缘粗糙度值的基底膜中产生亚100nm特征。 在另一个实施方案中,本发明采用在无卤无定形碳蚀刻之前的O 2等离子体预处理,首先在图案化的光致抗蚀剂层中形成氧化的硅区,以增加无定形碳蚀刻相对的选择性 涉及含有未氧化硅的图案化光致抗蚀剂层。
摘要:
An additive manufacturing system includes a platen having a top surface to support an object being manufactured, a dispenser to deliver a plurality of successive layers of feed material over the platen, an energy source positioned above the platen to direct a beam to fuse at least some of an outermost layer of feed material, and a plurality of lamps disposed above the platen and around the energy source to radiatively heat the outermost layer of feed material.
摘要:
An apparatus for surface modification includes a support to hold a workpiece, a plasma source to generate a plasma in a localized region that is smaller than the workpiece, and a six-axis robot to manipulate relative positioning of the workpiece and the plasma source. The six-axis robot is coupled to at least one of the support and the plasma source.