Surface topography measurement apparatus and method

    公开(公告)号:US11604151B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-14

    申请号:US17747639

    申请日:2022-05-18

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for measuring surface topography are described. The analysis apparatus and methods detect light reflected from the reflective backside of a cantilever assembly including a tip, calculate a background level (BGL) value obtained from an optical scan of a reference sample using a power spectral density (PSD) value obtained from a topographical scan of a reference sample to generate a correlational coefficient between the BGL and the PSD values. The correlational coefficient between the BGL and PSD values is used to measure the BGL value of additional EUV mask blanks by a topographical scan of the EUV mask blanks using the same tip mounted to the cantilever.

    Physical vapor deposition system and processes

    公开(公告)号:US11599016B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-07

    申请号:US17552513

    申请日:2021-12-16

    Abstract: A physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber and a method of operation thereof are disclosed. Chambers and methods are described that provide a chamber comprising an upper shield with two holes that are positioned to permit alternate sputtering from two targets. A process for improving reflectivity from a multilayer stack is also disclosed.

    System and method to control PVD deposition uniformity

    公开(公告)号:US11557473B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-17

    申请号:US16850670

    申请日:2020-04-16

    Abstract: A physical vapor deposition chamber comprising a tilting substrate support is described. Methods of processing a substrate are also provided comprising tilting at least one of the substrate and the target to improve the uniformity of the layer on the substrate from the center of the substrate to the edge of the substrate. Process controllers are also described which comprise one or more process configurations causing the physical deposition chamber to perform the operations of rotating a substrate support within the physical deposition chamber and tilting the substrate support at a plurality of angles with respect to a horizontal axis.

    Process Kit Conditioning Chamber
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220189749A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:US17120721

    申请日:2020-12-14

    Abstract: An ex situ physical vapor deposition (PVD) process kit conditioning apparatus configured to condition process kit components of a PVD substrate processing chamber, the ex situ PVD process kit conditioning apparatus comprising a chamber assembly, a central cathode assembly configured to mount one or more targets. The apparatus is configured to receive one or more components of a process kit of a PVD substrate processing chamber and the central cathode assembly is positioned and configured so that the apparatus deposits the defect reduction coating substantially uniformly on an inner surface of a process kit component of the PVD substrate processing chamber.

    Surface Topography Measurement Apparatus And Method

    公开(公告)号:US20220170866A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17106555

    申请日:2020-11-30

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for measuring surface topography are described. The analysis apparatus and methods detect light reflected from the reflective backside of a cantilever assembly including a tip, calculate a background level (BGL) value obtained from an optical scan of a reference sample using a power spectral density (PSD) value obtained from a topographical scan of a reference sample to generate a correlational coefficient between the BGL and the PSD values. The correlational coefficient between the BGL and PSD values is used to measure the BGL value of additional EUV mask blanks by a topographical scan of the EUV mask blanks using the same tip mounted to the cantilever.

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