摘要:
A chilling system (12) has a container (20) filled with a coolant (22). A pipe (16) traverses within the container (20) and the coolant (22) to a housing (18). Fluid flows within the pipe (16) and becomes chilled through the pipe (16) upon entering the container (20) and the coolant (22). The chilled fluid enters the housing (18) chilling the housing (18) through the pipe (16). In turn, semiconductor substrate (19) in contact with the housing (18) also is chilled.
摘要:
A multi-zone illuminator for processing semiconductor wafers is described which comprises a plurality of source lamps and dummy lamps embedded in the reflector side of a lamp housing. The source lamps are arranged in a plurality of concentric circular zones. The illuminator also comprises plurality of light pipes for receiving multi-point temperature sensors to measure the semiconductor wafer temperature and its distribution uniformity. A gold-plated reflector plate is attached to the bottom side of the lamp housing for reflecting and directing optical energy toward the wafer surface. The distance between the reflector plate and the wafer and the lamps and the wafer may be adjusted with the use of a spacial elevator and adaptor assembly. The multi-zone illuminator allows uniform wafer heating during both transient and steady-state wafer heating cycles.
摘要:
A multi-zone illuminator for processing semiconductor wafers comprises a plurality of source lamps and dummy lamps embedded in the reflector side of a lamp housing. The source lamps are arranged in a plurality of concentric circular zones. The illuminator also comprises plurality of light pipes for receiving multi-point temperature sensors to measure the semiconductor wafer temperature and its distribution uniformity. A gold-plated reflector plate is attached to the bottom side of the lamp housing for reflecting and directing optical energy toward the wafer surface. The distance between the reflector plate and the wafer and the lamps and the wafer may be adjusted with the use of a spacial elevator and adaptor assembly. The multi-zone illuminator allows uniform wafer heating during both transient and steady-state wafer heating cycles.
摘要:
A vacuum-tight wafer carrier, and a load lock suitable for use with this wafer carrier. The wafers are supported at each side by a slightly sloping shelf, so that minimal contact (line contact) is made between the wafer surface and the surface of the shelf. This reduces generation of particulates by abrasion of the surface of the wafer. The carrier also contains elastic elements to restrain the wafers from rattling around, which further reduces the internal generation of particulates. When the wafer carrier is placed into the load lock, its body is lowered from beneath its cover through an aperture into a lower chamber, where wafers are loaded and unloaded under vacuum; the carrier cover remains covering the aperture into the lower chamber, so that the wafers never see any surface which is directly exposed to atmosphere. A wafer transport arm mechanism permits interchange of wafers among one or more processing stations and one or more load locks of this type.
摘要:
A vacuum-tight wafer carrier. The wafers are supported at each side by a slightly sloping shelf, so that minimal contact (line contact) is made between the wafer surface and the surface of the shelf. This reduces generation of particulates by abrasion of the surface of the wafer. The door of the vacuum carrier contains elastic elements to press the wafers lightly against the back of the carrier box. Thus, when the door of the box is closed, the wafers are restrained from rattling around, which further reduces the internal generation of particulates.
摘要:
A process module having remote plasma and in situ plasma generators, a source of ultraviolet, and a radiant heater, which represent four separate energy sources. The four sources can be used singly or in any combination and can be separately controllable.
摘要:
A process for the etching of titanium containing film which utilizes both in situ and remote plasmas, and a gas mixture for the plasmas which comprises a halogen gas at low pressure and moderate temperature to produce an etch which is both selective to selected materials, for example, titanium silicide etc., and anisotropic.
摘要:
A thin film etching process, wherein the rate of deposition of a robust sidewall passivant is controlled so that passivants can be continually deposited on the sidewalls of the resist pattern to change the geometry of the resist pattern during the processing step. That is, the existing pattern is modified as if a sidewall filament has been deposited on it, which can be advantageous for many purposes, without the added process complexity required by a sidewall filament process.
摘要:
The described embodiment of the present invention provides a method and device for cleaning the surface of a silicon wafer using dry gases. At least one of the gases provided is excited by passing the gas through a microwave plasma generator or by heating the wafer thereby exciting the gases near the surface of the wafer. The excitation of the gases causes chemical reactions similar to those induced by ionization of the nongaseous cleaning materials in water. After a suitable etching period, the etching chamber is purged using an insert gas, such as nitrogen, which helps carry away the remaining reacted contaminants.
摘要:
A process wherein a thin film metal (e.g. tungsten) is anisotropically etched under plasma bombardment conditions by using a feed gas mixture which includes a fluorine source (such as SF.sub.6) plus a fluorosilane (e.g. SiF.sub.4), plus a bromine source (such as HBr), plus a weak oxygen source such as carbon monoxide. This chemistry provides anisotropic high rate fluoro-etching with good selectivity to photoresist.