摘要:
A deflecting air ring is disclosed having a plurality of deflecting air nozzles for discharging a deflecting air jet onto a spray jet of a vaporizer in order to shape the spray jet. The deflecting air nozzles are configured such that the deflecting air jet is substantially laminar within a close region, while the deflecting air nozzles also generate turbulence in a remote region situated downstream of the close region of the deflecting air jet.
摘要:
An edge ring assembly surrounds a substrate support surface in a plasma etching chamber. The edge ring assembly comprises an edge ring and a dielectric spacer ring. The dielectric spacer ring, which surrounds the substrate support surface and which is surrounded by the edge ring in the radial direction, is configured to insulate the edge ring from the baseplate. Incorporation of the edge ring assembly around the substrate support surface can decrease the buildup of polymer at the underside and along the edge of a substrate and increase plasma etching uniformity of the substrate.
摘要:
Showerhead electrodes for a semiconductor material processing apparatus are disclosed. An embodiment of the showerhead electrodes includes top and bottom electrodes bonded to each other. The top electrode includes one or more plenums. The bottom electrode includes a plasma-exposed bottom surface and a plurality of gas holes in fluid communication with the plenum. Showerhead electrode assemblies including a showerhead electrode flexibly suspended from a top plate are also disclosed. The showerhead electrode assemblies can be in fluid communication with temperature-control elements spatially separated from the showerhead electrode to control the showerhead electrode temperature. Methods of processing substrates in plasma processing chambers including the showerhead electrode assemblies are also disclosed.
摘要:
A method for processing a substrate is disclosed. The method includes supporting the substrate in the plasma-processing chamber configured with a first electrode and a second electrode. The method also includes coupling a passive radio frequency (RF) circuit to the second electrode, the passive RF circuit being configured to adjust one or more of an RF impedance, an RF voltage potential, and a DC bias potential on the second electrode.
摘要:
A segmented radio frequency (RF) powered electrode for use in plasma processing. The electrode includes a first electrode, a second electrode surrounding the first electrode, and a dielectric material interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The dielectric material electrically isolates the first electrode from the second electrode. At least one dual frequency radio frequency power source outputs RF power at a first frequency and a second frequency. The first frequency and the second frequency are different such that at least one radio frequency switch routes at least the first frequency or the second frequency from the at least one dual frequency source to the first electrode, the second electrode, or the first electrode and the second electrode.
摘要:
An apparatus for selectively pre-coating a plasma processing chamber, including a chamber wall is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first set of RF electrodes, the first set of RF electrodes configured to strike a first pre-coat plasma, the first set of RF electrodes defining a first plasma chamber zone. The apparatus also includes a first set of confinement rings disposed around the first set of RF electrodes; and a second set of confinement rings disposed between the first set of confinement rings and the chamber wall. The apparatus further includes a gas delivery system configured to apply a first pre-coat layer to the first plasma zone when a first pre-coat gas is delivered and the first set of RF electrodes is energized. The apparatus also includes the gas delivery system configured to apply a second pre-coat layer to the second plasma zone when a second pre-coat gas is delivered and the second set of RF electrodes is energized.
摘要:
Broadly speaking, the present invention fills these needs by providing an improved chamber cleaning mechanism. The present invention can also be used to provide additional knobs to tune the etch processes. In one embodiment, a plasma processing chamber configured to generate a plasma includes a bottom electrode assembly with an bottom electrode, wherein the bottom electrode is configured to receive a substrate. The plasma processing chamber includes a top electrode assembly with a top electrode and an inductive coil surrounding the top electrode. The inductive coil is configured to convert a gas into a plasma within a region defined within the chamber, wherein the region is outside an area defined above a top surface of the bottom electrode.
摘要:
A rotary atomizer applies particulate paints with good color matching by reducing paint droplet size deviation and then optimizing the other paint spraying parameters. Paint droplet size parameters are reduced by using a bell cup having reduced flow deviations, including an overflow surface having a generally constant angle between a deflector and an atomizing edge.
摘要:
A valve for a slurry outlet opening in an installation for chemical mechanical polishing, in particular of semiconductor wafers in DRAM production, includes an elastic diaphragm, which covers the slurry outlet opening and has at least one self-closing opening. It is possible for the opening to be moved into a feedthrough position for the slurry by flowing slurry and to be automatically moved into a blocking position for the slurry when the slurry is not flowing. A CMP installation having such a valve is also provided. This creates a simple way of preventing particle agglomerations in the region of the fluid outlet opening of a CMP installation.
摘要:
A plasma in a vacuum chamber where a workpiece is processed is bounded by a plasma confinement volume including a region between a first electrode simultaneously responsive to power at first and second RF frequencies and a DC grounded second electrode. A DC grounded extension is substantially aligned with the first electrode. A substantial percentage of power at the first frequency is coupled to a path including the first and second electrodes but not the extension while a substantial percentage of power at the second frequency is coupled to a path including the first electrodes and extension, but not the second electrode. Changing the relative powers at the first and second frequencies, as applied to the first electrode, controls DC bias voltage of the first electrode.