公开(公告)号：US20180308663A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-25

申请号：US15960372

申请日：2018-04-23

申请人： Kenneth S. Collins ,  Kartik Ramaswamy ,  Yue Guo ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Kallol Bera ,  James D. Carducci ,  Michael R. Rice

发明人： Kenneth S. Collins ,  Kartik Ramaswamy ,  Yue Guo ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Kallol Bera ,  James D. Carducci ,  Michael R. Rice

IPC分类号： H01J37/32 ,  C23C16/455

CPC分类号： H01J37/32137 ,  C23C16/45536 ,  H01J37/32091 ,  H01J37/321 ,  H01J37/32449 ,  H01J37/32541 ,  H01J37/32568 ,  H01J37/32715 ,  H01J2237/3321 ,  H01J2237/3323 ,  H01J2237/334 ,  H01L21/67069 ,  H01L21/6831

摘要： A plasma reactor includes a chamber body having an interior space that provides a plasma chamber, a gas distributor to deliver a processing gas to the plasma chamber, a pump coupled to the plasma chamber to evacuate the chamber, a workpiece support to hold a workpiece, an intra-chamber electrode assembly including a plurality of filaments extending laterally through the plasma chamber between a ceiling of the plasma chamber and the workpiece support, each filament including a conductor surrounded by a cylindrical insulating shell, and an RF power source configured to apply a first RF signal to at least some of the plurality of filaments, to apply a second RF signal of equal frequency to at least some of the plurality of filaments, and to modulate a phase offset between the first RF signal and the second RF signal.

公开(公告)号：US20180374684A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-27

申请号：US16015074

申请日：2018-06-21

申请人： Kenneth S. Collins ,  Kartik Ramaswamy ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Kallol Bera ,  James D. Carducci ,  Michael R. Rice ,  Yue Guo

发明人： Kenneth S. Collins ,  Kartik Ramaswamy ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Kallol Bera ,  James D. Carducci ,  Michael R. Rice ,  Yue Guo

IPC分类号： H01J37/32 ,  H01L21/02 ,  C23C16/455

摘要： A plasma reactor includes a chamber body having an interior space that provides a plasma chamber, a gas distributor, a pump coupled to the plasma chamber, a workpiece support to hold a workpiece, an intra-chamber electrode assembly comprising a plurality of filaments extending laterally through the plasma chamber, each filament including a conductor surrounded by a cylindrical insulating shell, the plurality of filaments including a first multiplicity of filaments and a second multiplicity of filaments arranged in an alternating pattern with the first multiplicity of filaments, a first bus coupled to the first multiplicity of filaments and a second bus coupled to the second multiplicity of filaments, an RF power source to apply RF signal the intra-chamber electrode assembly, and at least one RF switch configured to controllably electrically couple and decouple the first bus from one of i) ground, ii) the RF power source, or iii) the second bus.

公开(公告)号：US20180308667A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-25

申请号：US15960342

申请日：2018-04-23

申请人： Kenneth S. Collins ,  Kartik Ramaswamy ,  Yue Guo ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Kallol Bera ,  James D. Carducci ,  Michael R. Rice

发明人： Kenneth S. Collins ,  Kartik Ramaswamy ,  Yue Guo ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Kallol Bera ,  James D. Carducci ,  Michael R. Rice

IPC分类号： H01J37/32 ,  C23C16/455

CPC分类号： H01J37/32568 ,  C23C16/45536 ,  C23C16/45544 ,  H01J37/32091 ,  H01J37/321 ,  H01J37/32449 ,  H01J37/32541 ,  H01J37/32715 ,  H01J2237/1825 ,  H01J2237/327 ,  H01J2237/3323 ,  H01J2237/3344 ,  H01L21/67069

摘要： A plasma reactor includes a chamber body having an interior space that provides a plasma chamber, a gas distributor to deliver a processing gas to the plasma chamber, a pump coupled to the plasma chamber to evacuate the chamber, a workpiece support to hold a workpiece, and an intra-chamber electrode assembly that includes a plurality of filaments extending laterally through the plasma chamber between a ceiling of the plasma chamber and the workpiece support. Each filament including a conductor surrounded by a cylindrical insulating shell. The plurality of filaments includes a first multiplicity of filaments and a second multiplicity of filaments arranged in an alternating pattern with the first multiplicity of filaments. An RF power source is configured to apply a first RF input signal to the first multiplicity of filaments.

公开(公告)号：US20180308664A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-25

申请号：US15960382

申请日：2018-04-23

申请人： Kenneth S. Collins ,  Kartik Ramaswamy ,  Yue Guo ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Kallol Bera ,  James D. Carducci ,  Michael R. Rice

发明人： Kenneth S. Collins ,  Kartik Ramaswamy ,  Yue Guo ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Kallol Bera ,  James D. Carducci ,  Michael R. Rice

IPC分类号： H01J37/32 ,  C23C16/455

CPC分类号： H01J37/32183 ,  C23C16/4554 ,  H01J37/32091 ,  H01J37/321 ,  H01J37/32449 ,  H01J37/32541 ,  H01J37/32568 ,  H01J37/32715 ,  H01J2237/1825 ,  H01J2237/3321 ,  H01J2237/3323 ,  H01J2237/334 ,  H01L21/67069 ,  H01L21/6831

摘要： A plasma reactor includes a chamber body having an interior space that provides a plasma chamber, a gas distributor to deliver a processing gas to the plasma chamber, a pump coupled to the plasma chamber to evacuate the chamber, a workpiece support to hold a workpiece, and an intra-chamber electrode assembly including a plurality of filaments extending laterally through the plasma chamber between a ceiling of the plasma chamber and the workpiece support. At least one bus is electrically connected to a conductor of each filament. An RF power source is configured to apply a first RF signal of a first frequency to the plurality of filaments at a first location on at least one bus, and to apply a second RF signal of different second frequency to the plurality of filaments at a different second location on the at least one bus.

公开(公告)号：US20090188624A1

公开(公告)日：2009-07-30

申请号：US12020043

申请日：2008-01-25

申请人： KALLOL BERA ,  James D. Carducci ,  Ajit Balakrishna ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Kenneth S. Collins ,  Andrew Nguyen ,  Hamid Noorbakhsh

发明人： KALLOL BERA ,  James D. Carducci ,  Ajit Balakrishna ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Kenneth S. Collins ,  Andrew Nguyen ,  Hamid Noorbakhsh

IPC分类号： H01L21/306

CPC分类号： H01J37/32834 ,  C23C16/4412 ,  H01L21/67017 ,  H01L21/67167 ,  H01L21/6719

摘要： Methods and apparatus for processing substrates are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for processing a substrate may include a process chamber having an inner volume and an exhaust system coupled thereto, wherein the exhaust system includes a plurality of first conduits, each first conduit having an inlet adapted to receive exhaust from the inner volume of the process chamber. A pumping plenum is coupled to each of the plurality of first conduits. The pumping plenum has a pumping port adapted to pump the exhaust from the chamber. The conductance between each inlet of the plurality of first conduits and the pumping port is substantially equivalent.

摘要翻译： 本文提供了处理衬底的方法和装置。 在一些实施例中，用于处理衬底的设备可以包括具有与其相连的内部体积和排气系统的处理室，其中排气系统包括多个第一管道，每个第一管道具有适于从内部 处理室的体积。 泵送气室连接到多个第一管道中的每一个。 泵送气室具有适于泵送来自腔室的排气的泵送口。 多个第一导管的每个入口与泵送端口之间的电导基本相当。

公开(公告)号：US20130098882A1

公开(公告)日：2013-04-25

申请号：US13595292

申请日：2012-08-27

申请人： Leonid Dorf ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Kenneth S. Collins ,  Nipun Misra ,  James D. Carducci ,  Gary Leray ,  Kartik Ramaswamy

发明人： Leonid Dorf ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Kenneth S. Collins ,  Nipun Misra ,  James D. Carducci ,  Gary Leray ,  Kartik Ramaswamy

IPC分类号： B23K15/00

CPC分类号： H01J37/3233 ,  G21K5/00 ,  H05H1/46 ,  H05H7/001

摘要： A plasma reactor that generates plasma in a workpiece processing chamber by an electron beam, has an electron beam source and segmented beam dump that is profiled to promote uniformity in the electron beam-produced plasma.

摘要翻译： 通过电子束在工件处理室中产生等离子体的等离子体反应器具有电子束源和分段的束流，其形状是为了促进电子束产生的等离子体中的均匀性。

公开(公告)号：US20130098552A1

公开(公告)日：2013-04-25

申请号：US13595252

申请日：2012-08-27

申请人： Leonid Dorf ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Kenneth S. Collins ,  Nipun Misra ,  James D. Carducci ,  Gary Leray ,  Kartik Ramaswamy

发明人： Leonid Dorf ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Kenneth S. Collins ,  Nipun Misra ,  James D. Carducci ,  Gary Leray ,  Kartik Ramaswamy

IPC分类号： C23F1/08

CPC分类号： H01J37/3233 ,  H01J2237/06366

摘要： A plasma, reactor that relies on an electron beam as a plasma source employs a profiled electron beam extraction grid in an electron beam source to improve uniformity.

摘要翻译： 依靠电子束作为等离子体源的等离子体反应器采用电子束源中的形状电子束提取栅格来改善均匀性。

公开(公告)号：US20120034136A1

公开(公告)日：2012-02-09

申请号：US13050481

申请日：2011-03-17

申请人： Kenneth S. Collins ,  Zhigang Chen ,  Kartik Ramaswamy ,  James D. Carducci ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Andrew Nguyen

发明人： Kenneth S. Collins ,  Zhigang Chen ,  Kartik Ramaswamy ,  James D. Carducci ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Andrew Nguyen

IPC分类号： B01J19/08

CPC分类号： H01J37/32091 ,  H01J37/32577 ,  H05H1/46 ,  H05H2001/4622

摘要： A coaxial VHF power coupler includes conductive element inside a hollow cylindrical outer conductor of the power coupler and surrounding an axial section of a hollow cylindrical inner conductor of the power coupler. Respective plural motor drives contacting the hollow cylindrical outer conductor are connected to respective locations of the movable conductive element.

摘要翻译： 同轴VHF功率耦合器包括在功率耦合器的中空圆柱形外导体内的导电元件，并且包围功率耦合器的中空圆柱形内导体的轴向部分。 与中空圆柱形外部导体接触的多个电机驱动器连接到可移动导电元件的相应位置。

公开(公告)号：US08920597B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-30

申请号：US13047052

申请日：2011-03-14

申请人： Kartik Ramaswamy ,  Igor Markovsky ,  Zhigang Chen ,  James D. Carducci ,  Kenneth S. Collins ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Nipun Misra ,  Leonid Dorf ,  Zheng John Ye

发明人： Kartik Ramaswamy ,  Igor Markovsky ,  Zhigang Chen ,  James D. Carducci ,  Kenneth S. Collins ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Nipun Misra ,  Leonid Dorf ,  Zheng John Ye

IPC分类号： H01L21/00 ,  C23C16/00 ,  H01J37/32

CPC分类号： H01J37/32091 ,  H01J37/32018 ,  H01J37/32082 ,  H01J37/32183 ,  H01J37/32541 ,  H01J37/32568 ,  H01J37/32577 ,  H01J37/32587 ,  H01J37/32596 ,  H01J37/3266 ,  H01J37/32715 ,  H01J37/32834

摘要： The disclosure pertains to a capactively coupled plasma source in which VHF power is applied through an impedance-matching coaxial resonator having a folded structure and symmetrical power distribution.

摘要翻译： 本公开涉及一种通过具有折叠结构和对称功率分布的阻抗匹配同轴谐振器施加VHF功率的Capactively coupled等离子体源。

公开(公告)号：US20130087286A1

公开(公告)日：2013-04-11

申请号：US13629267

申请日：2012-09-27

申请人： James D. Carducci ,  Hamid Tavassoli ,  Ajit Balakrishna ,  Zhigang Chen ,  Andrew Nguyen ,  Douglas A. Buchberger, JR. ,  Kartik Ramaswamy ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Kenneth S. Collins

发明人： James D. Carducci ,  Hamid Tavassoli ,  Ajit Balakrishna ,  Zhigang Chen ,  Andrew Nguyen ,  Douglas A. Buchberger, JR. ,  Kartik Ramaswamy ,  Shahid Rauf ,  Kenneth S. Collins

IPC分类号： H05H1/46

CPC分类号： H01J37/3244 ,  H01J37/32082 ,  H01J37/32091 ,  H01J37/32495 ,  H01J37/32541 ,  H01J37/32568 ,  H01J37/32724 ,  H01J37/32733 ,  H01J37/32743 ,  H01J37/32834 ,  H01J2237/3321 ,  H01J2237/3323 ,  H01J2237/3344 ,  H05H1/46

摘要： Embodiments of the present invention provide a plasma chamber design that allows extremely symmetrical electrical, thermal, and gas flow conductance through the chamber. By providing such symmetry, plasma formed within the chamber naturally has improved uniformity across the surface of a substrate disposed in a processing region of the chamber. Further, other chamber additions, such as providing the ability to manipulate the gap between upper and lower electrodes as well as between a gas inlet and a substrate being processed, allows better control of plasma processing and uniformity as compared to conventional systems.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例提供了一种等离子体室设计，其允许通过室极性对称的电，热和气流传导。 通过提供这种对称性，在室内形成的等离子体自然地改善了设置在室的处理区域中的衬底的表面上的均匀性。 此外，与常规系统相比，诸如提供操纵上电极和下电极之间的间隙以及气体入口和正被处理的衬底之间的间隙的其它腔室添加允许更好地控制等离子体处理和均匀性。