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公开(公告)号:US20220270863A1
公开(公告)日:2022-08-25
申请号:US17671211
申请日:2022-02-14
Applicant: LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
Inventor: Christopher Kimball , Hema Swaroop Mopidevi , Saravanapriyan Sriraman , Tom A. Kamp , Darrell Ehrlich , Anthony Contreras , Chiara Helena Catherina Giammanco Macpherson
IPC: H01J37/32 , H01L21/687
Abstract: A moveable edge ring system for a plasma processing system includes a top edge ring and a first edge ring arranged below the top edge ring. A second edge ring is made of conductive material and includes an upper portion, a middle portion and a lower portion. The top edge ring and the second edge ring are configured to move in a vertical direction relative to a substrate support and the first edge ring when biased upwardly by a lift pin. The second edge ring is arranged below the top edge ring and radially outside of the first edge ring.
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公开(公告)号:US12237155B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-25
申请号:US17506538
申请日:2021-10-20
Applicant: Lam Research Corporation
Inventor: Hema Swaroop Mopidevi , Neil Martin Paul Benjamin , John Pease , Thomas Anderson
IPC: H01J37/32 , H01F27/36 , H01L21/683
Abstract: In some examples, a magnetic shield for a plasma source is provided. An example magnetic shield comprises a back-shell. The back-shell includes a cage defined, at least in part, by an arrangement of bars of ferro-magnetic material. The cage is sized and configured to at least extend over a top side of an RF source coil for the plasma source.
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公开(公告)号:US10685810B2
公开(公告)日:2020-06-16
申请号:US16512285
申请日:2019-07-15
Applicant: Lam Research Corporation
Inventor: Hema Swaroop Mopidevi , Lee Chen , Thomas W. Anderson
IPC: H05B33/00 , H01J37/32 , H01L21/683 , H01L21/67 , C23C16/505
Abstract: An apparatus for generating plasma, including a quadrupole antenna having a center region and an outer region and configured to be disposed over a dielectric window of a plasma chamber. The quadrupole antenna including a first coil defining a first SDA and a second coil defining a second SDA, the first coil being in a nested arrangement within the second coil. The nested arrangement places a turn of the first coil to be adjacent to a corresponding turn of the second coil as the first and second coils spiral from the center region to the outer region of the quadrupole antenna. Adjacent turns of each of the first and second coils are horizontally separated from one another by a distance when disposed over the dielectric window.
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公开(公告)号:US20200035409A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-30
申请号:US16045635
申请日:2018-07-25
Applicant: Lam Research Corporation
Inventor: Hema Swaroop Mopidevi , Neil Martin Paul Benjamin , John Pease , Thomas Anderson
Abstract: In some examples, a magnetic shield for a plasma source is provided. An example magnetic shield comprises a back-shell. The back-shell includes a cage defined, at least in part, by an arrangement of bars of ferro-magnetic material. The cage is sized and configured to at least extend over a top side of an RF source coil for the plasma source.
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公开(公告)号:US20230326720A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-12
申请号:US18000895
申请日:2021-06-07
Applicant: Lam Research Corporation
Inventor: Hema Swaroop Mopidevi , Lee Chen , Thomas W. Anderson , Shaun Tyler Smith , Neil M.P. Benjamin
IPC: H01J37/32
CPC classification number: H01J37/32174 , H01J37/321
Abstract: An apparatus for forming a plasma may include one or more coupling ports to accept a radiofrequency (RF) current. The apparatus may additionally include one or more coupling structures which may include one or more conductive loops to permit the RF current to conduct from at least a first portion of the one or more coupling ports to at least a second port of the one or more coupling ports. The one or more conductive loops may each be configured to exhibit a first value of inductance in the absence of the plasma and to exhibit a second value of inductance in the presence of the plasma. The one or more coupling structures may each include a reactive element, in which each reactive element is coupled to a corresponding one of the one or more conductive loops so as to form a corresponding number of coupling structures. Each RF coupling structure may have a resonant frequency that increases in response to the presence of the plasma.
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公开(公告)号:US10812033B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-20
申请号:US15933213
申请日:2018-03-22
Applicant: Lam Research Corporation
Inventor: Sean Kelly O'Brien , Seyed Jafar Jafarian-Tehrani , Hema Swaroop Mopidevi , Neil Martin Paul Benjamin , Jason Augustino
IPC: H03H1/00 , H03H7/01 , H01F27/28 , H01F27/24 , H01J37/00 , H01F19/04 , H01F17/00 , H01F27/00 , H01J37/32 , H01L21/683
Abstract: Various embodiments include an apparatus to filter radio-frequencies in a plasma-based processing device. In various embodiments, an RF filter device includes a number of substantially-planar spiral-filters electrically coupled to and substantially parallel to each other in a spaced-apart arrangement. In one embodiment, each of the planar spiral-filters is coupled to an adjacent one of the planar spiral filters as either an inside-to-inside electrical connection or an outside-to-outside electrical connection based on an arrangement of the successive spirals so as to increase a total value of inductance. Other methods, devices, apparatuses, and systems are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20190164729A1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-30
申请号:US15828258
申请日:2017-11-30
Applicant: Lam Research Corporation
Inventor: Hema Swaroop Mopidevi , John Pease , Thomas W. Anderson , Neil M.P. Benjamin
IPC: H01J37/32 , H01L21/67 , H01L21/683 , H02J50/12
CPC classification number: H01J37/32651 , H01J37/32082 , H01J37/32174 , H01J2237/0266 , H01L21/67103 , H01L21/6833 , H02J50/12
Abstract: RF isolation for power circuitry includes one or more ferrite cages surrounding a pair of coils, one coil connected to power input, and the other coil connected to a load such as a heater. The ferrite cage provides universal isolation for the coils, avoiding the necessity of specially tuned filters or more complicated coil arrangements. A pair of dielectric discs support respective coils. In one aspect, the ferrite cage is constituted by ferrite pieces which fan out from a central portion of the dielectric discs and are connected at an outer periphery of the dielectric discs, and at the central portion of the dielectric discs. In one aspect, the fanned-out ferrite pieces comprises either manganese-zinc or magnesium-zinc ferrites, and the ferrite pieces connecting the fanned-out ferrite pieces comprise nickel-zinc ferrites.
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公开(公告)号:US20230134296A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-04
申请号:US17918538
申请日:2021-03-23
Applicant: Lam Research Corporation
Inventor: Neil M.P. Benjamin , Hema Swaroop Mopidevi , John Pease
Abstract: An apparatus for a transformer isolator used for transferring power to an element of a substrate support used in a plasma chamber is provided. A primary of the transformer isolator includes a primary base plate configured to electrically couple to ground. A primary ferrite disposed over the primary base plate, and the primary ferrite has a primary circular channel. A primary coil is wound within the primary circular channel. A primary shield is disposed over the primary ferrite and the primary coil. The primary shield includes a first plurality of radial segments that extend from a primary center region to outside a periphery of the primary ferrite. An extended region of the primary shield has a curved section to connect the primary shield with the primary base plate. In one example, the secondary of the transformer isolator has similar construction as the primary and are used together as part of the transformer isolator.
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公开(公告)号:US20200118792A1
公开(公告)日:2020-04-16
申请号:US16512285
申请日:2019-07-15
Applicant: Lam Research Corporation
Inventor: Hema Swaroop Mopidevi , Lee Chen , Thomas W. Anderson
IPC: H01J37/32 , H01L21/683 , H01L21/67
Abstract: An apparatus for generating plasma, including a quadrupole antenna having a center region and an outer region and configured to be disposed over a dielectric window of a plasma chamber. The quadrupole antenna including a first coil defining a first SDA and a second coil defining a second SDA, the first coil being in a nested arrangement within the second coil. The nested arrangement places a turn of the first coil to be adjacent to a corresponding turn of the second coil as the first and second coils spiral from the center region to the outer region of the quadrupole antenna. Adjacent turns of each of the first and second coils are horizontally separated from one another by a distance when disposed over the dielectric window.
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公开(公告)号:US10354838B1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-16
申请号:US16156837
申请日:2018-10-10
Applicant: Lam Research Corporation
Inventor: Hema Swaroop Mopidevi , Lee Chen , Thomas W. Anderson
IPC: H01J37/32 , H01L21/67 , H01L21/683 , C23C16/505
Abstract: An apparatus for generating plasma, including a quadrupole antenna having a center region and an outer region and configured to be disposed over a dielectric window of a plasma chamber. The quadrupole antenna including a first coil defining a first SDA and a second coil defining a second SDA, the first coil being in a nested arrangement within the second coil. The nested arrangement places a turn of the first coil to be adjacent to a corresponding turn of the second coil as the first and second coils spiral from the center region to the outer region of the quadrupole antenna. Adjacent turns of each of the first and second coils are horizontally separated from one another by a distance when disposed over the dielectric window.
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