High temperature chemical vapor deposition chamber
    1.
    发明授权
    High temperature chemical vapor deposition chamber 有权
    高温化学气相沉积室

    公开(公告)号:US06364954B2

    公开(公告)日:2002-04-02

    申请号:US09211998

    申请日:1998-12-14

    IPC分类号: C23C1600

    摘要: An apparatus for wafer processing, which comprises a chamber body and a heated liner which are thermally isolated from each other by isolating pins. During wafer processing, e.g., deposition of titanium nitride film by thermal reaction between titanium tetrachloride and ammonia, a wafer substrate is heated to a reaction temperature in the range of 600-700° C. by a heated support pedestal. The chamber liner and the interior chamber walls are maintained at a temperature between 150-250° C. to prevent deposition of undesirable by-products inside the chamber. This facilitates the chamber cleaning procedure, which can be performed using an in-situ chlorine-based process. The excellent thermal isolation between the heated liner and the chamber body allows the chamber exterior to be maintained at a safe operating temperature of 60-65° C. A heated exhaust assembly is also used in conjunction with the process chamber to remove exhaust gases and reaction by-products. External heaters are used to maintain the exhaust assembly at a temperature of about 150-200° C. to minimize undesirable deposits on the interior surfaces of the exhaust assembly.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于晶片处理的装置,其包括通过隔离销彼此热隔离的室主体和加热衬套。 在晶片加工期间,例如通过四氯化钛和氨之间的热反应沉积氮化钛膜,通过加热的支撑基座将晶片基板加热至600-700℃范围内的反应温度。 腔室衬里和内部室壁保持在150-250℃之间的温度,以防止在室内沉积不期望的副产物。 这有助于室清洁程序,其可以使用原位氯基方法进行。 加热的衬套和腔体之间的良好的隔热能使室外保持在60-65℃的安全工作温度。加热排气组件还与处理室结合使用以除去废气和反应 副产品。 使用外部加热器将排气组件保持在约150-200℃的温度下,以使排气组件的内表面上的不期望的沉积物最小化。

    Integrated temperature controlled exhaust and cold trap assembly
    2.
    发明授权
    Integrated temperature controlled exhaust and cold trap assembly 有权
    集成温度控制排气和冷阱组件

    公开(公告)号:US06206971B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-03-27

    申请号:US09281998

    申请日:1999-03-29

    IPC分类号: C23C1600

    摘要: A temperature-controlled exhaust assembly with cold trap capability. One embodiment of the exhaust assembly comprises a multi-heater design which allows for independent multi-zone closed-loop temperature control. Another embodiment comprises a compact multi-valve uni-body design incorporating a single heater for simplified closed-loop temperature control. The cold trap incorporates a heater for temperature control at the inlet of the trap to minimize undesirable deposits. One embodiment also comprises a multi-stage cold trap and a particle trap. As a removable unit, this cold trap provides additional safety in the handling and disposal of the adsorbed condensables.

    摘要翻译: 具有冷阱能力的温度控制排气组件。 排气组件的一个实施例包括允许独立的多区域闭环温度控制的多加热器设计。 另一个实施例包括紧凑的多阀单体设计,其包括用于简化闭环温度控制的单个加热器。 冷阱包含一个加热器,用于在陷阱入口进行温度控制,以尽量减少不必要的沉积物。 一个实施例还包括多级冷阱和颗粒捕集器。 作为可拆卸单元,该冷阱在吸附的可冷凝物的处理和处理中提供了额外的安全性。

    Cold trap assembly
    3.
    发明授权
    Cold trap assembly 有权
    冷阱装配

    公开(公告)号:US06517592B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-02-11

    申请号:US09740120

    申请日:2000-12-19

    IPC分类号: B01D4508

    摘要: A temperature-controlled exhaust assembly with cold trap capability. One embodiment of the exhaust assembly comprises a multi-heater design which allows for independent multi-zone closed-loop temperature control. Another embodiment comprises a compact multi-valve uni-body design incorporating a single heater for simplified closed-loop temperature control. The cold trap incorporates a heater for temperature control at the inlet of the trap to minimize undesirable deposits. One embodiment also comprises a multi-stage cold trap and a particle trap. As a removable unit, this cold trap provides additional safety in the handling and disposal of the adsorbed condensables.

    摘要翻译: 具有冷阱能力的温度控制排气组件。 排气组件的一个实施例包括允许独立的多区域闭环温度控制的多加热器设计。 另一个实施例包括紧凑的多阀单体设计,其包括用于简化闭环温度控制的单个加热器。 冷阱包含一个加热器,用于在陷阱入口进行温度控制,以尽量减少不必要的沉积物。 一个实施例还包括多级冷阱和颗粒捕集器。 作为可拆卸单元,该冷阱在吸附的可冷凝物的处理和处理中提供了额外的安全性。

    Removable ring for controlling edge deposition in substrate processing
apparatus
    4.
    发明授权
    Removable ring for controlling edge deposition in substrate processing apparatus 失效
    用于控制基板处理装置中的边缘沉积的可拆卸环

    公开(公告)号:US5766365A

    公开(公告)日:1998-06-16

    申请号:US472220

    申请日:1995-06-07

    摘要: A substrate processing apparatus comprising a processing chamber in which a substrate support is located. The substrate support, which is in the form of a heater pedestal, has a surface dimensioned to receive the substrate, and is circumscribed by a removable purge ring which defines an annulus between itself and the pedestal. At the outer edge of the pedestal is a purge gas manifold, in the form of a cavity between the purge ring and the pedestal. The lower end of the manifold is sealed by means of a mechanical seal that is formed at process temperature as the pedestal expands from heating and comes into contact with the purge ring's lower edge. The upper end of the manifold opens into the annulus defined by the purge ring and the pedestal. The manifold is arranged so that during processing, purge gas is injected into the manifold and projected toward the edge of a substrate received on the surface of the pedestal. This gas moves upwards through the annulus defined between the purge ring and the substrate support. Consequently, processing gas is prevented from contacting the extreme edge portion of the substrate. This reduces unwanted deposition on the peripheral edge and lower surface of the substrate.

    摘要翻译: 一种基板处理装置,包括其中位于基板支撑件的处理室。 处于加热器基座形式的衬底支撑件具有尺寸适于接收衬底的表面,并且由可拆卸的清除环限定,该清除环在其与底座之间限定环形空间。 在基座的外边缘处是净化气体歧管,其形式为清洗环和基座之间的空腔。 歧管的下端通过机械密封进行密封,机械密封在工艺温度下形成,因为基座从加热膨胀并与清洗环的下边缘接触。 歧管的上端开口进入由清洗环和基座限定的环形空间。 歧管被布置成使得在处理期间,吹扫气体被注入到歧管中并且朝着接收在基座的表面上的基板的边缘突出。 该气体向上移动通过清洗环和衬底支撑件之间限定的环形空间。 因此,防止处理气体与基板的最外缘部分接触。 这减少了衬底的外围边缘和下表面上的不希望的沉积。

    Heater with shadow ring and purge above wafer surface
    5.
    发明授权
    Heater with shadow ring and purge above wafer surface 失效
    加热器带有阴影环并在晶片表面上方吹扫

    公开(公告)号:US5888304A

    公开(公告)日:1999-03-30

    申请号:US626789

    申请日:1996-04-02

    摘要: This invention provides a method and apparatus for supporting a wafer in a processing chamber, where the wafer is supported and heated from below via a heater pedestal having a diameter larger than that of the wafer. A process fluid flowing downward toward the top of the wafer is inhibited from depositing near the wafer edge by a shadow ring. The shadow ring, which is placed over but does not contact the wafer, physically masks an annular strip of the wafer near its edge. The shadow ring inhibits deposition of process fluides on the wafer in two distinct ways. First, the shadow ring physically obstructs process gas, flowing downward from above the wafer, from depositing on the masked portion of the wafer. Second, the shadow ring is used to direct a flow of a purge gas to inhibit process gas from seeping under the shadow ring and depositing near the wafer edge. A purge gas manifold is defined by a cylindrical annulus located concentrically below the shadow ring and circumscribing the heater pedestal. A purge gap between the wafer and the shadow ring forms the outlet of the purge gas manifold. The purge gas flows out of the purge gap, inhibiting the process gas from entering the purge gap, and thus further inhibiting deposition on the masked portion of the wafer.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种用于在处理室中支撑晶片的方法和装置,其中通过直径大于晶片直径的加热器基座从下方支撑晶片并从其下被加热。 向晶片顶部向下流动的工艺流体被阴影环抑制在晶片边缘附近沉积。 放置在但不接触晶片的阴影环在其边缘附近物理屏蔽晶片的环形条。 阴影环以两种截然不同的方式阻止了工艺流程在晶片上沉积。 首先,阴影环物理地阻挡从晶片上方向下流动的工艺气体沉积在晶片的掩蔽部分上。 第二,阴影环用于引导吹扫气体的流动,以阻止处理气体在阴影环下渗出并沉积在晶片边缘附近。 吹扫气体歧管由同心地位于阴影环下方并围绕加热器基座的圆柱形环限定。 晶片和阴影环之间的吹扫间隙形成吹扫气体歧管的出口。 净化气体流出吹扫间隙,阻止处理气体进入吹扫间隙,从而进一步抑制沉积在晶片的掩蔽部分上。

    Resonant chamber applicator for remote plasma source
    7.
    发明授权
    Resonant chamber applicator for remote plasma source 失效
    用于远程等离子体源的谐振室施加器

    公开(公告)号:US06603269B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-08-05

    申请号:US09593586

    申请日:2000-06-13

    IPC分类号: C23C1600

    CPC分类号: H01J37/32192

    摘要: An improved plasma applicator for remotely generating a plasma for use in semiconductor manufacturing is provided. In one embodiment, a plasma applicator is comprised of a chamber assembly, a removable waveguide adapter and a circular clamp which secures the adapter to the chamber assembly. The chamber assembly includes an aperture plate, a microwave transparent window, a chamber body and a microwave sensor which is mounted on the chamber body. The chamber body has a proximate end opening adapted to admit microwave energy into the cavity and a distal end disposed generally on the opposite side of the cavity from the proximate end opening. The chamber body further has a gas outlet port adapted to permit the flow of an excited gas out of the cavity and a gas inlet port adapted to admit a precursor gas into the cavity. The gas inlet port has a center axis which is disposed between the proximate end opening of the chamber body and the midpoint between the proximate end opening and the distal end of the body.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于远程产生用于半导体制造的等离子体的改进的等离子体施加器。 在一个实施例中,等离子体施加器由腔室组件,可移除波导适配器和将适配器固定到腔室组件的圆形夹具构成。 腔室组件包括孔板,微波透明窗,室主体和安装在腔体上的微波传感器。 室主体具有适于将微波能量引入空腔中的近端开口,以及大致位于与近端开口相反的空腔相对侧的远端。 腔体还具有气体出口端口,其适于允许将激发气体流出空腔,气体入口端口适于将前体气体引入空腔。 气体入口具有中心轴线,该中心轴线设置在腔室主体的近端开口和本体的近端开口和远端之间的中点之间。

    Showerhead assembly for a processing chamber
    8.
    发明授权
    Showerhead assembly for a processing chamber 失效
    用于处理室的喷头组件

    公开(公告)号:US06827815B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-12-07

    申请号:US10047076

    申请日:2002-01-15

    IPC分类号: C23C1600

    CPC分类号: C23C16/45565 C23C16/455

    摘要: A showerhead assembly for distributing gases within a processing chamber is provided. In one embodiment, the showerhead assembly includes a cylindrical member having a faceplate coupled thereto. The cylindrical member has an outwardly extending first flange at a first end. The faceplate is coupled to a second end of the cylindrical member and has a plurality of holes formed though a center region of the faceplate. The joint between the cylindrical member and the faceplate allow for relative movement when subjected to thermal stresses. In another embodiment, at least one clamp member retains the faceplate to the second end of the cylindrical member.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于在处理室内分配气体的喷头组件。 在一个实施例中,喷头组件包括具有与其连接的面板的圆柱形构件。 圆柱形构件在第一端具有向外延伸的第一凸缘。 面板联接到圆柱形构件的第二端,并且具有通过面板的中心区域形成的多个孔。 当受到热应力时,圆柱形构件和面板之间的接合允许相对移动。 在另一个实施例中,至少一个夹紧构件将面板保持在圆柱形构件的第二端。