摘要:
An apparatus and method for reducing hazardous gases exhausted from a process chamber 25 includes an effluent plasma reactor 210 and a downstream catalytic reactor 220. The reactor 210 may include a consumable liner that reacts with the energized effluent to remove the hazardous gases. The catalytic reactor 220 may also include catalytic surfaces 227 in a honeycomb, foam, or pellet structure 225 to catalyze reactions that further reduce hazardous gas content.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for reducing hazardous gases exhausted from a process chamber 25 includes an effluent gas treatment system 200 with a gas energizing reactor 210 with an erosion resistant inner surface 280. Optionally, an additive gas source 230 may be provided to introduce additive gas into the gas energizing reactor 210. In one embodiment, the inner surface comprises a fluorine-containing compound. In another embodiment, the inner surface comprises an oxide and a stabilizing agent.
摘要:
A plasma tube comprising a vacuum sealing ceramic outer tube, a porous ceramic insert disposed on the inside wall of the outer tube, and a source of high frequency radiation, for example, an RF coil wrapped around the tube, to excite gas flowing through the bore of the insert into a plasma. The invention is particularly useful as an exhaust scrubber for oxidizing exhaust gases from a semiconductor processing chamber. A catalyst may be embedded in the porous insert to promote the scrubbing reaction. The invention may also be used in an applicator of a remote plasma source.
摘要:
A method for reducing hazardous gases exhausted from a process chamber includes an effluent gas treatment system with a gas energizing reactor and an additive gas source. Additive gas comprising reactive gas is introduced into the effluent from the process chamber in a volumetric flow rate in relation to the hazardous gas content in the effluent.
摘要:
A substrate processing apparatus has a process chamber with a substrate support, a gas supply to introduce a gas into the chamber, and a gas energizer to energize the gas in the processing of a substrate, thereby generating an effluent gas. A catalytic reactor has an effluent gas inlet to receive the effluent gas and an effluent gas outlet to exhaust treated effluent gas. A heater is adapted to heat the effluent gas in the catalytic reactor. The heated catalytic treatment of the effluent gas abates the hazardous gases in the effluent. An additive gas source and a prescrubber may also be used to further treat the effluent.
摘要:
An effluent abatement system 200 that may be used to abate F2 gas content of effluent exhausted from a process chamber 35, such as effluent from a CVD chamber cleaning process includes a catalytic reactor 250 to reduce the content of F2 in the effluent 100. The system may further include a prescrubber 230 to add reactive gases to the effluent 100 and/or to treat the effluent 100 prior to treatment in the catalytic reactor 250. Alternatively reactive gases can be added to the effluent 100 by a gas source 220.
摘要:
A method of cleaning a semiconductor fabrication processing chamber involves recirculation of cleaning gas components. Consequently, input cleaning gas is utilized efficiently, and undesirable emissions are reduced. The method includes flowing a cleaning gas to an inlet of a processing chamber, and exposing surfaces of the processing chamber to the cleaning gas to clean the surfaces, thereby producing a reaction product. The method further includes removing an outlet gas including the reaction product from an outlet of the processing chamber, separating at least a portion of the reaction product from the outlet gas, and recirculating a portion of the outlet gas to the inlet of the processing chamber.
摘要:
An electrostatic chuck has an electrode capable of being electrically charged to electrostatically hold a substrate. A composite layer covers the electrode. The composite layer comprises (1) a first dielectric material covering a central portion of the electrode, and (2) a second dielectric material covering a peripheral portion of the electrode, the second dielectric material having a different composition than the composition of the first dielectric material. The chuck is useful in a plasma process chamber to process substrates, such as semiconductor wafers.
摘要:
A substrate support 55 comprises first, second and third sections 88, 90, 92 connected to one another by first and second bonds 106, 108, one of the sections comprises a surface 75 adapted to receive a substrate 25. The first bond 106 comprises a first bonding material and the second bond 108 comprises a second bonding material. In one version, the first bonding material is capable of bonding surfaces when heated to a first temperature and the second bonding material is capable of bonding surfaces when heated to a second temperature.
摘要:
An electrostatic chuck 55 has an electrostatic member 100 including a dielectric 115 having a surface 120 adapted to receive the substrate 30. The dielectric 115 covers an electrode 105 that is chargeable to electrostatically hold the substrate 30. A support 190 below the electrostatic member 100 has a cavity 300 adapted to hold a gas to serve as a thermal insulator to regulate the flow of heat from the electrostatic chuck 55 to a surface 120 of the chamber 25. The cavity 300 has a cross-sectional profile that is shaped to provide a predetermined temperature profile across the substrate 30.