TECHNIQUES AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE SHAPING OF MASK FEATURES USING ANGLED BEAMS

    公开(公告)号:US20230135735A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US18088828

    申请日:2022-12-27

    发明人: John Hautala

    摘要: A method may include providing a set of features in a mask layer, wherein a given feature comprises a first dimension along a first direction, second dimension along a second direction, orthogonal to the first direction, and directing an angled ion beam to a first side region of the set of features in a first exposure, wherein the first side region is etched a first amount along the first direction. The method may include directing an angled deposition beam to a second side region of the set of features in a second exposure, wherein a protective layer is formed on the second side region, the second side region being oriented perpendicularly with respect to the first side region. The method may include directing the angled ion beam to the first side region in a third exposure, wherein the first side region is etched a second amount along the first direction.

    Atomic layer deposition of selected molecular clusters

    公开(公告)号:US11482608B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US17119867

    申请日:2020-12-11

    发明人: John H. Zhang

    摘要: Energy bands of a thin film containing molecular clusters are tuned by controlling the size and the charge of the clusters during thin film deposition. Using atomic layer deposition, an ionic cluster film is formed in the gate region of a nanometer-scale transistor to adjust the threshold voltage, and a neutral cluster film is formed in the source and drain regions to adjust contact resistance. A work function semiconductor material such as a silver bromide or a lanthanum oxide is deposited so as to include clusters of different sizes such as dimers, trimers, and tetramers, formed from isolated monomers. A type of Atomic Layer Deposition system is used to deposit on semiconductor wafers molecular clusters to form thin film junctions having selected energy gaps. A beam of ions contains different ionic clusters which are then selected for deposition by passing the beam through a filter in which different apertures select clusters based on size and orientation.

    PROCESSING APPARATUS AND GAS SUPPLY METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220290814A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-15

    申请号:US17686663

    申请日:2022-03-04

    发明人: Seiya NASU

    IPC分类号: F17C9/00 C23C14/22

    摘要: A processing apparatus includes: a processing container configured to accommodate a substrate; a storage tank connected to the processing container via a gas supply pipe; a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure in the storage tank; a valve provided in the gas supply pipe between the processing container and the storage tank; and a controller configured to control an opening degree of the valve based on the pressure in the storage tank detected by the pressure sensor.

    Bearing device and plasma processing apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11282680B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-22

    申请号:US15119658

    申请日:2014-12-19

    摘要: Embodiments of the invention provide a bearing device and a plasma processing apparatus. According to at least one embodiment, the bearing device includes a base, a base driving mechanism, a pressing ring and a baffle ring. The base is used for bearing a workpiece to be processed; the base driving mechanism is used for driving the base to move up to a process position or down to a loading and unloading position; the pressing ring is used for clamping an edge region of the workpiece to be processed on the base when the base is at the process position; the baffle ring surrounds an outer peripheral wall of the base and is located under the pressing ring; surfaces of the pressing ring and the baffle ring opposite to each other include a pair of guiding tori, which are inclined outwardly at a same angle with respect to a centerline of the base in a vertical direction; and, during the process of driving the base to move up by the base driving mechanism, the guiding tori contact and move toward each other, so as to achieve positioning of the pressing ring and the base.