摘要:
A sputtering target for a sputtering chamber comprises a backing plate with a sputtering plate mounted thereon. In one version, the backing plate comprises a circular plate having a front surface comprising an annular groove. The sputtering plate comprises a disk comprising a sputtering surface and a backside surface having a circular ridge that is shaped and sized to fit into the annular groove of the backing plate.
摘要:
A multi-track magnetron having a convolute shape and asymmetric about the target center (14) about which it rotates. A plasma track (166) is formed as a closed loop between opposed inner magnetic pole (162) and outer magnetic pole (164), preferably as two or three radially arranged and spirally shaped counter-propagating tracks with respect to the target center and preferably passing over the rotation axis. The pole shape may be optimized to produce a cumulative track length distribution conforming to the function L=ar n . After several iterations of computerized optimization, the pole shape may be tested for sputtering uniformity with different distributions of magnets in the fabricated pole pieces. If the uniformity remains unsatisfactory, the design iteration is repeated with a different n value, different number of tracks, or different pole widths. The optimization reduces azimuthal sidewall asymmetry and improves radial deposition uniformity.
摘要:
A sputtering target for a sputtering chamber comprises a backing plate with a sputtering plate mounted thereon. In one version, the backing plate comprises a circular plate having a front surface comprising an annular groove. The sputtering plate comprises a disk comprising a sputtering surface and a backside surface having a circular ridge that is shaped and sized to fit into the annular groove of the backing plate.
摘要:
Blocker plates for chemical vapor deposition chambers and methods of treating blocker plates are provided. The blocker plates define a plurality of holes therethrough and have an upper surface and a lower surface that at least about 99.5% pure, which minimizes the nucleation of contaminating particles on the blocker plates. A physically vapor deposited coating, such as an aluminum physically vapor deposited coating, may be formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the blocker plates. Chemical vapor deposition chambers including blocker plates having a physically vapor deposited coating thereon are also provided.
摘要:
An aluminum sputtering process including RF biasing the wafer and a two-step aluminum fill process and apparatus used therefor to fill aluminum into a narrow via hole by sputtering under two distinctly different conditions, preferably in two different plasma sputter reactors (168, 170). The first step (130) includes sputtering a high fraction of ionized aluminum atoms onto a relatively cold wafer, e.g., held at less than 15O0C, and relatively highly biased to attract aluminum atoms into the narrow holes and etch overhangs. The second step (132) includes more neutral sputtering onto a relatively warm wafer, e.g. held at greater than 25O0C, and substantially unbiased to provide a more isotropic and uniform aluminum flux. The magnetron scanned about the back of the aluminum target may be (80) relatively small and unbalanced in the first step and (60) relatively large and balanced in the second step.
摘要:
An aluminum sputtering process including RF biasing the wafer and a two-step aluminum fill process and apparatus used therefor to fill aluminum into a narrow via hole by sputtering under two distinctly different conditions, preferably in two different plasma sputter reactors (168, 170). The first step (130) includes sputtering a high fraction of ionized aluminum atoms onto a relatively cold wafer, e.g., held at less than 15O0C, and relatively highly biased to attract aluminum atoms into the narrow holes and etch overhangs. The second step (132) includes more neutral sputtering onto a relatively warm wafer, e.g. held at greater than 25O0C, and substantially unbiased to provide a more isotropic and uniform aluminum flux. The magnetron scanned about the back of the aluminum target may be (80) relatively small and unbalanced in the first step and (60) relatively large and balanced in the second step.
摘要:
Blocker plates for chemical vapor deposition chambers and methods of treating blocker plates are provided. The blocker plates define a plurality of holes therethrough and have an upper surface and a lower surface that at least about 99.5% pure, which minimizes the nucleation of contaminating particles on the blocker plates. A physically vapor deposited coating, such as an aluminum physically vapor deposited coating, may be formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the blocker plates. Chemical vapor deposition chambers including blocker plates having a physically vapor deposited coating thereon are also provided.