Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for reducing particles in semiconductor process chambers
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Application No.: US15677929Application Date: 2017-08-15
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Publication No.: US10770269B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Andrew Nguyen , Bradley Howard , Shahid Rauf , Ajit Balakrishna , Tom K. Choi , Kenneth S. Collins , Anand Kumar , Michael D. Willwerth , Yogananda Sarode Vishwanath
- Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP
- Main IPC: B29D22/00
- IPC: B29D22/00 ; H01J37/32 ; B01D45/08 ; B32B1/02 ; B29C65/00 ; B32B1/08

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally provide various apparatus and methods for reducing particles in a semiconductor processing chamber. One embodiment of present disclosure provides a vacuum screen assembly disposed over a vacuum port to prevent particles generated by the vacuum pump from entering substrate processing regions. Another embodiment of the present disclosure provides a perforated chamber liner around a processing region of the substrate. Another embodiment of the present disclosure provides a gas distributing chamber liner for distributing a cleaning gas around the substrate support under the substrate supporting surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170345623A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING PARTICLES IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS CHAMBERS Public/Granted day:2017-11-30
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