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- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for patterning substrates using asymmetric physical vapor deposition
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Application No.: US16225443Application Date: 2018-12-19
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Publication No.: US10927450B2Publication Date: 2021-02-23
- Inventor: Bencherki Mebarki , Wenhui Wang , Huixiong Dai , Christopher Ngai , Joung Joo Lee , Xianmin Tang
- 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: Moser Taboada
- Main IPC: C23C14/54
- IPC: C23C14/54 ; H01L21/3213 ; C23C14/34 ; C23C14/50

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for processing a substrate includes: directing a stream of material from a PVD source toward a surface of a substrate at a first non-perpendicular angle to the plane of the surface to deposit the material on one or more features on the substrate and form a first overhang; etching the layer of the substrate beneath the features selective to the deposited material to form a first part of a pattern; removing the material from the features; directing the stream of material from the PVD source toward the surface of the substrate at a second non-perpendicular angle to the plane of the surface to deposit the material on the features on the substrate and form a second overhang; and etching the layer of the substrate beneath the features selective to the deposited material to form a second part of the pattern.
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