Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ring removal from processing chamber
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Application No.: US16824394Application Date: 2020-03-19
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Publication No.: US11101115B2Publication Date: 2021-08-24
- Inventor: Nicholas M. Kopec , Damon K. Cox , Andreas Schmid
- 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: H01J37/32
- IPC: H01J37/32 ; H01L21/687

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for replacing process kits that include edge rings and/or support rings in processing chambers. In one implementation, a process kit comprises a multi-segment edge ring. The multi-segment edge ring comprises a first segment, a second segment, and a first annular body. The first annular body comprises a first upper surface, a first lower surface opposite the first upper surface, a first inner surface and a first outer surface. The first segment and the second segment are connectable to form the first annular body. The first lower surface is operable to be positioned over a substrate support disposed within a processing chamber, and at least a portion of the inner surface, which is positioned between the first upper surface and the first lower surface has a diameter greater than a diameter of a substrate to be processed in the processing chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200335312A1 RING REMOVAL FROM PROCESSING CHAMBER Public/Granted day:2020-10-22
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