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- Patent Title: Pulsed capacitively coupled plasma processes
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Application No.: US17001327Application Date: 2020-08-24
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Publication No.: US11545364B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Peter Ventzek , Alok Ranjan , Kensuke Taniguchi , Shinya Morikita
- Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
- Current Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Main IPC: H01J37/32
- IPC: H01J37/32 ; H01L21/3065 ; H01L21/311 ; H05H1/46

Abstract:
A method includes performing a first on phase including applying an SP pulse to an SP electrode to generate plasma, performing a second on phase after the first on phase, performing a corner etch phase after the second on phase, and performing a by-product management phase after the corner etch phase. The SP pulse terminates at the end of the first on phase. The second on phase includes applying a first BP pulse to a BP electrode coupled to a target substrate. The first BP pulse includes a first BP power level and accelerates ions of the plasma toward to target substrate. The corner etch phase includes applying a BP spike including a second BP power level greater than the first BP power level. The duration of the BP spike is less than the duration of the first BP pulse.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220059358A1 PULSED CAPACITIVELY COUPLED PLASMA PROCESSES Public/Granted day:2022-02-24
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