Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ionized gas vent to reduce on wafer static charge and particles
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Application No.: US16790344Application Date: 2020-02-13
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Publication No.: US11647577B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Narayanan Ramachandran , Devendra Channappa Holeyannavar , Dean Chris Hruzek
- 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: Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- Main IPC: B08B5/00
- IPC: B08B5/00 ; B08B6/00 ; B08B7/04 ; H01L21/67 ; H05F3/04 ; H05F3/06

Abstract:
Disclosed is a wafer processing system, a load lock system, a chamber system, and methods of neutralizing static charges and dislodging particles from a wafer. The chamber system (e.g., load lock system) may comprise a chamber (e.g., load lock chamber), at least one ionizer to ionize inert gas supplied to the chamber (e.g., load lock chamber), at least one bottom nozzle to flow ionized inert gas to a bottom surface of a wafer, at least one top nozzle to flow ionized inert gas to a top surface of a wafer, and at least one exhaust vent to remove the ionized inert gas and any neutralized particles dislodged from the wafer. The chamber may include a single wafer or multiple wafers. The chamber system may further comprise at least one nozzle to flow an inert gas curtain proximate to an exit and/or entry into the chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210259087A1 IONIZED GAS VENT TO REDUCE ON WAFER STATIC CHARGE AND PARTICLES Public/Granted day:2021-08-19
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