Invention Grant
US07695983B2 Independent control of ion density, ion energy distribution and ion dissociation in a plasma reactor
有权
在等离子体反应器中独立控制离子密度,离子能量分布和离子离解
- Patent Title: Independent control of ion density, ion energy distribution and ion dissociation in a plasma reactor
- Patent Title (中): 在等离子体反应器中独立控制离子密度,离子能量分布和离子离解
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Application No.: US11360635Application Date: 2006-02-22
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Publication No.: US07695983B2Publication Date: 2010-04-13
- Inventor: Daniel J. Hoffman
- Applicant: Daniel J. Hoffman
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: The Law Office of Robert M. Wallace
- Main IPC: C23F1/00
- IPC: C23F1/00 ; C23C16/00 ; H01L21/00 ; G01L21/30

Abstract:
A method of processing a workpiece in a plasma reactor includes coupling RF power from at least three RF power source of three respective frequencies to plasma in the reactor, setting ion energy distribution shape by selecting a ratio between the power levels of a first pair of the at least three RF power sources, and setting ion dissociation and ion density by selecting a ratio between the power levels of a remaining one of the three RF power sources and an applied magnetic field. The three respective frequencies can be an LF frequency, an HF frequency and a VHF frequency, wherein the first pair corresponds to the LF and HF frequencies and the second pair corresponds to the HF and VHF frequencies.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070087455A1 Independent control of ion density, ion energy distribution and ion dissociation in a plasma reactor Public/Granted day:2007-04-19
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