Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Showerhead insulator and etch chamber liner
- Patent Title (中): 喷头绝缘子和蚀刻室内衬
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Application No.: US13649913Application Date: 2012-10-11
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Publication No.: US09196462B2Publication Date: 2015-11-24
- Inventor: James D. Carducci , Olga Regelman
- 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

Abstract:
The present invention generally comprises a showerhead insulator for electrically isolating a showerhead assembly from a processing chamber wall, a chamber liner assembly for lining a processing chamber, a lower chamber liner for lining an evacuation area of a processing chamber, and a flow equalizer for ensuring a uniform evacuation of a processing chamber. When processing a substrate within an etching chamber, the showerhead needs to be electrically isolated from ground. A showerhead insulator may insulate the showerhead from ground while also preventing plasma from entering the volume that it occupies. A chamber liner may protect the chamber walls from contamination and reduce chamber cleaning. A flow equalizer will permit processing gases to be evenly pulled into the evacuation channel rather than a disproportionate flow into the evacuation channel. A lower liner can aid in uniformly drawing the vacuum and protecting the chamber walls from contamination.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130327480A1 SHOWERHEAD INSULATOR AND ETCH CHAMBER LINER Public/Granted day:2013-12-12
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