Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Chamber filler kit for plasma etch chamber useful for fast gas switching
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Application No.: US13421188Application Date: 2012-03-15
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Publication No.: US09679751B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Jon McChesney , Theo Panagopoulos , Alex Paterson , Craig Blair
- Applicant: Jon McChesney , Theo Panagopoulos , Alex Paterson , Craig Blair
- Applicant Address: US CA Fremont
- Assignee: LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Fremont
- Main IPC: C23C16/44
- IPC: C23C16/44 ; H01J37/32 ; H01L21/3065

Abstract:
A chamber filler kit for an inductively coupled plasma processing chamber in which semiconductor substrates are processed by inductively coupling RF energy through a window facing a substrate supported on a cantilever chuck. The kit includes at least one chamber filler which reduces the lower chamber volume in the chamber below the chuck. The fillers of the kit can be mounted in a standard chamber having a chamber volume of over 60 liters and by using different sized chamber fillers it is possible to reduce the chamber volume to provide desired gas flow conductance and accommodate changes in vacuum pressure during processing of the substrate. The chamber filler kit can be used to modify a standard chamber to accommodate different processing regimes such as rapid alternating processes wherein wide pressure changes are needed without varying a gap between the substrate and the window.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130244440A1 CHAMBER FILLER KIT FOR PLASMA ETCH CHAMBER USEFUL FOR FAST GAS SWITCHING Public/Granted day:2013-09-19
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