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公开(公告)号:US11919123B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-05
申请号:US17362802
申请日:2021-06-29
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Surajit Kumar , Hari Soundararajan , Hui Chen , Shou-Sung Chang
IPC: B24B37/015 , B24B37/10 , B24B37/26 , B24B41/047
CPC classification number: B24B37/015 , B24B37/107 , B24B37/26 , B24B41/047
Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing apparatus includes a rotatable platen to hold a polishing pad, a carrier to hold a substrate against a polishing surface of the polishing pad during a polishing process, and a temperature control system including a source of heated or coolant fluid and a plenum having a plurality of openings positioned over the platen and separated from the polishing pad for delivering the fluid onto the polishing pad, wherein at least some of the openings are each configured to deliver a different amount of the fluid onto the polishing pad.
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公开(公告)号:US20210402555A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-30
申请号:US17362802
申请日:2021-06-29
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Surajit Kumar , Hari Soundararajan , Hui Chen , Shou-Sung Chang
IPC: B24B37/015 , B24B37/10 , B24B37/26
Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing apparatus includes a rotatable platen to hold a polishing pad, a carrier to hold a substrate against a polishing surface of the polishing pad during a polishing process, and a temperature control system including a source of heated or coolant fluid and a plenum having a plurality of openings positioned over the platen and separated from the polishing pad for delivering the fluid onto the polishing pad, wherein at least some of the openings are each configured to deliver a different amount of the fluid onto the polishing pad.
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公开(公告)号:US20210402552A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-30
申请号:US16932615
申请日:2020-07-17
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Surajit Kumar , Hui Chen , Chih Chung Chou , Shou-Sung Chang
IPC: B24B37/015 , B24B37/34
Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing system includes a platen to support a polishing pad having a polishing surface, and a pad cooling assembly. The pad cooling assembly has an arm extending over the platen, a nozzle suspended by the arm and coupled to a source of coolant fluid, the nozzle positioned to spray coolant fluid from the source onto the polishing surface of the polishing pad, and an opening in the arm adjacent the nozzle and a passage extending in the arm from the opening, the opening positioned sufficiently close to the nozzle that a flow of coolant fluid from the nozzle entrains air from the opening.
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公开(公告)号:US11209398B2
公开(公告)日:2021-12-28
申请号:US16597615
申请日:2019-10-09
Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Inventor: Chuang-Chia Lin , Surajit Kumar , Upendra Ummethala
Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include diagnostic substrates and methods of using such substrates. In an embodiment, a diagnostic substrate comprises a substrate, and a device layer over the substrate. In an embodiment, the diagnostic substrate further comprises a resonator in the device layer. In an embodiment, the resonator comprises a cavity, a cover layer over the cavity, and electrodes within the cavity for driving and sensing resonance of the cover layer. In an embodiment, the diagnostic substrate further comprises a reflector surrounding a perimeter of the resonator.
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公开(公告)号:US11021790B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-01
申请号:US16521826
申请日:2019-07-25
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Zhepeng Cong , Schubert Chu , Nyi O. Myo , Kartik Shah , Surajit Kumar
IPC: C23C16/44 , C30B25/08 , C23C16/458 , C23C16/46
Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to chamber liners with a multi-piece design for use in processing chambers. The multi-piece design can have an inner portion and an outer portion. A portion of the inner surface of the outer portion may be designed to be in contact with the outer surface of the inner portion at a single junction point, creating a thermal barrier between the inner portion and outer portion, thus reducing heat transfer from the inner portion and outer portion. The thermal barrier creates higher temperatures at the chamber liner inner surface and therefore leads to shorter heat up times within the chamber. Additionally, the thermal barrier also creates lower temperatures near the base ring and outer surface of the outer ring, thereby protecting the chamber walls and requiring less thermal regulation/dissipation at the chamber walls.
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公开(公告)号:US20230297740A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-21
申请号:US17695619
申请日:2022-03-15
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Preetham Rao , Surajit Kumar , Dongming Iu , Wolfgang Aderhold
CPC classification number: G06F30/27 , G06K9/6256 , G06F2119/08
Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include a method of modeling a rapid thermal processing (RTP) tool. In an embodiment, the method comprises developing a lamp model of an RTP tool, wherein the lamp model comprises a plurality of lamp zones, calculating an irradiance graph for the plurality of lamp zones, multiplying irradiance values of the plurality of lamp zones in the irradiance graph by a power of an existing RTP tool at a given time during a process recipe, summing the multiplied irradiance values for the plurality of lamp zones to form an irradiation graph of the lamp model, using the irradiation graph as an input to a machine learning algorithm, and outputting the temperature across a hypothetical substrate from the machine learning algorithm.
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公开(公告)号:US11577358B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-14
申请号:US16932615
申请日:2020-07-17
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Surajit Kumar , Hui Chen , Chih Chung Chou , Shou-Sung Chang
IPC: B24B49/00 , B24B37/015 , B24B37/34
Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing system includes a platen to support a polishing pad having a polishing surface, and a pad cooling assembly. The pad cooling assembly has an arm extending over the platen, a nozzle suspended by the arm and coupled to a source of coolant fluid, the nozzle positioned to spray coolant fluid from the source onto the polishing surface of the polishing pad, and an opening in the arm adjacent the nozzle and a passage extending in the arm from the opening, the opening positioned sufficiently close to the nozzle that a flow of coolant fluid from the nozzle entrains air from the opening.
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公开(公告)号:US10386126B2
公开(公告)日:2019-08-20
申请号:US15050419
申请日:2016-02-22
Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Inventor: Kallol Bera , Xiaoping Zhou , Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr. , Andrew Nguyen , Hamid Tavassoli , Surajit Kumar , Shahid Rauf
Abstract: Apparatus for controlling the thermal uniformity of a substrate can control the thermal uniformity of the substrate to be more uniform or to be non-uniform. In some embodiments, an apparatus for controlling the thermal uniformity of a substrate includes: a substrate support having a support surface to support a substrate thereon. A flow path is disposed within the substrate support to flow a heat transfer fluid beneath the support surface. The flow path comprises a first portion and a second portion, each portion having a substantially equivalent axial length. The first portion is spaced about 2 mm to about 10 mm from the second portion. The first portion provides a flow of heat transfer fluid in a direction opposite a flow of heat transfer fluid of the second portion.
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公开(公告)号:US20140287170A1
公开(公告)日:2014-09-25
申请号:US14186566
申请日:2014-02-21
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: JOSEPH M. RANISH , Paul Brillhart , Surajit Kumar
IPC: H01L21/67
CPC classification number: H01L21/67115 , Y10T428/13
Abstract: An apparatus for processing a semiconductor substrate is described. The apparatus is a process chamber having an optically transparent upper dome and lower dome. Vacuum is maintained in the process chamber during processing. The upper dome is thermally controlled by flowing a thermal control fluid along the upper dome outside the processing region. Thermal lamps are positioned proximate the lower dome, and thermal sensors are disposed among the lamps. The lamps are powered in zones, and a controller adjusts power to the lamp zones based on data received from the thermal sensors. A reflective liner may provide for improved temperature measurement and heating of a substrate.
Abstract translation: 对半导体衬底的处理装置进行说明。 该装置是具有光学透明的上部圆顶和下部圆顶的处理室。 在处理过程中真空保持在处理室中。 通过使热控制流体沿着加工区域外的上部圆顶流动来对上部圆顶进行热控制。 散热灯靠近下穹顶定位,热传感器设置在灯之间。 灯具已通电,并且控制器根据从热传感器接收的数据调节灯区的电源。 反射衬垫可以提供对衬底的改进的温度测量和加热。
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公开(公告)号:US20140261185A1
公开(公告)日:2014-09-18
申请号:US13846355
申请日:2013-03-18
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: STEVE ABOAGYE , Paul Brillhart , Surajit Kumar , Anzhong Chang , Satheesh Kuppurao , Mehmet Tugrul Samir , David K. Carlson
IPC: C23C16/455
CPC classification number: C23C16/45502 , C23C16/4411 , C23C16/45504 , C23C16/45563 , C23C16/458 , C23C16/4584 , C23C16/481
Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a base ring assembly for use in a substrate processing chamber. In one embodiment, the base ring assembly comprises a ring body sized to be received within an inner circumference of the substrate processing chamber, the ring body comprising a loading port for passage of the substrate, a gas inlet, and a gas outlet, wherein the gas inlet and the gas outlet are disposed at opposing ends of the ring body, and an upper ring configured to dispose on a top surface of the ring body, and a lower ring configured to dispose on a bottom surface of the ring body, wherein the upper ring, the lower ring, and the ring body, once assembled, are generally concentric or coaxial.
Abstract translation: 本文所述的实施例涉及用于衬底处理室中的基座环组件。 在一个实施例中,基环组件包括尺寸适于容纳在基板处理室的内圆周内的环体,环体包括用于通过基板的装载口,气体入口和气体出口,其中, 气体入口和气体出口设置在环体的相对端,并且配置成设置在环体的顶表面上的上环和被配置为设置在环体的底表面上的下环,其中, 一旦组装,上环,下环和环体大致同心或同轴。
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