Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process kit geometry for particle reduction in PVD processes
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Application No.: US16251716Application Date: 2019-01-18
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Publication No.: US11935732B2Publication Date: 2024-03-19
- Inventor: Adolph M. Allen , Kirankumar Neelasandra Savandaiah , Randal D. Schmieding , Vanessa Faune
- 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: MOSER TABOADA
- Main IPC: H01J37/34
- IPC: H01J37/34 ; C23C14/34 ; C23C14/56 ; H01J37/32

Abstract:
A process kit comprises a shield and ring assembly for positioning about a substrate support in a processing chamber to reduce deposition of process deposits on internal chamber components and an overhang edge of the substrate. The shield comprises a cylindrical band having a top wall configured to surround a sputtering target and a sloped portion of a bottom wall having a substantially straight profile with gas conductance holes configured to surround the substrate support. The ring assembly comprises a cover ring having a bulb-shaped protuberance about the periphery of the ring. The bulb-shaped protuberance of the cover ring is able to block a line-of-sight between the gas conductance holes on the shield and an entrance to a chamber body cavity in the processing chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190237311A1 PROCESS KIT GEOMETRY FOR PARTICLE REDUCTION IN PVD PROCESSES Public/Granted day:2019-08-01
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