-
公开(公告)号:US20230187166A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-15
申请号:US17547623
申请日:2021-12-10
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Robert Mitchell , Frank Sinclair , Joseph C. Olson , William T. Weaver , Nick Parisi
IPC: H01J37/20 , H01J37/317 , H01L21/683 , C23C14/48 , C23C14/50
CPC classification number: H01J37/20 , H01J37/3171 , H01L21/6833 , C23C14/48 , C23C14/505 , H01J2237/20214
Abstract: A system comprising a spinning disk is disclosed. The system comprises a semiconductor processing system, such as a high energy implantation system. The semiconductor processing system produces a spot ion beam, which is directed to a plurality of workpieces, which are disposed on the spinning disk. The spinning disk comprises a rotating central hub with a plurality of platens. The plurality of platens may extend outward from the central hub and workpieces are electrostatically clamped to the platens. The plurality of platens may also be capable of rotation. The central hub also controls the rotation of each of the platens about an axis orthogonal to the rotation axis of the central hub. In this way, variable angle implants may be performed. Additionally, this allows the workpieces to be mounted while in a horizontal orientation.
-
公开(公告)号:US11665810B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-30
申请号:US17112576
申请日:2020-12-04
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Frank Sinclair , Paul J. Murphy , Michael Honan , Charles T. Carlson
IPC: H05H7/18 , H01J37/317
CPC classification number: H05H7/18 , H01J37/3171
Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to a linear accelerator assembly for an ion implanter. In some embodiments, the linear accelerator assembly may include a central support within a chamber, and a plurality of modules coupled to the central support, at least one module of the plurality of modules including an electrode having an aperture for receiving and delivering an ion beam along a beamline axis.
-
公开(公告)号:US20230120769A1
公开(公告)日:2023-04-20
申请号:US17502279
申请日:2021-10-15
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: David T. Blahnik , Charles T. Carlson , Robert B. Vopat , Frank Sinclair , Paul J. Murphy , Krag R. Senior
IPC: H05H7/22
Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to a linear accelerator assembly for an ion implanter. In some embodiments, a LINAC may include a coil resonator and a plurality of drift tubes coupled to the coil resonator by a set of flexible leads.
-
公开(公告)号:US11437215B2
公开(公告)日:2022-09-06
申请号:US16714097
申请日:2019-12-13
Applicant: APPLIED Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Alexandre Likhanskii , Antonella Cucchetti , Eric D. Hermanson , Frank Sinclair , Jay T. Scheuer , Robert C. Lindberg
Abstract: Provided herein are approaches for decreasing particle generation in an electrostatic lens. In some embodiments, an ion implantation system may include an electrostatic lens including an entrance for receiving an ion beam and an exit for delivering the ion beam towards a target, the electrostatic lens including a first terminal electrode, a first suppression electrode, and a first ground electrode disposed along a first side of an ion beamline, wherein the first ground electrode is grounded and positioned adjacent the exit. The electrostatic lens may further include a second terminal electrode, a second suppression electrode, and a second ground electrode disposed along a second side of the ion beamline, wherein the second ground electrode is grounded and positioned adjacent the exit. The implantation system may further include a power supply operable to supply a voltage and a current to the electrostatic lens for controlling the ion beam.
-
公开(公告)号:US11387073B2
公开(公告)日:2022-07-12
申请号:US16828218
申请日:2020-03-24
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Frank Sinclair , Jonathan Gerald England , Joseph C. Olson
IPC: H01J37/244 , H01J37/20 , H01J37/317 , H01J37/141
Abstract: A system and method that is capable of measuring the incident angle of an ion beam, especially an ion beam comprising heavier ions, is disclosed. In one embodiment, X-rays, rather than ions, are used to determine the channeling direction. In another embodiment, the workpiece is constructed, at least in part, of a material having a high molecular weight such that heaver ion beams can be measured. Further, in another embodiment, the parameters of the ion beam are measured across an entirety of the beam, allowing components of the ion implantation system to be further tuned to create a more uniform beam.
-
公开(公告)号:US20220183137A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-09
申请号:US17112576
申请日:2020-12-04
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Frank Sinclair , Paul J. Murphy , Michael Honan , Charles T. Carlson
IPC: H05H7/18 , H01J37/317
Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to a linear accelerator assembly for an ion implanter. In some embodiments, the linear accelerator assembly may include a central support within a chamber, and a plurality of modules coupled to the central support, at least one module of the plurality of modules including an electrode having an aperture for receiving and delivering an ion beam along a beamline axis.
-
67.
公开(公告)号:US20220174810A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-02
申请号:US17108747
申请日:2020-12-01
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Costel Biloiu , Charles T. Carlson , Frank Sinclair , Paul J. Murphy , David T. Blahnik
IPC: H05H7/22 , H01J37/317
Abstract: An apparatus may include a drift tube assembly, arranged to transmit an ion beam. The drift tube assembly may include a first ground electrode; an RF drift tube assembly, disposed downstream of the first ground electrode; and a second ground electrode, disposed downstream of the RF drift tube assembly. The RF drift tube assembly may define a triple gap configuration. The apparatus may include a resonator, where the resonator comprises a toroidal coil, having a first end, connected to a first RF drift tube of the RF drift tube assembly, and a second end, connected to a second RF drift tube of the RF drift tube assembly.
-
公开(公告)号:US20210287872A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-16
申请号:US16817500
申请日:2020-03-12
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Bon-Woong Koo , Frank Sinclair , Alexandre Likhanskii , Svetlana Radovanov , Alexander Perel , Graham Wright , Jay T. Scheuer , Daniel Tieger , You Chia Li , Jay Johnson , Tseh-Jen Hsieh , Ronald Johnson
IPC: H01J37/08 , H01J37/317
Abstract: An ion source including a chamber housing defining an ion source chamber and including an extraction plate on a front side thereof, the extraction plate having an extraction aperture formed therein, and a tubular cathode disposed within the ion source chamber and having a slot formed in a front-facing semi-cylindrical portion thereof disposed in a confronting relationship with the extraction aperture, wherein a rear-facing semi-cylindrical portion of the tubular cathode directed away from the extraction aperture is closed.
-
公开(公告)号:US20210210307A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-08
申请号:US16734746
申请日:2020-01-06
Applicant: APPLIED Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Costel Biloiu , Michael Honan , Robert B. Vopat , David Blahnik , Charles T. Carlson , Frank Sinclair , Paul Murphy
IPC: H01J37/30 , H01J37/317
Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to a resonator for an ion implanter. In some embodiments, a resonator may include a housing, and a first coil and a second coil partially disposed within the housing. Each of the first and second coils may include a first end including an opening for receiving an ion beam, and a central section extending helically about a central axis, wherein the central axis is parallel to a beamline of the ion beam, and wherein an inner side of the central section has a flattened surface.
-
公开(公告)号:US20210066019A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-04
申请号:US16734979
申请日:2020-01-06
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Shengwu Chang , Frank Sinclair , Michael St. Peter
IPC: H01J37/08
Abstract: An IHC ion source that employs a negatively biased cathode and one or more side electrodes is disclosed. The one or more side electrodes are biased using an electrode power supply, which supplies a voltage of between 0 and −50 volts, relative to the chamber. By adjusting the output from the electrode power supply, beam current can be optimized for different species. For example, certain species, such as arsenic, may be optimized when the side electrodes are at the same voltage as the chamber. Other species, such as boron, may be optimized when the side electrodes are at a negative voltage relative to the chamber. In certain embodiments, a controller is in communication with the electrode power supply so as to control the output of the electrode power supply, based on the desired feed gas.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-