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公开(公告)号:US11830710B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-28
申请号:US17848573
申请日:2022-06-24
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: John Joseph Mazzocco , Anantha K. Subramani , Yang Guo
CPC classification number: H01J37/3411 , C23C14/14 , C23C14/3407 , C23C14/50 , C23C14/5853 , H01J37/3244 , H01J37/32513 , H01J37/32899 , H01L21/67751 , H01J2237/332
Abstract: Apparatus and methods for forming and using internally divisible physical vapor deposition (PVD) process chambers using shutter disks are provided herein. In some embodiments, an internally divisible process chamber may include an upper chamber portion having a conical shield, a conical adaptor, a cover ring, and a target, a lower chamber portion having a substrate support having inner and outer deposition rings, and wherein the substrate support is vertically movable, and a shutter disk assembly configured to internally divide the process chamber and create a separate sealed deposition cavity and a separate sealed oxidation cavity, wherein the shutter disk assembly includes one or more seals disposed along its outer edges and configured to contact at least one of the conical shield, the conical adaptor, or the deposition rings to form the separate sealed deposition and oxidation cavities.
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公开(公告)号:US11289312B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-29
申请号:US16438560
申请日:2019-06-12
Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Inventor: Adolph M. Allen , Vanessa Faune , Zhong Qiang Hua , Kirankumar Neelasandra Savandaiah , Anantha K. Subramani , Philip A. Kraus , Tza-Jing Gung , Lei Zhou , Halbert Chong , Vaibhav Soni , Kishor Kalathiparambil
IPC: H01J37/32 , H01J37/34 , C23C16/455 , C23C14/54
Abstract: Embodiments of process kit shields and process chambers incorporating same are provided herein. In some embodiments a process kit configured for use in a process chamber for processing a substrate includes a shield having a cylindrical body having an upper portion and a lower portion; an adapter section configured to be supported on walls of the process chamber and having a resting surface to support the shield; and a heater coupled to the adapter section and configured to be electrically coupled to at least one power source of the processes chamber to heat the shield.
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公开(公告)号:US20220028710A1
公开(公告)日:2022-01-27
申请号:US16934227
申请日:2020-07-21
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Anantha K. Subramani , Yang Guo , Seyyed Abdolreza Fazeli , Nitin Pathak , Badri N. Ramamurthi , Kallol Bera , Xiaopu Li , Philip A. Kraus , Swaminathan T. Srinivasan
Abstract: Exemplary substrate processing systems may include a chamber body defining a transfer region. The systems may include a first lid plate seated on the chamber body along a first surface of the first lid plate. The first lid plate may define a plurality of apertures through the first lid plate. The systems may include a plurality of lid stacks equal to a number of apertures of the plurality of apertures defined through the first lid plate. The systems may include a plurality of isolators. An isolator of the plurality of isolators may be positioned between each lid stack of the plurality of lid stacks and a corresponding aperture of the plurality of apertures defined through the first lid plate. The systems may include a plurality of dielectric plates. A dielectric plate of the plurality of dielectric plates may be seated on each isolator of the plurality of isolators.
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公开(公告)号:US20210305020A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-30
申请号:US16829993
申请日:2020-03-25
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Anantha K. Subramani , Arun Kumar Kotrappa , Hanish Panavalappil Kumarankutty Kumar , Ramcharan Sundar
IPC: H01J37/32
Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include an RF return assembly. In an embodiment, the RF return assembly comprises a first plate with a flange, where a first hole and a second hole pass through the flange. The RF return assembly may further comprise a second plate over the first plate, and a first body positioned above the flange. In an embodiment, the RF return assembly further comprises a second body positioned below the flange, where the first body is affixed to the second body by a pillar that passes through the first hole. In an embodiment, the RF return assembly further comprises a spring attached between the second plate and the second body, where the spring passes through the second hole, and a conductive band to electrically couple the first body to the flange.
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公开(公告)号:US10763085B2
公开(公告)日:2020-09-01
申请号:US16220825
申请日:2018-12-14
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Kallol Bera , Dmitry A. Dzilno , Anantha K. Subramani , John C. Forster , Tsutomu Tanaka
IPC: H01J37/32
Abstract: Plasma source assemblies comprising an RF hot electrode having a body and at least one return electrode spaced from the RF hot electrode to provide a gap in which a plasma can be formed. An RF feed is connected to the RF hot electrode at a distance from the inner peripheral end of the RF hot electrode that is less than or equal to about 25% of the length of the RF hot electrode. The RF hot electrode can include a leg and optional triangular portion near the leg that extends at an angle to the body of the RF hot electrode. A cladding material on one or more of the RF hot electrode and the return electrode can be variably spaced or have variable properties along the length of the plasma gap.
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公开(公告)号:US10468238B2
公开(公告)日:2019-11-05
申请号:US15240927
申请日:2016-08-18
Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Inventor: Anantha K. Subramani , Hanbing Wu , Wei W. Wang , Ashish Goel , Srinivas Guggilla , Lavinia Nistor
Abstract: Embodiments of a method and apparatus for co-sputtering multiple target materials are provided herein. In some embodiments, a process chamber including a substrate support to support a substrate; a plurality of cathodes coupled to a carrier and having a corresponding plurality of targets to be sputtered onto the substrate; and a process shield coupled to the carrier and extending between adjacent pairs of the plurality of targets.
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公开(公告)号:US10431440B2
公开(公告)日:2019-10-01
申请号:US14975793
申请日:2015-12-20
Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Inventor: Rongjun Wang , Anantha K. Subramani , Chi Hong Ching , Xianmin Tang
Abstract: Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a process chamber includes: a chamber body defining an interior volume; a substrate support to support a substrate within the interior volume; a plurality of cathodes coupled to the chamber body and having a corresponding plurality of targets to be sputtered onto the substrate; and a shield rotatably coupled to an upper portion of the chamber body and having at least one hole to expose at least one of the plurality of targets to be sputtered and at least one pocket disposed in a backside of the shield to accommodate and cover at least another one of the plurality of targets not to be sputtered, wherein the shield is configured to rotate about and linearly move along a central axis of the process chamber.
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公开(公告)号:US20180330927A1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-15
申请号:US15980158
申请日:2018-05-15
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Kallol Bera , Anantha K. Subramani , John C. Forster , Philip A. Kraus , Farzad Houshmand , Hanhong Chen
IPC: H01J37/32 , H01L21/687 , H01L21/67 , H01L21/02 , C23C16/50 , C23C16/455
CPC classification number: H01J37/32715 , C23C16/45544 , C23C16/50 , H01J37/32091 , H01J37/3244 , H01J37/32541 , H01J37/32559 , H01J37/32568 , H01J2237/3321 , H01J2237/3323 , H01L21/02126 , H01L21/0214 , H01L21/02167 , H01L21/02274 , H01L21/0228 , H01L21/67017 , H01L21/68764 , H01L21/68771
Abstract: Plasma source assemblies comprising an RF hot electrode having a body and at least one return electrode spaced from the RF hot electrode to provide a gap in which a plasma can be formed. An RF feed is connected to the RF hot electrode at a distance from the inner peripheral end of the RF hot electrode that is less than or equal to about 25% of the length of the RF hot electrode.
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公开(公告)号:US20180221949A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-09
申请号:US15941988
申请日:2018-03-30
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Christopher A. Rowland , Anantha K. Subramani , Kasiraman Krishnan , Kartik Ramaswamy , Thomas B. Brezoczky , Swaminathan Srinivasan , Jennifer Y. Sun , Simon Yavelberg , Srinivas D. Nemani , Nag B. Patibandla , Hou T. Ng
CPC classification number: B22F3/008 , B22F2003/1051 , B22F2003/1057 , B22F2998/10 , B23K10/006 , B23K10/027 , B28B1/001 , B29C64/153 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y50/02 , H05B3/0061
Abstract: An additive manufacturing system includes a platen, a dispenser configured to deliver a powder in a linear region that extends across less than all of a width of the platen, a drive system configured to move the dispenser along the first axis and a perpendicular second axis, a controller, and an energy source configured to selectively fuse a layer of powder. The controller is configured to cause the drive system to move the dispenser along the second axis a first time such that the linear region makes a first sweep along the second axis to deposit the powder in a first swath over the platen, thereafter along the first axis, and thereafter along the second axis a second time such that the first linear region makes a second sweep along the second axis to deposit the powder in a parallel second swath over the platen.
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公开(公告)号:US20170182556A1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-29
申请号:US15327281
申请日:2015-07-16
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Kartik Ramaswamy , Anantha K. Subramani , Kasiraman Krishnan , Jennifer Y. Sun , Thomas B. Brezoczky , Christopher A. Rowland , Srinivas D. Nemani , Swaminathan Srinivasan , Simon Yavelberg , Ellie Y. Yieh , Hou T. Ng
IPC: B22F3/105 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00 , B33Y50/02 , B28B17/00 , B23K26/70 , B23K26/14 , B29C67/00 , B28B1/00 , B33Y10/00 , B23K26/342
CPC classification number: B22F3/1055 , B22F1/0088 , B22F2003/1056 , B22F2003/1057 , B23K26/1464 , B23K26/342 , B23K26/702 , B28B1/001 , B28B17/0081 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/20 , B29C64/386 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00 , B33Y50/02 , Y02P10/295
Abstract: An additive manufacturing system includes a platen, a feed material dispenser apparatus configured to deliver a feed material onto the platen, a laser source configured to produce a laser beam during use of the additive manufacturing system, a controller configured to direct the laser beam to locations on the platen specified by a computer aided design program to cause the feed material to fuse, a gas source configured to supply gas, and a nozzle configured to accelerate and direct the gas to substantially the same location on the platen as the laser beam.
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