Pixelated capacitance controlled ESC
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    发明授权
    Pixelated capacitance controlled ESC 有权
    像素化电容控制ESC

    公开(公告)号:US09536769B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-03

    申请号:US15268087

    申请日:2016-09-16

    Abstract: Implementations described herein provide a chucking circuit for a pixilated electrostatic chuck which enables both lateral and azimuthal tuning of the RF coupling between an electrostatic chuck and a substrate placed thereon. In one embodiment, a chucking circuit for an electrostatic chuck (ESC) has one or more chucking electrodes disposed in a dielectric body of the ESC, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in the dielectric body, and a chucking circuit having the one or more chucking electrodes and the plurality of pixel electrodes, the chucking circuit operable to electrostatically chuck a substrate to a workpiece support surface of the ESC, the chucking circuit having a plurality of secondary circuits, wherein each secondary circuit includes at least one capacitor of a plurality of capacitors, each secondary circuit is configured to independently control an impedance between one of the pixel electrodes and a ground.

    Abstract translation: 本文所述的实施例提供了用于像素化静电卡盘的夹持电路,其能够在静电卡盘和放置在其上的基板之间的RF耦合的侧向和方位调谐。 在一个实施例中,用于静电卡盘(ESC)的夹紧电路具有设置在ESC的电介质体中的一个或多个夹持电极,设置在电介质体中的多个像素电极以及具有一个或多个卡盘 电极和多个像素电极,所述夹持电路可操作以将基板静电吸附到ESC的工件支撑表面,所述夹持电路具有多个次级电路,其中每个次级电路包括多个电容器中的至少一个电容器 每个次级电路被配置为独立地控制像素电极之一和地之间的阻抗。

    Process chamber having tunable showerhead and tunable liner

    公开(公告)号:US10811233B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-20

    申请号:US15673403

    申请日:2017-08-09

    Abstract: Process chambers having a tunable showerhead and a tunable liner are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a processing chamber includes a showerhead; a chamber liner; a first impedance circuit coupled to the showerhead to tune an impedance of the showerhead; a second impedance circuit coupled to the chamber liner to tune an impedance of the chamber liner; and a controller coupled to the first and second impedance circuits to control relative impedances of the showerhead and the chamber liner.

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