Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods and apparatuses utilized to reduce residual film layers from a substrate periphery region, such as an edge or bevel of the substrate. Contamination of the substrate bevel, backside and substrate periphery region may be reduced after a plasma process. In one embodiment, an edge ring includes a base circular ring having an inner surface defining a center opening formed thereon and an outer surface defining a perimeter of the base circular ring. The base circular ring includes an upper body and a lower portion connected to the upper body. A step is formed at the inner surface of the base circular ring and above a first upper surface of the upper body. The step defines a pocket above the first upper surface of the upper body. A plurality of raised features formed on the first upper surface of the base circular ring.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides methods for via reveal etching process to form through-silicon vias (TSVs) in a substrate. In one embodiment, a method for performing a via reveal process to form through-silicon vias in a substrate includes providing a substrate having partial through-silicon vias formed from a first surface of the substrate into a processing chamber, wherein the partial through-silicon vias formed in the substrate are blind vias, supplying an etching gas mixture including at least a fluorine containing gas and a chlorine containing gas into the processing chamber, and preferentially removing a portion of the substrate from a second surface of the substrate to expose the through-silicon vias until a desired length of the through-silicon vias is exposed from the second surface of the substrate.