公开(公告)号：US20190153592A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-23

申请号：US16259011

申请日：2019-01-28

Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.

Inventor： Dale Du BOIS ,  Mohamad A. AYOUB ,  Robert KIM ,  Amit Kumar BANSAL ,  Mark FODOR ,  Binh NGUYEN ,  Siu F. CHENG ,  Hang YU ,  Chiu CHAN ,  Ganesh BALASUBRAMANIAN ,  Deenesh PADHI ,  Juan Carlos ROCHA

IPC: C23C16/04 ,  C23C16/458 ,  C23C16/455 ,  C23C16/44 ,  H01J37/32 ,  C23C14/04 ,  H01L21/687 ,  C30B25/12 ,  H01J37/34

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention contemplate a shadow ring that provides increased or decreased and more uniform deposition on the edge of a wafer. By removing material from the top and/or bottom surfaces of the shadow ring, increased edge deposition and bevel coverage can be realized. In one embodiment, the material on the bottom surface is reduced by providing a recessed slot on the bottom surface. By increasing the amount of material of the shadow ring, the edge deposition and bevel coverage is reduced. Another approach to adjusting the deposition at the edge of the wafer includes increasing or decreasing the inner diameter of the shadow ring. The material forming the shadow ring may also be varied to change the amount of deposition at the edge of the wafer.