Apparatus and techniques for angled etching using multielectrode extraction source

    公开(公告)号:US11195703B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-07

    申请号:US16682888

    申请日:2019-11-13

    IPC分类号: H01J37/32 G02B5/18 H01J37/147

    摘要: A plasma source may include a plasma chamber, where the plasma chamber has a first side, defining a first plane and an extraction assembly, disposed adjacent to the side of the plasma chamber, where the extraction assembly includes at least two electrodes. A first electrode may be disposed immediately adjacent the side of the plasma chamber, wherein a second electrode defines a vertical displacement from the first electrode along a first direction, perpendicular to the first plane, wherein the first electrode comprises a first aperture, and the second electrode comprises a second aperture. The first aperture may define a lateral displacement from the second aperture along a second direction, parallel to the first plane, wherein the vertical displacement and the lateral displacement define a non-zero angle of inclination with respect to a perpendicular to the first plane.

    Techniques for forming angled structures

    公开(公告)号:US11119405B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-14

    申请号:US16159059

    申请日:2018-10-12

    摘要: A method of forming angled structures in a substrate. The method may include the operation of forming a mask by etching angled mask features in a mask layer, disposed on a substrate base of the substrate, the angled mask features having sidewalls, oriented at a non-zero angle of inclination with respect to perpendicular to a main surface of the substrate. The method may include etching the substrate with the mask in place, the etching comprising directing ions having trajectories arranged at a non-zero angle of incidence with respect to a perpendicular to the main surface.

    Methods and systems for multi-area selective etching

    公开(公告)号:US11004648B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-11

    申请号:US16290325

    申请日:2019-03-01

    摘要: Embodiments herein provide systems and methods for multi-area selecting etching. In some embodiments, a system may include a plasma source delivering a plurality of angled ion beams to a substrate, the substrate including a plurality of devices. Each of the plurality of devices may include a first angled grating and a second angled grating. The system may further include a plurality of blocking masks positionable between the plasma source and the substrate. A first blocking mask of the plurality of blocking masks may include a first set of openings permitting the angled ion beams to pass therethrough to form the first angled gratings of each of the plurality of devices. A second blocking mask of the plurality of blocking masks may include a second set of openings permitting the angled ion beams to pass therethrough to form the second angled gratings of each of the plurality of devices.

    Methods of producing slanted gratings with variable etch depths

    公开(公告)号:US11226441B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-18

    申请号:US17072261

    申请日:2020-10-16

    IPC分类号: G02B5/18 B29D11/00 G02B6/02

    摘要: Methods of producing gratings with trenches having variable height are provided. In one example, a method of forming a diffracted optical element may include providing an optical grating layer over a substrate, patterning a hardmask over the optical grating layer, and forming a sacrificial layer over the hardmask, the sacrificial layer having a non-uniform height measured from a top surface of the optical grating layer. The method may further include etching a plurality of angled trenches into the optical grating layer to form an optical grating, wherein a first depth of a first trench of the plurality of trenches is different than a second depth of a second trench of the plurality of trenches.