发明名称 |
Contoured showerhead for improved plasma shaping and control |
摘要 |
Semiconductor processing chamber showerheads with contoured faceplates, as well as techniques for producing such faceplates, are provided. Data describing deposition rate as a function of gap distance between a reference showerhead faceplate and a reference substrate may be obtained, as well as data describing deposition rate as a function of location on the substrate when the reference showerhead and the reference substrate are in a fixed arrangement with respect to each other. The two data sets may be used to determine offsets from a reference plane associated with the faceplate that determine a contour profile to be used with the faceplate. |
申请公布号 |
US9315899(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.04.19 |
申请号 |
US201213541595 |
申请日期 |
2012.07.03 |
申请人 |
Novellus Systems, Inc. |
发明人 |
Leeser Karl F.;Sims James S. |
分类号 |
B05B17/00;C23C16/509;B05B1/14;B05B12/00;B05B1/00;H01J37/32;H01L21/02;G05B19/41;C23C16/44;C23C16/455 |
主分类号 |
B05B17/00 |
代理机构 |
Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson, LLP |
代理人 |
Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson, LLP |
主权项 |
1. A method comprising:
obtaining first deposition rate data describing first deposition rates, each first deposition rate correlated with a gap distance between a reference showerhead faceplate and a reference substrate during performance of a semiconductor manufacturing process involving a capacitively-coupled plasma, wherein the gap distances correlated with at least two of the first deposition rates are different; obtaining second deposition rate data, the second deposition rate data describing second deposition rates when the reference showerhead faceplate is in a fixed configuration with respect to the reference substrate during the semiconductor manufacturing process involving the capacitively-coupled plasma, the second deposition rates associated with locations distributed across one or more portions of the reference showerhead faceplate during performance of the semiconductor manufacturing process; and determining a contour profile for a contoured showerhead faceplate based on the first deposition rate data and the second deposition rate data. |
地址 |
Fremont CA US |