发明名称 |
Universal vacuum chamber including equipment modules such as a plasma generating source, vacuum pumping arrangement and/or cantilevered substrate support |
摘要 |
A vacuum processing chamber having a substrate support removably mounted therein. The chamber includes an opening in a sidewall thereof and the opening is large enough to allow the substrate support to be removed from the chamber through the opening. A modular mounting arrangement extends through the opening and removably supports the substrate support in the interior of the chamber at a position located inwardly of an inner sidewall of the chamber. The mounting arrangement includes a mounting flange and a support arm. The mounting flange is attached to an exterior surface of the chamber and the support arm extends between the substrate support and the mounting flange. The chamber includes a single vacuum port in a central portion of an endwall of the chamber spaced from the substrate support. The vacuum port is connected to a vacuum pump which removes gases from the interior of the chamber and maintains the chamber at a pressure below atmospheric pressure. The substrate support is easy to service or replace since it can be removed through a sidewall of the chamber. The sidewall mounted substrate support also allows a large vacuum port to be located in the endwall of the chamber thus allowing high flow to be achieved by connecting the vacuum port a large capacity vacuum pump. The chamber also includes a modular liner, a modular plasma generating source and a modular vacuum pumping arrangement, each of which can be replaced with interchangeable equipment. |
申请公布号 |
AU3216597(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1998.01.05 |
申请号 |
AU19970032165 |
申请日期 |
1997.06.02 |
申请人 |
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION |
发明人 |
NEIL BENJAMIN;JON HYLBERT;STEFANO MANGANO |
分类号 |
H01L21/302;H01J37/16;H01L21/00;H01L21/3065;H01L21/677 |
主分类号 |
H01L21/302 |
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