Patent classifications
C23C16/45504
LINER ASSEMBLIES FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEMS
A liner assembly for a substrate processing system includes a first liner and a second liner. The first liner includes an annular body and an outer peripheral surface including a first fluid guide. The first fluid guide is curved about a circumferential line extending around the first liner. The second liner includes an annular body, an outer rim, an inner rim, a second fluid guide extending between the outer rim and the inner rim, and a plurality of partition walls extending outwardly from the second fluid guide. The second fluid guide is curved about the circumferential line when the first and second liners are positioned within the processing system.
DEVICE AND METHOD TO ACHIEVE HOMOGENEOUS GROWTH AND DOPING OF SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS WITH A DIAMETER GREATER THAN 100 MM
Device for achieving homogeneous thickness growth and doping on a semiconductor wafer (2) with a diameter greater than 100 mm during growth at elevated temperature in a growth chamber arranged in a reactor housing comprising a growth chamber (14) with a wafer (2) on a rotating susceptor (3), where the growth chamber (14) has, an inlet channel (17) for the supply of process gases and an outlet channel (18) for discharge of unused process gases to create a process gas flow over the semiconductor wafer (2), and an injector (4) at the end of the inlet channel (17) where it opens into the growth chamber (14), where the injector (4) is divided into at least 3 gas ducts with a first gas duct B and at each side of it a second gas channel A and a third gas channel C, and where the magnitude of the gas flow in the gas duct B and gas concentrations in the gas duct B are arranged to be controlled independent of gas flows and gas concentrations in gas channels A and C.
CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS
The present invention provides a chemical vapor deposition equipment. The equipment includes a reaction chamber, the reaction chamber includes a plurality of bases for bearing substrates, the plurality of bases are disc-shaped, process gas enters the reaction chamber through a pipeline, each base of the plurality of bases is arranged in parallel to each other, and circle centers of the bases are on a same straight line; upper surfaces of the bases bearing the substrates are parallel to each other or on a same plane; rotation axes of the bases are on a same plane, and the bases rotate independently relative to each other; and the process gas flows along the upper surfaces of the bases and in a direction perpendicular to a connecting line of the circle centers of the bases.
Apparatus for conducting plasma surface treatment, board treatment system having the same
A surface treatment apparatus and a surface treatment system having the same are disclosed. The surface treatment apparatus includes a process chamber in which the surface treatment process is conducted, a plasma generator for generating process radicals as a plasma state for the surface treatment process, the plasma generator being positioned outside of the process chamber and connected to the process chamber by a supply duct, a heat exchanger arranged on the supply duct and cooling down temperature of the process radicals passing through the supply duct and a flow controller controlling the process radicals to flow out of the process chamber. The flow controller is connected to a discharge duct through which the process radicals are discharged outside the process chamber. The plasma surface treatment process is conducted to the package structure having minute mounting gap without the damages to the IC chip and the board.
METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER USING A PREHEAT RING IN A WAFER REACTOR
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor wafer in a reaction apparatus comprising channeling a process gas into a reaction chamber through the process gas inlet and heating the process gas with the preheat ring having an edge bar. The method also includes adjusting at least one of a velocity and a direction of the process gas with the edge bar, and depositing a layer on the semiconductor wafer with the process gas, wherein the edge bar facilitates forming a uniform thickness of the layer on the semiconductor wafer.
DEPOSITION APPARATUS
A deposition apparatus including a chamber having a deposition area and a non-deposition area, a gas intake device communicated with the chamber, a gas annulus disposed in the chamber and surrounding the gas intake device, a carrier disposed in the deposition area and a retaining annulus disposed in chamber and surrounding the carrier. The gas intake device is disposed corresponding to the deposition area and configured to draw a process gas into the deposition area. The gas annulus is configured to generate an annular gas curtain in the deposition area. The carrier carries a deposited object, wherein the gas annulus is located between the gas intake device and the carrier. The deposited object is surrounded by the annular gas curtain. The retaining annulus has a plurality of through holes. The retaining annulus is located between the gas annulus and the carrier.
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING CHAMBER AND PROCESS GAS FLOW DEFLECTOR FOR USE IN THE PROCESSING CHAMBER
A processing chamber includes a chamber body, a substrate support configured to hold a substrate in place, and a pre-heat ring having a central opening sized to be disposed around the substrate. A process gas inlet is configured to direct process gas in a lateral direction to flow over the pre-heat ring and the substrate. A process gas flow deflector includes a radially outer mounting portion and a radially inner blade-shaped process gas deflection portion extending in a radial direction. The radially inner blade-shaped process gas deflection portion is shaped as a ring segment. The radially inner blade-shaped process gas deflection portion is disposed above the process gas inlet and dimensioned to overlap with the pre-heat ring, wherein a degree of overlap between the pre-heat ring and process gas flow deflector in the radial direction is at least ½ of the radial dimension of the pre-heat ring.
Chemical vapor deposition reactor to grow diamond film by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition
A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor includes a resonating cavity configured to receive microwaves. A microwave transparent window positioned in the resonating cavity separates the resonating cavity into an upper zone and a plasma zone. Microwaves entering the upper zone propagate through the microwave transparent window into the plasma zone. A substrate is disposed proximate a bottom of the plasma zone opposite the microwave transparent window. A ring structure, positioned around a perimeter of the substrate in the plasma zone, includes a lower section that extends from the bottom of the resonating cavity toward the microwave transparent window and an upper section on a side of the lower section opposite the bottom of the resonating cavity. The upper section extends radially toward a central axis of the ring structure. An as-grown diamond film on the substrate is also disclosed.
Substrate processing apparatus, material layer deposition apparatus, and atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition apparatus
A substrate processing apparatus includes a reaction chamber including an inlet through which a reaction gas is supplied and an outlet through which residue gas is exhausted; a plurality of ionizers located at a front end of the inlet and configured to ionize the reaction gas supplied through the inlet; and a heater configured to heat the reaction chamber. The plurality of ionizers include a first ionizer configured to ionize the reaction gas positively; and a second ionizer configured to ionize the reaction gas negatively.
SYMMETRIC PUMP DOWN MINI-VOLUME WITH LAMINAR FLOW CAVITY GAS INJECTION FOR HIGH AND LOW PRESSURE
Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems and apparatuses for a substrate processing assembly with a laminar flow cavity gas injection for high and low pressure. A dual gas reservoir assembly is provided in a substrate processing chamber, positioned within a lower shield assembly. A first gas reservoir is in fluid communication with a processing volume of the substrate processing assembly via a plurality of gas inlet, positioned circumferentially about the processing volume. A second gas reservoir is positioned circumferentially about the first gas reservoir, coupled therewith via one or more reservoir ports. The second gas reservoir is in fluid communication with a first gas source. A recursive path gas assembly is positioned in an upper shield body adjacent to an electrode to provide one or more gases to a dark space gap.