Patent classifications
C23C16/45574
CHAMBER ARCHITECTURE FOR EPITAXIAL DEPOSITION AND ADVANCED EPITAXIAL FILM APPLICATIONS
The present disclosure generally relates to a process chamber for processing of semiconductor substrates. The process chamber includes an upper lamp assembly, a lower lamp assembly, a substrate support, an upper window disposed between the substrate support and the upper lamp assembly, a lower window disposed between the lower lamp assembly and the substrate support, an inject ring, and a base ring. Each of the upper lamp assembly and the lower lamp assembly include vertically oriented lamp apertures for the placement of heating lamps therein. The inject ring includes gas injectors disposed therethrough and the base ring includes a substrate transfer passage, a lower chamber exhaust passage, and one or more upper chamber exhaust passages. The gas injectors are disposed over the substrate transfer passage and across from the lower chamber exhaust passage and the one or more upper chamber exhaust passages.
Semiconductor reaction chamber showerhead
A showerhead including a body having an opening, a first plate positioned within the opening and having a plurality of slots, a second plate positioned within the opening and having a plurality of slots, and wherein each of the first plate plurality of slots are concentrically aligned with the second plate plurality of slots.
EPITAXIAL DEVICE AND GAS INTAKE STRUCTURE FOR EPITAXIAL DEVICE
The present disclosure provides an epitaxial device and a gas intake structure configured for the epitaxial device. The epitaxial device includes a chamber, a submount, a gas intake structure, and an exhaust structure. The gas intake structure includes: a plurality of first gas intake passages configured to provide a first process gas containing a gas for an epitaxial reaction to a to-be-processed surface along a first direction, the first direction being parallel to the to-be-processed surface; and two second gas intake passages that are arranged at intervals along a second direction, and correspond to two adjustment areas adjacent to edges on both sides of the to-be-processed surface respectively, where at least one first gas intake passage is disposed between the two second gas intake passages, each second gas intake passage provides a second process gas to the corresponding adjustment area along the first direction, and the second process gas is configured to adjust a concentration of the gas for the epitaxial reaction flowing through the adjustment areas. The epitaxial device and the gas intake structure provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure improve uniformity of thickness distribution of an epitaxial layer formed on the entire to-be-processed surface.
METHODS FOR FORMING FILMS ON SUBSTRATES
One or more embodiments described herein generally relate to methods and systems for forming films on substrates in semiconductor processes. In embodiments described herein, a process system includes different materials each contained in separate ampoules. Each material is flowed into a separate portion of a showerhead contained within a process chamber via a heated gas line. From the showerhead, each material is flowed on to a substrate that sits on the surface of a rotating pedestal. Controlling the mass flow rate out of the showerhead and the rotation rate of the pedestal helps result in films with desirable material domain sizes to be deposited on the substrate.
Method of feeding gases into a reactor to grow epitaxial structures based on group III nitride metals and a device for carrying out said method
The invention relates to methods for the chemical application of coatings by the decay of gaseous compounds, in particular to methods for injecting gases into a reaction chamber. The invention also relates to means for feeding gases into a reaction chamber, said means providing for the regulation of streams of reactive gases, and ensures the possibility of obtaining multi-layer epitaxial structures having set parameters and based on nitrides of group III metals while simultaneously increasing the productivity and cost-effectiveness of the process of the epitaxial growth thereof. Before being fed into a reactor, all of the gas streams are sent to a mixing chamber connected to the reactor, and are then fed into the reactor via a flux former under laminar flow conditions. The mixing chamber and the flux former are equipped with means for maintaining a set temperature. As a result of these solutions, a gaseous mixture with set parameters is fed into the reactor, and the formation of vortices is simultaneously prevented. The maximum allowable volume of the mixing chamber is chosen to take into account the process parameters and the required rarity of heterojunctions.
SHOWERHEAD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a substrate processing apparatus including: a chamber in which a process is performed on a substrate; a susceptor installed in the chamber to support the substrate; and a showerhead installed above the susceptor, and the showerhead includes: a plurality of inner injection holes defined in an inner area corresponding to a portion above the substrate and injecting a reaction gas downward; and a plurality of outer injection holes defined in an outer area corresponding to a portion outside the inner area and injecting an inert gas along an inner wall of the chamber.
CHAMBER CLEANING METHOD
The present disclosure relates to a method for cleaning a camber, and more particularly, to a method for cleaning a chamber, which is capable of cleaning a chamber contaminated in a process of depositing a thin film on a substrate. A method for cleaning a chamber, in which a thin film is deposited, in accordance with an exemplary includes primarily cleaning the chamber by using a first gas plasmalized inside the chamber and supplying a second gas plasmalized outside the chamber into the chamber to activate the plasmalized first gas, thereby secondarily cleaning the chamber. The second gas includes a gas that is non-reactive with respect to the first gas.
Film deposition apparatus with gas entraining openings
A film deposition apparatus includes a body formed with openings and cavity, a spray assembly, and a gas assembly. The spray assembly sprays a precursor stream into the cavity for forming a film on a substrate. The gas assembly injects one or more gases into the cavity through the openings to shape the precursor stream and improve directionality and utilization of the precursor stream. The film deposition apparatus can operate with one or more plasma generators to form a laminated film on the substrate. The laminated film may have three layers of film: a first film formed through reaction of a first precursor with plasma, a second film being a composite of the first precursor and a second precursor, and a third film formed through sonification of the second precursor on top of the second film. The second precursor can infiltrate into the first film and fill defects therein.
Film forming apparatus and method of operating film forming apparatus
A film forming apparatus sequentially supplies a raw material gas of a compound containing chlorine and an element other than the chlorine, and a first reaction to form a fil. The film forming apparatus includes a rotary table, a raw material gas ejection port configured to eject the raw material gas to a first region, a reaction gas supply part configured to supply, to a second region, a first reaction gas and a second reaction gas that reacts with chlorine to generate a third reaction product, in order to prevent a second reaction product from being generated due to a reaction of the chlorine remaining in the vacuum container with air when performing the opening-to-air. The film forming apparatus further includes an atmosphere separation part, a first exhaust port and a second exhaust port, and a controller.
DEPOSITION APPARATUS
A deposition apparatus, includes a chamber having at least one first gas inlet therein. A fixed chuck is installed in the chamber and an electrostatic chuck is installed on the fixed chuck. An edge ring is disposed on an edge of the electrostatic chuck. A shower head is disposed above the edge ring. A baffle is disposed above the shower head and an upper electrode is disposed above the baffle. A gas guide member is disposed above the upper electrode so that a flow path provided in the upper electrode and the first gas inlet are connected. The gas guide member has a flow path hole penetrating in upward and downward directions, and a plurality of guide holes are provided on an inner surface of the gas guide member.