Patent classifications
C23C16/45591
APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING GAS TO A PROCESS CHAMBER
Embodiments described herein generally relate to a gas assembly disposed between a mainframe door and process chamber. The gas assembly provides multi-zone gas cross-flow distribution into a processing volume. Each of the zones are independently controlled. The zones each include a single nozzle, the zones each include a plenum fluidly coupled to multiple nozzles, or a combination thereof. The nozzles, such as plenums included with nozzles, are disposed within the manifold between the first major surface and the second major surface of the manifold. An outlet of the nozzles are in fluid communication with the second major surface of the manifold, and in fluid communication with a volume of the process chamber. The multiple, independently controlled zones provide controllability of mass flow for flow sensitive chemical processes. The gas assembly include an adapter plate configured to be coupled to a vacuum mainframe robot.
PUMPING LINER AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF
Disclosed herein is a pumping liner, having a gas inlet configured to receive a process gas; openings in communication with the gas inlet, the openings configured to surround a substrate support and to direct the process gas onto the substrate support. At least a portion of the openings each has a different size. Each of the openings is configured to provide a gas mass flow rate that is within ±5% of a target gas mass flow rate. The pumping liner further includes a gas outlet configured to receive unreacted process gas and reacted process gas byproducts.
METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GALLIUM OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FILM AND A FILM FORMING APPARATUS
A method for producing a gallium oxide semiconductor film by a mist CVD method, including, a mist-forming step in which a raw material solution containing gallium is misted in a mist-forming unit to generate mist, a carrier gas supply step of supplying a carrier gas for transferring the mist to the mist-forming unit, a transferring step of transferring the mist from the mist-forming unit to a film forming chamber using the carrier gas via a supply pipe connecting the mist-forming unit and the film forming chamber, a rectification step of rectifying flow of the mist and the carrier gas supplied to a surface of a substrate in the film forming chamber so as to flow along the surface of the substrate, a film forming step of heat-treating the rectified mist to form a film on the substrate, and an exhaust step of exhausting waste gas upward from the substrate.
DEFLECTOR FOR CHAMBER CLEANING
A method of fabricating semiconductor devices includes: loading one or more semiconductor wafers into a plurality of stations provided within a process chamber; applying a process to the semiconductor wafers which deposits a material on the one or more semiconductor wafers within the process chamber; and cleaning the process chamber. Suitably, cleaning the process chamber includes flowing a cleaning gas into the process chamber toward a deflector arranged in the process chamber, the deflector having a first surface upon which the flowed cleaning gas impinges, the first surface directing a first portion of the flowed cleaning gas impinging thereon in a first trajectory toward a first end of the process chamber and directing a second portion of the flowed cleaning gas impinging thereon in a second trajectory toward a second end of the process chamber, the second end being opposite the first end.
LINER AND EPITAXIAL REACTOR COMPRISING SAME
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a liner of an epitaxial reactor, including a lower body including an entrance stepped portion which is disposed on an upper end of one side of an outer side surface of the lower body and through which a source gas is introduced, a plurality of lower partitions disposed apart from each other on the entrance stepped portion, an upper body disposed on the lower body to face the lower body and including an entrance cover part forming a flow path which is interposed between the entrance stepped portion and the entrance cover part and through which the source gas is introduced, and a plurality of upper partitions disposed apart from each other on the entrance cover part, wherein the upper partitions are more densely disposed in both side portions than in a central portion of the entrance cover part.
DEVICE AND METHODS FOR CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION
Methods and systems for chemical vapor deposition (CVD) are disclosed. The methods and systems use a showerhead including a domed internal baffle plate. The domed internal baffle plate is perforated. The presence of the domed internal baffle plate improves the uniformity of gas distribution through the holes of the showerhead across the surface area of the showerhead. This improves deposition uniformity on the semiconducting wafer substrate upon which CVD is being performed, or improves the cleaning of the reaction chamber when a cleaning gas is pumped in through the showerhead.
Suppression of parasitic deposition in a substrate processing system by suppressing precursor flow and plasma outside of substrate region
A method for operating a substrate processing system includes delivering precursor gas to a chamber using a showerhead that includes a head portion and a stem portion. The head portion includes an upper surface, a sidewall, a lower planar surface, and a cylindrical cavity and extends radially outwardly from one end of the stem portion towards sidewalls of the chamber. The showerhead is connected, using a collar, to an upper surface of the chamber. The collar is arranged around the stem portion. Process gas is flowed into the cylindrical cavity via the stem portion and through a plurality of holes in the lower planar surface to distribute the process gas into the chamber. A purge gas is supplied through slots of the collar into a cavity defined between the head portion and an upper surface of the chamber.
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.
Exhaust device for processing apparatus provided with multiple blades
An exhaust device including an exhaust mechanism and an exhaust unit is provided. The exhaust mechanism includes a first blade unit and a second blade unit provided in an exhaust space of a processing vessel including a processing space of a vacuum atmosphere for applying a process to a workpiece. The first blade unit and the second blade unit are arranged coaxially with a periphery of the workpiece, and at least one of the first blade unit and the second blade unit is rotatable. The exhaust unit is provided at a downstream side of the exhaust mechanism and communicates with the exhaust space. The exhaust unit is configured to exhaust gas in the processing vessel.
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.