Apparatus and methods for compensating plasma sheath...

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2006-07-11

2006-07-11

Sircus, Brian (Department: 2836)

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Electric charge generating or conducting means

Use of forces of electric charge or field

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07075771

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and methods to compensating for radial non-uniformities in the plasma sheath at a substrate held by an electrostatic chuck in a plasma processing system. The substrate is held by a substrate-supporting surface of the electrostatic chuck. The substrate-supporting surface is modified by providing a pattern of features characteristic of a compensating structure that corrects the radial non-uniformities in the plasma sheath and then covering the features conformally with a planarization coating of a dielectric material. The dielectric material fills and covers the pattern of features to provide multiple parallel capacitances defining the compensating structure. The pattern of features characterizing the compensating structure may be determined from a radial non-uniformity in a plasma-related parameter at the substrate-supporting surface.

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