Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Making field effect device having pair of active regions... – Having insulated gate
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-15
2011-03-15
Tran, Long K (Department: 2818)
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Making field effect device having pair of active regions...
Having insulated gate
C438S378000, C438S390000, C438S795000, C257SE21284, C257SE21324, C257SE21497
Reexamination Certificate
active
07906402
ABSTRACT:
Methods for compensating for a thermal profile in a substrate heating process are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of processing a substrate includes determining an initial thermal profile of a substrate that would result from subjecting the substrate to a process; determining a compensatory thermal profile based upon the initial thermal profile and a desired thermal profile; imposing the compensatory thermal profile on the substrate prior to performing the process on the substrate; and performing the process to create the desired thermal profile on the substrate. The initial substrate thermal profile can also be compensated for by adjusting a local mass heated per unit area, a local heat capacity per unit area, or an absorptivity or reflectivity of a component proximate the substrate prior to performing the process. Heat provided by an edge ring to the substrate may be controlled prior to or during the substrate heating process.
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Adams Bruce E.
Ranish Joseph M.
Applied Materials Inc.
Moser IP Law Group
Tran Long K
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