Coating apparatus – Gas or vapor deposition – Work support
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-03
2008-09-02
Alejandro, Luz L. (Department: 1792)
Coating apparatus
Gas or vapor deposition
Work support
C118S730000, C118S7230AN, C156S345540, C156S345550
Reexamination Certificate
active
07419551
ABSTRACT:
A plasma reactor for processing a workpiece includes a process chamber comprising an enclosure including a ceiling and having a vertical axis of symmetry generally perpendicular to said ceiling, a workpiece support pedestal inside the chamber and generally facing the ceiling, process gas injection apparatus coupled to the chamber and a vacuum pump coupled to the chamber. The reactor further includes a plasma source power applicator overlying the ceiling and comprising a radially inner applicator portion and a radially outer applicator portion, and RF power apparatus coupled to said inner and outer applicator portions, and tilt apparatus capable of tilting either the workpiece support pedestal or the outer applicator portion about a radial axis perpendicular to said axis of symmetry and capable of rotating said workpiece support pedestal about said axis of symmetry. In a preferred embodiment, the reactor further includes apparatus for effecting axially symmetrical adjustments of plasma distribution, which may be either (or both) elevation apparatus for changing the location of said inner and outer portions relative to one another along said vertical axis of symmetry, or apparatus for apportioning the RF power levels applied to the inner and outer applicator portions.
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Bivens Darin
Chandrachood Madhavi R.
Grimbergen Michael N.
Ibrahim Ibrahim M.
Koch Renee
Alejandro Luz L.
Applied Materials Inc.
Law Office of Robert M. Wallace
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