Applied Materials, Inc.

Irwin Silvestre

Gary Fong

Quoc Truong

Keith Harvey

The present invention provides systems, methods and apparatus for high temperature (at least about 500-800.degree. C.) processing of semiconductor wafers. The systems, methods and apparatus of the present invention allow multiple process steps to be performed in situ in the same chamber to reduce total processing time and to ensure high quality processing for high aspect ratio devices. Performing multiple process steps in the same chamber also increases the control of the process parameters and reduces device damage. In particular, the present invention can provide high temperature deposition, heating and efficient cleaning for forming dielectric films having thickness uniformity, good gap fill capability, high density, low moisture, and other desired characteristics.

Substrate processing apparatus with bottom-mounted remote plasma system

A system for controlling pressure flow and concentration Of O.sub.3 /O.sub.2 positions a thermal MFC upstream from an ozone generator to avoid the adverse effects of ozone on the thermal MFC. A flow restrictor diverts a precise amount of flow to an ozone monitor so that the flow to a CVD chamber is precisely controlled. In other embodiments a full-flow ozone monitor and non-thermal MFC are utilized.

Pressure flow and concentration control of oxygen/ozone gas mixtures

A remote source of partially ionized plasma gas having ions and excited neutral atom species therein is provided. A chamber having a metallic outer shell and an inner insulative tube, is operated as a microwave resonant cavity, preferably having a diameter of about one quarter of the operating wavelength. A waveguide couples microwave energy from a source to a slot cut into the metallic outer shell of the cavity. Microwave energy passes through the inner energy transparent tube and excites reactant gases supplied from an input tube. Plasma is conducted from the cavity by a plasma output tube coupled into a processing chamber and controlled pressure pumping system.

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