Applied Materials, Inc.

Nagendra Madiwal

Jeffrey C Hudgens

Steven Victor Sansoni

Michael C Kuchar

Song-Moon Suh

Yuanhong Guo

Matvey Farber

Yuji Murayama

Sheng Michael Guo

Marek W Radko

Pingping Gou

Shaofeng Chen

Anurag Bansal

A method includes machining a raw surface of a metal component to remove first native oxide from a metal base of the metal component to generate an as-machined surface of the metal component. A second native oxide is formed on the metal base of the as-machined surface of the metal component subsequent to the machining. The method further includes, subsequent to the machining, performing operations to generate a finished surface of the metal component. The operations include a surface machining of the as-machined surface of the metal component to remove the second native oxide.

Organic contamination free surface machining

A method includes receiving a metal component including a raw surface that includes a metal base, a first native oxide disposed on the metal base, and hydrocarbons disposed on the metal base. The method further includes machining the raw surface of the metal component to remove the first native oxide and a first portion of the hydrocarbons from the metal base. The machining generates an as-machined surface of the metal component including the metal base without the first native oxide and without the first portion of the hydrocarbons. The method further includes performing a surface machining of the as-machined surface of the metal component to remove a second portion of the hydrocarbons. The method further includes surface treating the metal component to remove a third portion of the hydrocarbons. The method further includes performing a cleaning of the metal component and drying the metal component.

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Cupertino, CA, United States of America

Nagendra Madiwal