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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2015
Applicant:

Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., Gloucester, MA (US);

Inventors:

Alex Tsung-Liang Chen, Danvers, MA (US);

Simon Ruffell, South Hamilton, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23F 1/00 (2006.01); C23C 16/52 (2006.01); C23C 16/26 (2006.01); C23C 16/458 (2006.01); C23C 16/48 (2006.01); C23C 16/505 (2006.01); C23C 16/56 (2006.01); C23C 14/06 (2006.01); C23C 14/22 (2006.01); C23C 14/46 (2006.01); C23C 14/54 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/223 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/52 (2013.01); C23C 14/0605 (2013.01); C23C 14/225 (2013.01); C23C 14/46 (2013.01); C23C 14/541 (2013.01); C23C 16/26 (2013.01); C23C 16/4586 (2013.01); C23C 16/486 (2013.01); C23C 16/505 (2013.01); C23C 16/56 (2013.01); H01L 21/0262 (2013.01); H01L 21/02527 (2013.01); H01L 21/02639 (2013.01); H01L 21/223 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, an apparatus to selectively deposit a carbon layer on substrate, comprising a plasma chamber to receive a flow of carbon-containing gas; a power source to generate a plasma containing the carbon-containing gas in the plasma chamber; an extraction plate to extract an ion beam from the plasma and direct the ion beam to the substrate, the ion beam comprising ions having trajectories forming a non-zero angle of incidence with respect to a perpendicular to a plane of the substrate, the extraction plate further configured to conduct a neutral species derived from the carbon-containing gas to the substrate; and a substrate stage facing the extraction plate and including a heater to heat the substrate to a first temperature, when the ion beam and carbon-containing species impinge on the substrate.


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