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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:
Feb. 16, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2015
Applicant:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventor:

Mehmet Tugrul Samir, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/687 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); C23C 16/50 (2006.01); C23C 16/458 (2006.01); C23C 16/48 (2006.01); C23C 16/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/68785 (2013.01); C23C 16/44 (2013.01); C23C 16/4558 (2013.01); C23C 16/4584 (2013.01); C23C 16/45508 (2013.01); C23C 16/45574 (2013.01); C23C 16/481 (2013.01); C23C 16/50 (2013.01); H01L 21/67115 (2013.01); H01L 21/68742 (2013.01); H01L 21/68764 (2013.01); H01L 21/68771 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a processing chamber with a top, a bottom, and a sidewall coupled together to define an enclosure, a gas distributor around the sidewall, a substrate support disposed in the enclosure, the substrate support having a central opening and a plurality of substrate locations distributed around the central opening, a pumping port below the substrate support, and an energy source coupled to the top or the bottom. The energy source may be a radiant source, a thermal source, a UV source, or a plasma source. The substrate support may be rotated using a magnetic rotator and an air bearing. The gas distributor may have a plurality of passages distributed around a circumference of the gas distributor.


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