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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2020
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ilya Lavitsky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Keith A Miller, Mountain View, CA (US);
Goichi Yoshidome, Albany, CA (US);
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a process shield for use in a process chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, a process shield for use in a process chamber includes a body having a cylindrical shape, wherein the body includes an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion having an outer lip and the lower portion extending downward and radially inward from the upper portion, wherein the outer lip includes a plurality of openings to accommodate fasteners, a plurality of alignment slots extending radially inward from an outer surface of the outer lip, and a notched lower peripheral edge, and wherein a lower surface of the outer lip includes a plurality of grooves.