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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bharath Swaminathan, San Jose, CA (US);
John Mazzocco, San Jose, CA (US);
Hanbing Wu, Millbrae, CA (US);
Ashish Goel, Karnataka, IN;
Anantha K. Subramani, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/46 (2006.01); H01L 21/687 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01); C23C 16/458 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/466 (2013.01); C23C 16/4586 (2013.01); C23C 16/45527 (2013.01); H01L 21/67098 (2013.01); H01L 21/67109 (2013.01); H01L 21/67167 (2013.01); H01L 21/67184 (2013.01); H01L 21/67201 (2013.01); H01L 21/68721 (2013.01); H01L 21/68728 (2013.01); H01L 21/68742 (2013.01); H01L 21/68785 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cooling chamber comprising a support plate connected to a cryo pump and turbo pump, a clamp ring with a plurality of clamp pads on the bottom thereof where each clamp pad has a beveled surface directed downward and a lift plate to move the clamp ring from a clamp position to a loading position are described. Cluster tools incorporating the cooling chamber and methods of using the cooling chamber are also described.