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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zheng John Ye, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jianhua Zhou, Campbell, CA (US);
Shouqian Shao, Fremont, CA (US);
Suhail Anwar, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/34 (2006.01); C23C 16/30 (2006.01); C23C 16/40 (2006.01); C23C 16/505 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32119 (2013.01); C23C 16/308 (2013.01); C23C 16/345 (2013.01); C23C 16/401 (2013.01); C23C 16/505 (2013.01); H01J 37/32532 (2013.01); H01J 2237/332 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a showerhead for distributing plasma. The showerhead includes a perforated tile coupled to a support structure. A dielectric window is disposed over the perforated tile. An electrode is coupled to the dielectric window. An inductive coupler is disposed over the dielectric window. At least a portion of the inductive coupler is angled relative to at least a portion of the electrode.