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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:
Dec. 10, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2021
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Chen-Hung Lin, Taipei, TW;

Ya-Chin Chiu, Taichung, TW;

Ming-Hsien Lin, Taichung, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/66 (2006.01); C23C 14/06 (2006.01); C23C 14/18 (2006.01); C23C 14/35 (2006.01); C23C 14/54 (2006.01); H01J 37/34 (2006.01); H01L 21/285 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 22/26 (2013.01); C23C 14/35 (2013.01); C23C 14/545 (2013.01); H01J 37/3402 (2013.01); H01J 37/3426 (2013.01); H01J 37/3455 (2013.01); H01J 37/3479 (2013.01); H01L 21/2855 (2013.01); C23C 14/0641 (2013.01); C23C 14/185 (2013.01); H01J 2237/24564 (2013.01); H01J 2237/3323 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments are directed to a method of optimizing thickness of a target material film deposited on a semiconductor substrate in a semiconductor processing chamber, wherein the semiconductor processing chamber includes a magnetic assembly positioned on the semiconductor processing chamber, the magnetic assembly including a plurality of magnetic columns within the magnetic assembly. The method includes operating the semiconductor processing chamber to deposit a film of target material on a semiconductor substrate positioned within the semiconductor processing chamber, measuring an uniformity of the deposited film, adjusting a position of one or more magnetic columns in the magnetic assembly, and operating the semiconductor processing chamber to deposit the film of the target material after adjusting position of the one or more magnetic columns.


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