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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:
Jan. 14, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Harish V. Penmethsa, Dublin, CA (US);

Ming-Jui Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/35 (2006.01); C23C 14/04 (2006.01); C23C 14/14 (2006.01); C23C 14/50 (2006.01); H01J 37/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/505 (2013.01); C23C 14/044 (2013.01); C23C 14/14 (2013.01); C23C 14/352 (2013.01); H01J 37/3452 (2013.01); H01J 37/3488 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus and methods for multi-cathode barrier seed deposition for high aspect ratio features in a physical vapor deposition (PVD) process are provided herein. In some embodiments, a PVD chamber includes a pedestal disposed within a processing region of the PVD chamber. The pedestal rotates with a workpiece on it. The PVD chamber includes a lid assembly includes a first target and a second target of a same target material, where a first surface of the first target defines a first zone of the processing region a first distance from the upper surface of the pedestal, and a second surface of the second target defines a second zone of the processing region a second distance from the plane of the upper surface of the pedestal. A system controller is configured to simultaneously control a first voltage bias for the first target and a second voltage bias for the second target.


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