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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:
Mar. 11, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 22, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Sheng-Chun Yang, Tainan, TW;

Yi-Ming Lin, Tainan, TW;

Po-Wei Liang, Yilan County, TW;

Chu-Han Hsieh, Tainan, TW;

Chih-Lung Cheng, Miaoli County, TW;

Po-Chih Huang, Tainan, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01); C23C 16/46 (2006.01); C23C 16/505 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H01L 21/683 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32724 (2013.01); C23C 16/45565 (2013.01); C23C 16/45576 (2013.01); C23C 16/466 (2013.01); C23C 16/505 (2013.01); H01L 21/67109 (2013.01); H01L 21/6838 (2013.01); H01J 2237/002 (2013.01); H01J 2237/3321 (2013.01); H01J 2237/3323 (2013.01); H01J 2237/334 (2013.01); H01L 21/67028 (2013.01); H01L 21/67069 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes loading a wafer over a wafer chuck in a process chamber; performing a deposition process on the loaded wafer; supplying a fluid medium to a fluid guiding structure in the wafer chuck from a fluid inlet port on the wafer chuck, the fluid guiding structure comprising a plurality of arc-shaped channels fluidly communicated with each other; guiding the fluid medium from a first one of the arc-shaped channels of the fluid guiding structure to a second one of the arc-shaped channels of the fluid guiding structure. The second one of the arc-shaped channels of the fluid guiding structure is concentric with the first one of the arc-shaped channels of the fluid guiding structure from a top view.


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