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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:
Apr. 29, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Qiwei Liang, Fremont, CA (US);

Srinivas D. Nemani, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Chentsau Chris Ying, Cupertino, CA (US);

Ellie Y. Yieh, San Jose, CA (US);

Erica Chen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Nithin Thomas Alex, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32 (2005.12); C23C 16/513 (2005.12); H01L 21/02 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/321 (2012.12); C23C 16/513 (2012.12); H01L 21/0228 (2012.12); H01J 2237/3321 (2012.12);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for depositing a carbon compound on a substrate includes using an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) chamber with a chamber body, a lid, an interior volume, a pumping apparatus, and a gas delivery system and a pedestal for supporting a substrate disposed within the interior volume of the ICP chamber, the pedestal has an upper portion formed from aluminum nitride with an upper surface that is configured to support and heat a substrate with embedded heating elements and a lower portion with a tube-like structure formed from aluminum nitride that is configured to support the upper portion and house electrodes for supplying power to the embedded heating elements of the upper portion, and the pedestal is configured to heat the substrate during deposition of a carbon compound film.


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