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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:
May. 27, 2025

Filed:

May. 01, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Suhail Anwar, Saratoga, CA (US);

Yui Lun Wu, Castro Valley, CA (US);

Jozef Kudela, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Carl A. Sorensen, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Jeevan Prakash Sequeira, Milpitas, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/455 (2006.01); C23C 16/505 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/45559 (2013.01); C23C 16/505 (2013.01); H01J 37/3211 (2013.01); H01J 37/32183 (2013.01); H01J 37/32449 (2013.01); H01J 2237/3321 (2013.01); H01J 2237/3323 (2013.01); H01J 2237/3325 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments described herein provide a lid assembly of a chamber for independent control of plasma density and gas distribution within the interior volume of the chamber. The lid assembly includes a plasma generation system and a gas distribution assembly. The plasma generation system includes a plurality of dielectric plates having a bottom surface oriented with respect to vacuum pressure and a top surface operable to be oriented with respect to atmospheric pressure. One or more coils are positioned on or over the plurality of dielectric plates. The gas distribution assembly includes a first diffuser and a second diffuser. The first diffuser includes a plurality of first channels intersecting a plurality of second channels of the second diffuser.


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