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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2024
Applicant:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/34 (2006.01); C23C 14/35 (2006.01); C23C 14/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/3476 (2013.01); C23C 14/35 (2013.01); C23C 14/54 (2013.01); H01J 37/3405 (2013.01); H01J 37/3455 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of monitoring arcing in a process chamber, processing chambers and monitoring apparatus are described. At least one of the angular or radial position of a magnetron is determined in the chamber relative to a reference location on a surface of the substrate using positional information from one or more motors. An arcing profile is generated comprising a plurality of arcing states measured based at least on the determined angular and/or radial position of the magnetron.