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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1992
Hunter B Brugge, San Antonio, TX (US);
Kin-Sang Lam, San Antonio, TX (US);
VLSI Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention concerns a magnet assembly for a sputtering chamber that allows for an even erosion of a target in the sputtering chamber so that atoms on the target are deposited on a wafer. This magnet assembly has a side magnet which is thinner than a center and ring magnet. This side magnet's centerplane is positioned above the centerplane of the other magnets. Additionally, this magnet assembly uses a center magnet in the range of substantially 350-450 Gauss and a side magnet of in the range of substantially 680-780 Gauss so that an asymmetrical magnetic field will be created which will cause an even erosion of the target and prevent re-deposition.