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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:
Jun. 06, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
David K Carlson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
H Peter Hey, San Jose, CA (US);
James C Hann, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
216 58 ; 216 67 ; 134-11 ;
Abstract
An improved method of etching or cleaning a cold-wall chemical vapor deposition chamber that is substantially moisture-free at a low chamber temperature and a low chamber pressure while maintaining a satisfactory etch rate by using at least one etchant gas selected from the group consisting of nitrogen trifluoride, chlorine trifluoride, sulfur hexafluoride, carbon tetrafluoride or the like and mixtures thereof.