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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael N. Grimbergen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Xue-Yu Qian, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/600 ; H01L 3/1306 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/600 ; H01L 3/1306 ;
Abstract
A process chamber for processing a substrate and monitoring the process conducted on the substrate comprises a support a gas distributor, and an exhaust The process chamber has a wall which may comprise a window or radiation transmitting portion that allows light to be transmitted therethrough. Residue deposits onto the window during processing of the substrate may be reduced. In one version, the window comprises a transparent plate covered by an overlying mask that has at least one aperture extending through the mask so that light can be transmitted through the aperture and the transparent plate