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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
May. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sheng Sun, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/00 ;
Abstract
Provided herein is a method for cleaning a process chamber by employing high power density light beam(s) to assist dissociating cleaning gaseous species at the cleaning site. Also provided herein is a method for cleaning the process chamber with laser ablation, wherein no cleaning gas is necessary.