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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2004
Applicants:
Gary Escher, Hampstead, NH (US);
Mark A. Allen, Essex, ME (US);
Inventors:
Gary Escher, Hampstead, NH (US);
Mark A. Allen, Essex, ME (US);
Assignee:
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In order to mitigate erosion of exposed processing elements in a processing system by the process and any subsequent contamination of the substrate in the processing system, processing elements exposed to the process are coated with a protective barrier. The protective barrier comprises a protective layer that is resistant to erosion by the plasma, and a bonding layer that improves the adhesion of the protective layer to the processing element to mitigate possible process contamination by failure of the protective layer.