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Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2006
Applicants:

Kallol Bera, San Jose, CA (US);

Xiaoye Zhao, Mountain View, CA (US);

Kenny L. Doan, San Jose, CA (US);

Ezra Robert Gold, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Paul Lukas Brillhart, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Bruno Geoffrion, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Bryan Pu, San Jose, CA (US);

Daniel J. Hoffman, Saratoga, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kallol Bera, San Jose, CA (US);

Xiaoye Zhao, Mountain View, CA (US);

Kenny L. Doan, San Jose, CA (US);

Ezra Robert Gold, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Paul Lukas Brillhart, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Bruno Geoffrion, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Bryan Pu, San Jose, CA (US);

Daniel J. Hoffman, Saratoga, CA (US);

Assignee:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01); C23F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A plasma etch process includes injecting process gases with different compositions of chemical species through different radial gas injection zones of an overhead electrode to establish a desired distribution of chemical species among the plural gas injection zones.


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