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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2008
Applicants:
Jian-bin Chiou, Sanchong, TW;
Wen-cheng Cheng, Hsinchu, TW;
Wen-sheng Wu, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C 1/22 (2006.01); C23F 1/00 (2006.01); C23G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for cleaning and refurbishing a chamber component includes placing a chamber component having process deposits on an exterior surface in a plasma vapor deposition chamber. The chamber component is bombarded with a plasma comprising Argon for a period of time sufficient to remove the process deposits from the exterior surface of the chamber component.