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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2007
Greg Sexton, Fremont, CA (US);
Andrew Bailey, Iii, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Alan Schoen, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
Greg Sexton, Fremont, CA (US);
Andrew Bailey, III, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Alan Schoen, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A plasma etch processing chamber configured to clean a bevel edge of a substrate is provided. The chamber includes a bottom edge electrode and a top edge electrode defined over the bottom edge electrode. The top edge electrode and the bottom edge electrode are configured to generate a cleaning plasma to clean the bevel edge of the substrate. The chamber includes a gas feed defined through a top surface of the processing chamber. The gas feed introduces a processing gas for striking the cleaning plasma at a location in the processing chamber that is between an axis of the substrate and the top edge electrode. A pump out port is defined through the top surface of the chamber and the pump out port located along a center axis of the substrate. A method for cleaning a bevel edge of a substrate is also provided.