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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2007
Applicants:

Jerome S. Hubacek, Fremont, CA (US);

Albert R. Ellingboe, Co Dublin, IE;

David Benzing, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jerome S. Hubacek, Fremont, CA (US);

Albert R. Ellingboe, Co Dublin, IE;

David Benzing, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/306 (2006.01); C23C 16/00 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32009 (2013.01); H01J 37/3255 (2013.01);
Abstract

A silicon electrode for a plasma reaction chamber wherein processing of a semiconductor substrate such as a single wafer can be carried out and a method of processing a semiconductor substrate with the electrode. The electrode is a low resistivity electrode having an electrical resistivity of less than 1 ohm-cm. The electrode can be a zero defect single crystal silicon or silicon carbide electrode such as a showerhead electrode bonded or clamped to support such as a temperature controlled plate or ring. The showerhead electrode can be in the form of a circular disk of uniform thickness and an elastomeric joint can be provided between a support ring and the electrode. The electrode can include gas outlets having 0.020 to 0.030 inch diameters.


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