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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
May. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Subhash Deshmukh, Livermore, CA (US);
Joseph Johnson, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jingjing Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
He Ren, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/3065 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); C23F 4/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/311 (2006.01); H01L 21/3213 (2006.01); H05K 3/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/268 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/3065 (2013.01); C23F 4/00 (2013.01); H01J 37/321 (2013.01); H01J 37/32146 (2013.01); H01J 37/32862 (2013.01); H01L 21/02071 (2013.01); H01L 21/268 (2013.01); H01L 21/2686 (2013.01); H01L 21/31116 (2013.01); H01L 21/32135 (2013.01); H01L 21/32136 (2013.01); H05K 3/027 (2013.01); H01J 2237/3343 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus configured to remove metal etch byproducts from the surface of substrates and from the interior of a substrate processing chamber. A plasma is used in combination with a solid state light source, such as an LED, to desorb metal etch byproducts. The desorbed byproducts may then be removed from the chamber.