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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Leonid Dorf, San Jose, CA (US);
Shahid Rauf, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Kenneth S. Collins, San Jose, CA (US);
Kartik Ramaswamy, San Jose, CA (US);
Nipun Misra, San Jose, CA (US);
Gonzalo Antonio Monroy, San Francisco, CA (US);
James D. Carducci, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven Lane, Porterville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 1/02 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H05H 1/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/3233 (2013.01); H01J 37/3266 (2013.01); H05H 1/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a plasma reactor for processing a workpiece, an electron beam is employed as the plasma source, and sputtered metal atoms are removed from the electron beam to reduce contamination.