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US 11,692,261 B2Granted
Evaporator chamber for forming films on substrates
AssigneeApplied Materials, Inc.
InventorsAlexander N. Lerner, Roey Shaviv, Satish Radhakrishnan
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Abstract
One or more embodiments described herein generally relate to methods and systems for forming films on substrates in semiconductor processes. In embodiments described herein, process chamber is provided that includes a lid plate having a plurality of cooling channels formed therein, a pedestal, the pedestal having a plurality of cooling channels formed therein, and a showerhead, wherein the showerhead comprises a plurality of segments and each segment is at least partially surrounded by a shield.
Claims17
A system for processing a substrate, the system comprising:
- a process chamber comprising:
- a chamber body,
- a lid plate having a plurality of cooling channels formed therein,
- a rotatable pedestal, the rotatable pedestal having a plurality of cooling channels formed therein, and
- a showerhead disposed above the rotatable pedestal, the showerhead comprising a plurality of segments, each of the plurality of segments comprising an edge wall having a perimeter, and
- a plurality of shield structures, each of the plurality of shield structures made of a thermally conductive material that includes aluminum or stainless steel, and each of the plurality of shield structures comprising:
- a top wall above a respective segment of the plurality of segments, and
- a side wall coupled to the top wall, the side wall surrounding a respective perimeter of the respective edge wall of a respective segment of the plurality of segments, wherein the side wall is disposed at least partially between the respective segment and adjacent segments of the plurality of segments;
- a plurality of ampoules, each ampoule of the plurality of ampoules configured to deliver a material;
- a plurality of ampoule heating elements, each ampoule heating element of the plurality of ampoule heating elements configured to heat a respective ampoule of the plurality of ampoules,
- a plurality of fluid delivery lines coupled to the showerhead;
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- one or more vacuum pumps coupled to the chamber body and each of the plurality of fluid delivery lines, wherein
- each respective fluid delivery line of the fluid delivery lines comprises:
- a dedicated shut-off valve configured to flow the material to the showerhead, the dedicated shut-off valve operable in an open position and a closed position, and the dedicated shut-off valve positioned between:
- the showerhead on a first side of the dedicated shut-off valve, and
- the respective ampoule and a respective ampoule heating element of the plurality of ampoule heating elements on a second side of the dedicated shut-off valve,
- a dedicated by-pass valve positioned between the dedicated shut-off valve and the one or more vacuum pumps, the dedicated by-pass valve operable in a by-pass open position and a by-pass closed position, wherein:
- the dedicated by-pass valve of each of the fluid delivery lines is positioned between the showerhead and the one or more vacuum pumps and between the one or more vacuum pumps and a downstream side of the dedicated shut-off valve of the respective fluid delivery line, and
- at least one vacuum pump of the one or more vacuum pumps is configured to remove at least a portion of the material from at least a portion of the showerhead and at least a portion of the respective fluid delivery line disposed between the showerhead and the downstream side of the dedicated shut-off valve of the respective fluid delivery line when the dedicated shut-off valve is in the closed position and the dedicated by-pass valve is in the by-pass open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.