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US 2022/0093436 A1Published application
Movable electrode for process chamber
AssigneeApplied Materials, Inc.
InventorRick KUSTRA
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Abstract
A process chamber is provided including a chamber body enclosing an inner volume; a substrate support disposed in the inner volume; an electrode disposed above the substrate support; and an actuator configured to move the electrode in the process chamber to change a distance between the electrode and the substrate support.
Claims20
A process chamber, comprising:
- a chamber body enclosing an inner volume;
- a substrate support disposed in the inner volume;
- an electrode disposed above the substrate support;
- and
- an actuator configured to move the electrode in the process chamber to change a distance between the electrode and the substrate support.
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A method of performing a process in a process chamber, the method comprising:
- providing RF power to a substrate support disposed in an inner volume of a process chamber to initiate a first plasma in the inner volume to perform a process on a substrate disposed on the substrate support, wherein the process chamber includes an electrode disposed above the substrate support and the electrode is located at a first position during the first plasma;
- moving the electrode vertically from the first position to a second position;
- and
- providing RF power to the electrode located in the second position to initiate a second plasma in the inner volume.
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A process chamber, comprising:
- a chamber body enclosing an inner volume;
- a substrate support disposed in the inner volume;
- an electrode disposed above the substrate support;
- an actuator configured to move the electrode in the process chamber to vertically change a distance between the electrode and the substrate support by at least eight inches;
- and
- a bellows, wherein the chamber body comprises a lid disposed above the electrode and the bellows is disposed between the electrode and the lid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.