Delivery of configurable pulsed voltage waveforms for substrate processing
AssigneeApplied Materials, Inc.
InventorsShouyin ZHANG, Sireesh ADIMADHYAM, Keith A. MILLER
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AssigneeApplied Materials, Inc.
InventorsShouyin ZHANG, Sireesh ADIMADHYAM, Keith A. MILLER
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Methods and apparatus for delivering configurable pulsed voltage waveforms to an electrode for substrate processing. One example method generally includes applying a positive DC bias relative to ground to a first electrode disposed within a processing region of a processing chamber. The positive DC bias is configured to alter a plasma potential relative to ground of a plasma formed in the processing region of the processing chamber. The method also generally includes delivering a pulsed-voltage (PV) waveform to a second electrode disposed in a substrate support within the processing chamber. Amplitudes of pulses of the PV waveform extend from a positive voltage relative to ground to a negative voltage relative to ground. The positive voltage relative to ground is greater than the plasma potential relative to ground.
A method comprising:
A physical vapor deposition (PVD) system, comprising:
One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
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