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- Nachgewiesen in: USPTO Patent Grants
- Sprachen: English
- Patent Number: 11939,675
- Publication Date: March 26, 2024
- Appl. No: 16/636659
- Application Filed: August 10, 2018
- Assignees: Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA, US)
- Claim: 1. A face plate, comprising: a body having a first surface region and a second surface region surrounding the first surface region, the first surface region recessed relative to the second surface region, the first surface region having a first emissivity and the second surface region having a second emissivity, the second emissivity different than the first emissivity; a first plurality of holes formed through the face plate in the first surface region; and a second plurality of holes formed through the face plate in the second surface region.
- Claim: 2. The face plate of claim 1 , wherein the first surface region has a first thickness and the second surface region has a second thickness different than the first thickness.
- Claim: 3. The face plate of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of holes are disposed in the first surface region in a first density and the second plurality of holes are disposed in the second surface region in a second density, the second density being different than the first density.
- Claim: 4. The face plate of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of holes have a first diameter and the second plurality of holes have a second diameter, the second diameter being different than the first diameter.
- Claim: 5. The face plate of claim 3 , wherein the first density is higher than the second density.
- Claim: 6. The face plate of claim 3 , wherein the first density is lower than the second density.
- Claim: 7. The face plate of claim 1 , wherein the first emissivity is higher than the second emissivity.
- Claim: 8. The face plate of claim 1 , wherein the first surface region has a radius of approximately 20% to 40% of the radius of the second surface region.
- Claim: 9. A blocker plate, comprising: a body having a first surface region and a second surface region surrounding the first surface region, the first surface region having a first emissivity and the second surface region having a second emissivity, the second emissivity different than the first emissivity; and a plurality of gas distribution holes formed through the blocker plate in the first surface region and the second surface region, the gas distribution holes in the first surface region having a first density, the gas distribution holes in the second surface region having a second density, the second density different than the first density.
- Claim: 10. The blocker plate of claim 9 , wherein the gas distribution holes in the first surface region have a first diameter and the gas distribution holes in the second surface region have a second diameter, the second diameter different than the first diameter, and wherein the first surface region is recessed relative to the second surface region.
- Claim: 11. The blocker plate of claim 9 , wherein the first surface region of the blocker plate has a first thickness, and the second surface region of the blocker plate has a second thickness, the second thickness different than the first thickness.
- Claim: 12. The blocker plate of claim 9 , wherein the first emissivity is higher than the second emissivity.
- Claim: 13. An apparatus for depositing a film on a substrate, comprising: a chamber body and a chamber lid defining a process volume therein; a substrate support disposed in the process volume; a blocker plate disposed in the process volume opposite the substrate support, the blocker plate having a plurality of holes formed therethrough; and a face plate having a plurality of holes formed therethrough, the face plate disposed in the process volume between the blocker plate and the substrate support, the face plate at least partially defining a volume between the face plate and the blocker plate, the face plate having a first surface region with a first emissivity and a second surface region with a second emissivity surrounding the first surface region, the first surface region recessed relative to the second surface region and the second emissivity different than the first emissivity.
- Claim: 14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first surface region has a first thickness and the second surface region has a second thickness, the second thickness different than the first thickness.
- Claim: 15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the face plate further comprises: a first plurality of gas distribution holes formed through the first surface region, the first plurality of gas distribution holes having a first density, each of the first plurality of gas distribution holes having a first diameter; and a second plurality of gas distribution holes formed through the second surface region, the second plurality of gas distribution holes having a second density, the second density different than the first density, each of the second plurality of gas distribution holes having a second diameter, the second diameter different than the first diameter.
- Claim: 16. The apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising: a radiation shield having a plurality of holes formed therethrough, the radiation shield disposed in the process volume opposite the face plate such that the substrate support is between the face plate and the radiation shield, the radiation shield disposed around a shaft of the substrate support.
- Claim: 17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of holes in the radiation shield are arranged in a first circumferential pattern, a second circumferential pattern, and a third circumferential pattern, the first circumferential pattern and second circumferential pattern having a first density of holes and the third circumferential pattern having a second density of holes, the first circumferential pattern, second circumferential pattern, and third circumferential pattern each formed around a common axis of the radiation shield.
- Claim: 18. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the shaft comprises a plurality of holes formed therethrough at an upper end of the shaft adjacent to the substrate support for flowing a gas in a radial direction.
- Claim: 19. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first emissivity is higher than the second emissivity.
- Claim: 20. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first surface region has a radius of approximately 20% to 40% of the radius of the second surface region.
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- Primary Examiner: Chen, Keath T
- Attorney, Agent or Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP ; Taboada, Keith
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