IP Library Granted Patent US 7,223,323
Granted Patent B2
US 7,223,323 · App. 10/616,284 · Granted May 29, 2007

Multi-chemistry plating system

Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,223,323
App. No.
10/616,284
Granted
May 29, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the invention generally provide an electrochemical plating system. The plating system includes a substrate loading station positioned in communication with a mainframe processing platform, at least one substrate plating cell positioned on the mainframe, at least one substrate bevel cleaning cell positioned on the mainframe, and a stacked substrate annealing station positioned in communication with at least one of the mainframe and the loading station, each chamber in the stacked substrate annealing station having a heating plate, a cooling plate, and a substrate transfer robot therein.

Claims (11)

1. An electrochemical plating system comprising:

a substrate loading station positioned in communication with a mainframe processing platform;

at least one substrate plating cell positioned on the mainframe;

at least one substrate bevel cleaning cell positioned on the mainframe;

at least one spin rinse dry cell positioned on the mainframe in a substrate transfer path between the at least one substrate plating cell and the substrate loading station, wherein the at least one spin rinse dry cell comprises:

a cell bowl having an upstanding cylindrical wall;

an annular and inwardly curving pressure reducing surface positioned on a top portion of the upstanding cylindrical wall;

a fluid receiving shield attached to, and extending radially inward from, an upper portion of the upstanding cylindrical wall, wherein the fluid receiving shield has a plurality of holes;

a rotatable substrate support member centrally positioned in the cell bowl; and

a fluid dispensing nozzle configured to dispense a rinsing solution onto an upper surface of a substrate positioned on the support member; and

a stacked substrate annealing station positioned in communication with at least one of the mainframe and the loading station, each chamber in the stacked substrate annealing station having a substrate heating plate and a substrate cooling plate adjacently positioned therein.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2003
From: YANG, MICHAEL X.; XI, MING; ELLWANGER, RUSSELL C.; BRITCHER, ERIC B.; DONOSO, BERNARDO; PANG, LILY L.; SHERMAN, SVETLANA; HO, HENRY; NGUYEN, ANH N.; LERNER, ALEXANDER N.; D'AMBRA, ALLEN L.; SHANMUGASUNDRAM, ARULKUMAR; ISHIKAWA, TETSUYA; RABINOVICH, YEVGENIY; LUBOMIRSKY, DMITRY; MOK, YEUK-FAI EDWIN; NGUYEN, SON T.
To: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
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Continuity (11)
Continuation In Part 1043862400 · May 14, 2003
Continuation In Part 1061628400
Continuation In Part 1026828400 · Oct 9, 2002
Provisional Application 6046397000 · Apr 18, 2003
Provisional Application 6046386000 · Apr 18, 2003
Provisional Application 6046386200 · Apr 18, 2003
Provisional Application 6046395600 · Apr 18, 2003
Provisional Application 6044857500 · Feb 18, 2003
Provisional Application 6043512100 · Dec 19, 2002
Provisional Application 6039834500 · Jul 24, 2002
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