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Granted Patent B2
US 11,021,790 · App. 16/521,826 · Granted Jun 1, 2021

Liner for processing chamber

Inventors: Zhepeng Cong (San Jose, CA); Schubert Chu (San Francisco, CA); Nyi O. Myo (San Jose, CA); Kartik Shah (Saratoga, CA); Surajit Kumar (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
C23C16/4411C23C16/4583C23C16/46C30B25/08
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Patent No.
US 11,021,790
App. No.
16/521,826
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments herein relate to chamber liners with a multi-piece design for use in processing chambers. The multi-piece design can have an inner portion and an outer portion. A portion of the inner surface of the outer portion may be designed to be in contact with the outer surface of the inner portion at a single junction point, creating a thermal barrier between the inner portion and outer portion, thus reducing heat transfer from the inner portion and outer portion. The thermal barrier creates higher temperatures at the chamber liner inner surface and therefore leads to shorter heat up times within the chamber. Additionally, the thermal barrier also creates lower temperatures near the base ring and outer surface of the outer ring, thereby protecting the chamber walls and requiring less thermal regulation/dissipation at the chamber walls.

Claims (15)

1. A liner for a processing chamber, comprising: an outer portion with an inner surface and an outer surface; an inner portion with an inner surface and an outer surface; a first coating material disposed on at least a portion of the inner surface of the inner portion; and a second coating material disposed on at least a portion of the outer surface of the inner portion and on at least a portion of the inner surface of the outer portion; wherein a portion of the inner surface of the outer portion is in contact with the outer surface of the inner portion and at least one junction point having a contact area between the portion of the inner surface of the outer portion and the outer surface of the inner portion; and the first coating material has a higher absorption coefficient than the second coating material.

2. The liner of claim 1 , wherein the first coating material is SiC.

3. The liner of claim 1 , wherein the second coating material is flame polished quartz.

4. The liner of claim 1 , wherein the first coating material is SiC and the second coating material flame polished quartz.

5. The liner of claim 1 , wherein the contact area is less than a non-contact area between the inner surface of the outer portion and the outer surface of the inner portion.

6. The liner of claim 5 , wherein the contact area is less than 10% the non-contact area.

7. The liner of claim 1 , wherein the inner portion and the outer portion are at least partially separated by a gap.

8. The liner of claim 1 , wherein the inner portion and the outer portion are made of quartz.

9. A processing chamber, comprising: a substrate support assembly within a chamber body designed to support a substrate; at least one lamp designed to heat the substrate disposed on the substrate support; a cooling channel configured to receive a cooling fluid into the chamber body; a liner, the liner comprising: an outer portion with an inner surface and an outer surface; an inner portion with an inner surface and an outer surface; a first coating material disposed on at least a portion of the inner surface of the inner portion; and a second coating material disposed on at least a portion of the outer surface of the inner portion and on at least a portion of the inner surface of the outer portion; wherein a portion of the inner surface of the outer portion is in thermal contact with the outer surface of the inner portion at at least one junction point having a contact area between the portion of the inner surface of the outer portion and the outer surface of the inner portion; and the inner portion has a first thermal mass and the outer portion has a second thermal mass, and the first thermal mass is less than the second thermal mass; and the first coating material having a higher absorption coefficient than the second coating material.

10. The processing chamber of claim 9 , wherein the contact area is less than a non-contact area between the inner surface of the outer portion and the outer surface of the inner portion.

11. The processing chamber of claim 10 , wherein the contact area is less than 10% the non-contact area.

12. The processing chamber of claim 9 , wherein the first coating material is SiC and the second coating material is flame polished quartz.

13. The processing chamber of claim 9 , wherein the inner portion and the outer portion are at least partially separated by a gap.

14. The processing chamber of claim 9 , wherein the outer surface of the outer portion is deposited on a portion of a base ring.

15. The processing chamber of claim 9 , wherein the processing chamber is an epitaxial chamber.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2019
From: CONG, ZHEPENG; CHU, SCHUBERT; MYO, NYI O.; SHAH, KARTIK; KUMAR, SURAJIT
To: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 049862/0792 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62715258 · Aug 6, 2018
Related Publication 20200040451A1 · Feb 6, 2020