Magnetically levitated and rotated chuck for processing microelectronic substrates in a process chamber

Cleaning systems and methods for semiconductor fabrication use rotatable and optionally translatable chuck assemblies that incorporate magnetic levitation and rotation functionality to cause chuck rotation. The rotating chuck components do not physically contact other chuck components when levitated...

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Hauptverfasser:	Elsen, Lance Van, Inhofer, William P, Moore, Sean
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT CHEMISTRY CLEANING CLEANING IN GENERAL COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL COATING METALLIC MATERIAL CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL METALLURGY PERFORMING OPERATIONS PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	Cleaning systems and methods for semiconductor fabrication use rotatable and optionally translatable chuck assemblies that incorporate magnetic levitation and rotation functionality to cause chuck rotation. The rotating chuck components do not physically contact other chuck components when levitated and rotating. This eliminates corresponding components whose friction or lubricants might generate contamination. The low friction chuck functionality of the present invention is useful in any fabrication tool in which a workpiece is supported on a rotating support during a treatment. The chuck is particularly useful in cryogenic cleaning treatments. By avoiding the use of lubricants for this rotating interface, process chambers can be evacuated and/or vented up to higher pressures much faster. This significantly reduces cycle time for cryogenic treatments.