Patterson + Sheridan, LLP
Circuits for edge ring control in shaped DC pulsed plasma process device
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method that manipulates the voltage at an edge ring relative to a substrate located on a substrate support located within a processing chamber. The apparatus includes a substrate support assembly that has a body having a substrate electrode embedded therein for applying a voltage to a substrate. The body of the substrate support assembly additionally has an edge ring electrode embedded therein for applying a voltage to an edge ring. The apparatus further includes an edge ring voltage control circuit coupled to the edge ring electrode. A substrate voltage control circuit is coupled to the substrate electrode. The edge ring voltage control circuit and the substrate voltage control circuit are independently tunable to generate a difference in voltage between the edge ring voltage and the substrate voltage.
Applied Materials, Inc.
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James Linying
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