Moser Taboada
Creating ion energy distribution functions (IEDF)
Systems and methods for creating arbitrarily-shaped ion energy distribution functions using shaped-pulse—bias. In an embodiment, a method includes applying a positive jump voltage to an electrode of a process chamber to neutralize a wafer surface, applying a negative jump voltage to the electrode to set a wafer voltage, and modulating the amplitude of the wafer voltage to produce a predetermined number of pulses to determine an ion energy distribution function. In another embodiment a method includes applying a positive jump voltage to an electrode of a process chamber to neutralize a wafer surface, applying a negative jump voltage to the electrode to set a wafer voltage, and applying a ramp voltage to the electrode that overcompensates for ion current on the wafer or applying a ramp voltage to the electrode that undercompensates for ion current on the wafer.
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James Leonid Olivier Travis Philip A. Rajinder Olivier
Rogers Dorf Joubert Koh Kraus Dhindsa Luere