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Apparatus for ion implantation including contactless cooling and beam current measurement means
Assignee: Nissin High Voltage Co Ltd
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Filing: 1992-07-21
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Granted: 1994-08-16
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Expires: 2012-07-21
Abstract
Abstract Wafer disk holds wafers in position by centrifugal force and its rotating shaft is supported by a bearing capable of magnetic levitation that has a thrust bearing and radial bearings. An annular groove providing a heat radiating zone is formed under the wafer receiving faces of the wafer disk. A cooling plate cooled to a temperature not exceeding the temperature of liquid nitrogen is inserted into the groove in a contactless manner so that the wafer disk is cooled by heat radiation. In the absence of any area of physical contact in the mechanisms for axially supporting and cooling the wafer disk, ions can be implanted in low dose into wafers on the fast rotating disk while improving the quality of wafers after implantation. Further, no triboelectricity will develop, thereby contributing to an improvement in the precision of ion beam current measurement.
Inventors
- 👤 Kunihiko Takeyama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 05:00
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J37/00; H01J37/30; H01J37/317; H01J37/3171; H01J2237/00; H01J2237/20; H01J2237/2001; H01J2237/202; H01J2237/20257; H01J2237/30; H01J2237/317; H01J2237/31701; H01J2237/31703
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
54 words
An apparatus for ion implantation, comprising: a wafer disk having wafer receiving faces and a heat dissipating zone, a wafer being mounted on each of said wafer receiving faces; and cooling means separated from said wafer disk by said heat dissipating zone in a contactless manner for cooling said wafer disk through heat radiation.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
54 words
An apparatus for ion implantation, comprising: a wafer disk having wafer receiving faces and a heat dissipating zone, a wafer being mounted on each of said wafer receiving faces; and cooling means separated from said wafer disk by said heat dissipating zone in a contactless manner for cooling said wafer disk through heat radiation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus for ion implantation as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cooling means includes a cryogenic cooling plate disposed to face said heat dissipating zone.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The apparatus for ion implantation as claimed in claim 2, wherein said cryogenic cooling plate is inserted in an annular groove formed as said heat dissipating zone in said wafer disk.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus for ion implantation as claimed in claim 3, wherein each of said annular groove and said cryogenic cooling plate is formed in multiple layers.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The apparatus for ion implantation as claimed in claim 2, wherein surfaces of said wafer disk at said heat dissipating zone and said cryogenic cooling plate are oxidized electrolytically.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
The apparatus for ion implantation as claimed in claim 3, wherein surfaces of said annular groove formed in said wafer disk and said cryogenic cooling plate are oxidized electrolytically.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
The apparatus for ion implantation as claimed in claim 4, wherein surfaces of said annular groove formed in multiple layers and said cryogenic cooling plate formed in multiple layers are oxidized electrolytically.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
47 words
An apparatus for ion implantation comprising: a wafer disk having wafer receiving faces, a wafer being mounted on each of said wafer receiving faces; a cooling means for cooling said wafer disk through heat radiation; and a bearing means capable of magnetic levitation of said wafer disk.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
47 words
An apparatus for ion implantation comprising: a wafer disk having wafer receiving faces, a wafer being mounted on each of said wafer receiving faces; a cooling means for cooling said wafer disk through heat radiation; and a bearing means capable of magnetic levitation of said wafer disk.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
The apparatus for ion implantation as claimed in claim 8, wherein said wafer disk is provided with a rotating shaft, said rotating shaft being supported by said bearing means in a contactless manner.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
The apparatus for ion implantation as claimed in claim 9, further comprising a measuring means for measuring an ion beam current in a point-contact manner.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
71 words
The apparatus for ion implantation as claimed in claim 10, wherein said measuring means includes a needle probe inserted through an opening of a support frame of said bearing means so as to contact a bottom of said rotating shaft, a support member for slidably supporting said needle probe, a spring for applying a contact pressure to said needle probe, and an ammeter connected between said needle probe and the ground.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
79 words
The apparatus for ion implantation as claimed in claim 10, wherein said measuring means includes a spherical probe provided in a cavity formed in a bottom of a support frame of said bearing means, a spherical probe provided in a cavity formed in a bottom of said rotating shaft, a spring provided in said cavity of said rotating shaft to cause point contact between said two spherical probes, and an ammeter connected between said support frame and the ground.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
115 words
An apparatus for ion implantation, comprising: a wafer disk having wafer receiving faces, a wafer being mounted on each of said wafer receiving faces; an electron shower device including a filament for emitting electrons toward an area of said wafer disk which is to be irradiated with an ion beam; an electrode container that covers a peripheral portion of said wafer disk in a contactless manner, said electrode container and said electron shower device being connected by a dc power supply; and an ammeter connected between said dc power supply and ground, whereby an ion beam current striking said wafer disk is determined by a current flowing from said electrode container and through said ammeter.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
115 words
An apparatus for ion implantation, comprising: a wafer disk having wafer receiving faces, a wafer being mounted on each of said wafer receiving faces; an electron shower device including a filament for emitting electrons toward an area of said wafer disk which is to be irradiated with an ion beam; an electrode container that covers a peripheral portion of said wafer disk in a contactless manner, said electrode container and said electron shower device being connected by a dc power supply; and an ammeter connected between said dc power supply and ground, whereby an ion beam current striking said wafer disk is determined by a current flowing from said electrode container and through said ammeter.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
32 words
The apparatus for ion implantation as claimed in claim 2, wherein surfaces of said wafer disk at said heat dissipating zone and said cryogenic cooling plate are coated with a black paint.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
32 words
The apparatus for ion implantation as claimed in claim 3, wherein surfaces of said annular groove formed in said wafer disk and said cryogenic cooling plate are coated with a black paint.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
35 words
The apparatus for ion implantation as claimed in claim 4, wherein surfaces of said annular groove formed in multiple layers and said cryogenic cooling plate formed in multiple layers are coated with a black paint.
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