METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING RESIDUE FROM AN ION SOURCE COMPONENT
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1. A method for removing residue from an ion source component used to extract a molecular beam, comprising:
- using a first plasma comprising fluorine to facilitate removal of the residue from the ion source component.
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Abstract
Some techniques disclosed herein facilitate cleaning residue from a molecular beam component. For example, in an exemplary method, a molecular beam is provided along a beam path, causing residue build up on the molecular beam component. To reduce the residue, the molecular beam component is exposed to a hydro-fluorocarbon plasma. Exposure to the hydro-fluorocarbon plasma is ended based on whether a first predetermined condition is met, the first predetermined condition indicative of an extent of removal of the residue. Other methods and systems are also disclosed.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for removing residue from an ion source component used to extract a molecular beam, comprising:
using a first plasma comprising fluorine to facilitate removal of the residue from the ion source component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for removing residue from an ion source component used to extract a molecular beam, comprising:
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extracting a first molecular beam along a beam path and concurrently building up a first residue on the ion source component, where the first molecular beam is generated by using a first gas that includes a first molecular species; extracting a second molecular beam along the beam path and concurrently building up a second residue on the ion source component, where the second molecular beam is generated by using a second gas that includes a second molecular species and where the second residue differs in composition from the first residue; selectively generating a first cleaning plasma discharge and a second cleaning plasma discharge to facilitate removal of the first residue and the second residue, respectively, from the ion source component. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A reactive gas delivery system for facilitating removal of residue from a beam component, comprising:
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a flow control assembly in fluid connection with a plurality of different dopant gas supplies, a plurality of different cleaning gas supplies, and at least one plasma chamber; a controller adapted to instruct the flow control assembly to selectively deliver the gas from the different dopant gas supplies to one or more of the at least one plasma chamber to facilitate extraction of molecular beams having different respective species along a beamline; and the controller further adapted to selectively deliver gas from the different cleaning gas supplies to generate different types of plasma discharge in the one or more of the at least one plasma chamber, where the different types of plasma discharge are adapted to reduce buildup of different types of residue formed when the molecular beams having different species are extracted along the beamline.
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23. An ion implantation system, comprising:
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an ion source comprising a first plasma chamber situated adjacent to a second plasma chamber; a gas supply line adapted to selectively supply one of a plurality of cleaning gases towards the first plasma chamber;
where the gas supply line comprises a dielectric conduit coupled laterally between first and second conductive conduits; anda plasma generation component adapted to generate a plasma within a cavity defined by an inner-surface of the dielectric conduit. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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