INTEGRATED PLATFORM FOR IN-SITU DOPING AND ACTIVATION OF SUBSTRATES
First Claim
1. An integrated platform for processing substrates, comprising:
- a vacuum substrate transfer chamber;
a doping chamber coupled to the vacuum substrate transfer chamber, the doping chamber configured to implant or deposit dopant elements in or on a surface of a substrate;
a dopant activation chamber coupled to the vacuum substrate transfer chamber, the dopant activation chamber configured to anneal the substrate and activate the dopant elements; and
a controller configured to control the integrated platform to perform doping processes in the doping chamber and dopant activation processes in the dopant activation chamber and to transfer the substrate from the doping chamber to the dopant activation chamber using the vacuum substrate transfer chamber, the controller comprising a computer readable media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the controller, causes the integrated platform to perform a method, the method comprising;
doping a substrate with one or more dopant elements in the doping chamber;
transferring the substrate under vacuum to the dopant activation chamber; and
annealing the substrate in the dopant activation chamber to activate the dopant elements.
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Abstract
An integrated platform for processing substrates, comprising: a vacuum substrate transfer chamber; a doping chamber coupled to the vacuum substrate transfer chamber, the doping chamber configured to implant or deposit dopant elements in or on a surface of a substrate; a dopant activation chamber coupled to the vacuum substrate transfer chamber, the dopant activation chamber configured to anneal the substrate and activate the dopant elements; and a controller configured to control the integrated platform, the controller comprising a computer readable media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the controller, causes the integrated platform to perform a method, the method comprising: doping a substrate with one or more dopant elements in the doping chamber; transferring the substrate under vacuum to the dopant activation chamber; and annealing the substrate in the dopant activation chamber to activate the dopant elements.
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1. An integrated platform for processing substrates, comprising:
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a vacuum substrate transfer chamber; a doping chamber coupled to the vacuum substrate transfer chamber, the doping chamber configured to implant or deposit dopant elements in or on a surface of a substrate; a dopant activation chamber coupled to the vacuum substrate transfer chamber, the dopant activation chamber configured to anneal the substrate and activate the dopant elements; and a controller configured to control the integrated platform to perform doping processes in the doping chamber and dopant activation processes in the dopant activation chamber and to transfer the substrate from the doping chamber to the dopant activation chamber using the vacuum substrate transfer chamber, the controller comprising a computer readable media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the controller, causes the integrated platform to perform a method, the method comprising; doping a substrate with one or more dopant elements in the doping chamber; transferring the substrate under vacuum to the dopant activation chamber; and annealing the substrate in the dopant activation chamber to activate the dopant elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of processing a substrate, comprising:
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doping a substrate in a doping chamber with one or more dopant elements; transferring the substrate under vacuum from the doping chamber to a dopant activation chamber; and annealing the substrate to activate the dopant elements. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the integrated platform to perform a method, the method comprising:
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doping a substrate in a doping chamber with one or more dopant elements; transferring the substrate under vacuum from the doping chamber to a dopant activation chamber; and annealing the substrate to activate the dopant elements. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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