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Method of fabricating a coated process chamber component

US6656535B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 2001
Grant dateDec 2, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC23C14/564
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of fabricating a process chamber component that has a ceramic form with grains and grain boundary regions. In the method, the component is bead blasted to provide a surface having a relatively low roughness average of less than about 150 microinches. The component is dipped into a solution having a concentration that is sufficiently low to reduce etching of grain boundary regions of the ceramic form. A metal coating is formed over at least a portion of the ceramic form. The component fabricated by this method can tolerate thicker deposits of sputtered material in a sputtering process without the sputtered deposit accumulates causing spalling of the coating of the component.

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