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  • Patent number: 6677599
    Abstract: A method is provided for uniformly implanting a wafer with an ion beam. The wafer is generally of the type with a surface area in the form of a disk with a diameter and center. The ion beam is first formed as an elongated shape incident on the wafer, the shape having a length along a first axis smaller than the diameter, and a width shorter than the length along a second axis. Next, the wafer is translated at a variable translational velocity in a direction substantially parallel with the second axis. The wafer is also rotated substantially about the center at a rotational velocity. These movements are made such that the ion beam implants the wafer with substantially uniform dose across the surface area of the wafer. The wafer is preferably translated such that the ion beam implants the wafer from one side of the wafer, across the surface area of the wafer, and through another side of the wafer, in a selected velocity versus position profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald W. Berrian