Abstract: Physical vapor deposition (PVD) system comprises a chamber, an upper shield and a lower shield mounted within the chamber, a cover ring having one or more tabs extending radially inwardly therefrom. The PAD system further includes a shutter disk having one or more notched areas formed in the periphery thereof to receive non-contacting the one or more tabs of the cover ring. The cover ring has two or more recesses formed in an upper side thereof with a guide pin extending from the center of the recesses. The lower shield has two or more cups with a hole therein to be engaged with the guide pin of the cover ring to keep the lower shield from rotating with respect to the cover ring. The cups of the lower shield are inserted into the recesses of the cover ring. These improvements enable a standard shutter arm assembly and a shutter disk to be utilized in a two-tab block-out scheme.

Abstract: Physical vapor deposition (PVD) system comprises a chamber, an upper shield and a lower shield mounted within the chamber, a cover ring having one or more tabs extending radially inwardly therefrom. The PVD system further includes a shutter disk having one or more notched areas formed in the periphery thereof to receive non-contactingly the one or more tabs of the cover ring. The cover ring has two or more recesses formed in an upper side thereof with a guide pin extending from the center of the recesses. The lower shield has two or more cups with a hole therein to be engaged with the guide pin of the cover ring to keep the lower shield from rotating with respect to the cover ring. The cups of the lower shield are inserted into the recesses of the cover ring. These improvements enable a standard shutter arm assembly and a shutter disk to be utilized in a two-tab block-out scheme.

Abstract: Physical vapor deposition (PVD) system comprises a chamber, an upper shield and a lower shield mounted within the chamber, a cover ring having one or more tabs extending radially inwardly therefrom. The PVD system further includes a shutter disk having one or more notched areas formed in the periphery thereof to receive non-contactingly the one or more tabs of the cover ring. The cover ring has two or more recesses formed in an upper side thereof with a guide pin extending from the center of the recesses. The lower shield has two or more cups with a hole therein to be engaged with the guide pin of the cover ring to keep the lower shield from rotating with respect to the cover ring. The cups of the lower shield are inserted into the recesses of the cover ring. These improvements enable a standard shutter arm assembly and a shutter disk to be utilized in a two-tab block-out scheme.

Abstract: Physical vapor deposition (PVD) system comprises a chamber, an upper shield and a lower shield mounted within the chamber, a cover ring having one or more tabs extending radially inwardly therefrom. The PVD system further includes a shutter disk having one or more notched areas formed in the periphery thereof to receive non-contactingly the one or more tabs of the cover ring. The cover ring has two or more recesses formed in an upper side thereof with a guide pin extending from the center of the recesses. The lower shield has two or more cups with a hole therein to be engaged with the guide pin of the cover ring to keep the lower shield from rotating with respect to the cover ring. The cups of the lower shield are inserted into the recesses of the cover ring. These improvements enable a standard shutter arm assembly and a shutter disk to be utilized in a two-tab block-out scheme.