US 12,228,534 B2
Capacitive sensor for monitoring gas concentration
Xiaopu Li, San Jose, CA (US); Kallol Bera, San Jose, CA (US); Yaoling Pan, San Jose, CA (US); Kelvin Chan, San Ramon, CA (US); Amir Bayati, San Jose, CA (US); Philip Allan Kraus, San Jose, CA (US); Kenric T. Choi, San Jose, CA (US); and William John Durand, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/604,257.
Application 18/604,257 is a division of application No. 17/166,967, filed on Feb. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,959,868.
Prior Publication US 2024/0219337 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. C23C 16/40 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01); C23C 16/52 (2006.01); G01N 27/22 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 27/22 (2013.01) [C23C 16/45544 (2013.01); C23C 16/45561 (2013.01); C23C 16/52 (2013.01); G01N 33/0027 (2013.01); H01L 21/67017 (2013.01); H01L 21/67253 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semiconductor processing tool, comprising: a chamber; a gas line for providing a source gas to the chamber; and a gas concentration sensor in the gas line, wherein the gas concentration sensor comprises: a first electrode, wherein the first electrode comprises first fingers; and a second electrode, wherein the second electrode comprises second fingers that are interdigitated with the first fingers, the first electrode comprising a first plate along a vertical direction relative to the substrate, the second electrode comprising a second plate along the vertical direction, and the first fingers and second fingers laterally between the first electrode and the second electrode along a horizontal direction relative to the substrate, and wherein the second electrode is capacitively coupled to the first electrode to provide a capacitance to measure a gas concentration.