Inventors:
Tuochuan Huang - Saratoga CA, US
Daxing Ren - Pleasanton CA, US
Hong Shih - Walnut CA, US
Catherine Zhou - Fremont CA, US
Chun Yan - San Jose CA, US
Enrico Magni - Pleasanton CA, US
Bi Ming Yen - Fremont CA, US
Jerome Hubacek - Fremont CA, US
Dae J. Lim - Fremont CA, US
Dougyong Sung - Fremont CA, US
Assignee:
Lam Research Corporation - Fremont CA
International Classification:
B24B 1/00
Abstract:
Methods for cleaning an electrode assembly, which can be used for etching a dielectric material in a plasma etching chamber after the cleaning, comprise polishing a silicon surface of the electrode assembly, preferably to remove black silicon contamination therefrom.