Dynamic current distribution control apparatus and method for wafer electroplating

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9822461
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13687937

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Methods, systems, and apparatus for plating a metal onto a work piece are described. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a plating chamber, a substrate holder, an anode chamber housing an anode, an ionically resistive ionically permeable element positioned between a substrate and the anode chamber during electroplating, an auxiliary cathode located between the anode and the ionically resistive ionically permeable element, and an insulating shield with an opening in its central region. The insulating shield may be movable with respect to the ionically resistive ionically permeable element to vary a distance between the shield and the ionically resistive ionically permeable element during electroplating.

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NOVELLUS SYSTEMS INC4650 CUSHING PARKWAY FREMONT CA 94538

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He, Zhian Lake Oswego, US 42 854
Porter, David W Sherwood, US 60 1151
Reid, Jonathan D Sherwood, US 69 2659
Wilmot, Frederick D Gladstone, US 8 153

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