Patent ID: 9230796
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: C23C,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A method for processing a substrate, comprising: performing a first chamber seasoning process to deposit a first seasoning layer over a surface of a chamber component disposed in a processing chamber without any substrate being present; performing a deposition process to deposit a first material layer on a first batch of substrates within the processing chamber; after the last substrate of the first batch of substrates is deposited with the first material layer, performing a second chamber seasoning process to deposit a conductive seasoning layer over the surface of the chamber component disposed in the processing chamber without any substrate being present; after the second chamber seasoning process, performing the deposition process to deposit a second material layer on a second batch of substrates within the processing chamber; and after the last substrate of the second batch of substrates is deposited with the second material layer, performing a third chamber seasoning process to deposit a second seasoning layer over the surface of the chamber component disposed in the processing chamber without any substrate being present.