Reduction of copper or trace metal contaminants in plasma electrolytic oxidation coatings

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PATENT NO 8888982
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12794470

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A method for creating an oxide layer having a reduced copper concentration over a surface of an object comprising aluminum and copper for use in a semiconductor processing system. The oxide layer produced using a plasma electrolytic oxidation process has a reduced copper peak concentration, which decreases a risk of copper contamination, and includes magnesium oxides that can be converted to magnesium halide upon exposure to an excited halogen-comprising gas or halogen-comprising plasma to increase the erosion/corrosion resistance of the oxide layer.

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  • MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC.

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Chen, Xing Lexington, US 178 4306
Ji, Chengxiang Waltham, US 4 42
Tai, Chiu-Ying Chelmsford, US 11 39

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