Hybrid plasma source and operation method thereof
US11895765B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 4, 2022 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 28, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01J37/32247
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A hybrid plasma source and an operation method thereof, the hybrid plasma source is formed by combining the mechanisms of microwave plasma and transformer coupled plasma for gas dissociation and chemical activation. A reaction chamber of the hybrid plasma source is composed of two microwave resonant chambers and sets of hollow metal tubes, after a high-intensity electric field is generated by the microwave resonant chambers to generate a plasma, a high power and high density plasma generated by the highly-efficient coupling mechanism of the transformer coupled plasma is capable of greatly improving a gas conductance, each set of the hollow metal tubes is driven by each set of ferrite transformer magnetic cores to disperse power, which reduces an energy density of each of the hollow metal tubes and reduces occurrence of plasma entering a contraction mode from a diffusion mode, thereby further improving an operable gas flow rate.
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