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Method and apparatus for plasma process

US4563240A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 2, 1984
Grant dateJan 7, 1986
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Expiry dateAug 2, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2237/3348
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and apparatus for a plasma process in which identical samples are processed in a plasma-processing apparatus provided with a radio-frequency plasma generation means and a microwave plasma generation means, by the utilization of a radio-frequency plasma in the radio-frequency plasma generation means and a microwave plasma in the microwave plasma generation means. The plasma-processing rate can thus be increased, and also electrical damage due to ions in the plasma can be reduced, thereby ensuring a high throughput and a high quality during the manufacture of semiconductor integrated circuit elements.

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