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Plasma treatment system

US4683838A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 1, 1985
Grant dateAug 4, 1987
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Expiry dateJul 1, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J37/3266
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An insulator film can be formed at a low temperature without any damage to a substrate to be treated by a plasma in a plasma treatment system which comprises a magnetron for generating a microwave, an isolator for isolating a wave guide from the magnetron, a discharge tube for generating a plasma, the wave guide for leading the microwave from the magnetron to the discharge tube, a vacuum chamber integrally formed together with the discharge tube, an evaporation source provided in the vacuum chamber, a substrate to be treated and provided at a position to sandwich a stream of the plasma between the substrate and the evaporation source, electromagnets provided around the discharge tube and the vacuum chamber, and a manipulator for manipulating the substrate, the electromagnets generating a magnetic field to confine the stream of the plasma.

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