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Microwave plasma processing process and apparatus

US5364519A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 1993
Grant dateNov 15, 1994
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J37/32238
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A microwave plasma processing process and apparatus useful in the fabrication of integrated circuit (IC) or similar semiconductor devices, wherein the object or material to be processed, such as a semiconductor wafer, is processed with plasma generated using microwaves transmitted through a microwave transmission window disposed perpendicular to an electric field of the progressive microwaves in the waveguide.

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