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Plasma chemical vapor deposition device capable of suppressing generation of polysilane powder

US5487786A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 1994
Grant dateJan 30, 1996
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J37/32724
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

There is provided a plasma CVD device which can deposit a high-quality a-Si:H or other film at a high rate, and which can improve production efficiency thereof remarkably. The CVD device has a substrate holding electrode and a high frequency application electrode arranged opposite to and parallel to a substrate held by the substrate holding electrode. A material gas introduced between the substrate holding electrode and the high frequency application electrode is decomposed by glow discharge, so that a thin film is deposited on the heated substrate. A first electrode heater for heating a peripheral portion of the high frequency application electrode is installed along the peripheral portion of the high frequency application electrode. A second electrode heater for heating the peripheral portion of the high frequency application electrode and a surface of the high frequency application electrode opposite to its surface facing the substrate is composed of a bottom portion and a side portion provided uprightly along a peripheral edge of the bottom portion and formed in a concave shape to surround the high frequency application electrode with a spacing therebetween.

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