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Plasma processor for large workpieces

US5589737A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 6, 1994
Grant dateDec 31, 1996
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Expiry dateDec 6, 2014

Classification

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

Abstract

A plasma processor for large workpieces includes a vacuum chamber having plural individually supported dielectric windows for coupling an r.f. field originating outside of the chamber into the chamber to excite the plasma. A planar coil for inductively deriving the field has plural segments with the same electrical length, each including an element connected in parallel with an element of another segment.

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