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Microwave plasma deposition source and method of filling high aspect-ratio features on a substrate

US5688382A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 1995
Grant dateNov 18, 1997
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J37/34
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A microwave plasma deposition source including a vacuum chamber for containing a substance to be energized in a plasma with microwave energy, a coaxial microwave feed ending in the chamber, a sputter target in the chamber and electrically isolated from the coaxial feed, and a second substrate spaced from the sputter target for defining a plasma volume between the substrates.

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