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Method for microwave plasma substrate heating

US6030666A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 1997
Grant dateFeb 29, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/31116
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of microwave heating of a substrate in a plasma processing chamber wherein a heatup gas is supplied into the processing chamber, the heatup process gas is energized with microwave power to heat an exposed surface of the substrate, a reactant gas is supplied into the processing chamber and the reactant gas is energized into a plasma gas state to process the substrate.

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