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Plasma processing apparatus with a dielectric body in the waveguide

US6084356A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 28, 1998
Grant dateJul 4, 2000
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Expiry dateMay 28, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J37/32678
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Dielectric bodies are arranged in waveguide portions for passing microwave radiation and for holding a plasma generating chamber 25 at a vacuum. The dielectric bodies are arranged to intersect at least an electron cyclotron resonance area of the waveguide portions. A tip end portion of the dielectric bodies at a side of the plasma generating chamber are positioned toward at a side of the plasma generating chamber from an intermediate portion in an axial direction length of a first permanent magnet which is arranged by enclosing an outer periphery of the waveguide portions, and a tip end portion of the dielectric bodies at a side of the plasma generating chamber is substantially consistent with an inner face of the plasma generating chamber.

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