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Plasma processing apparatus with coils in dielectric windows

US6259209A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 26, 1997
Grant dateJul 10, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05H1/46
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wafer processing chamber 11 includes a wafer support 12, a dielectyric window 13 and coaxial coils 15 and 16 located outside the dielectric window 13 for inducing a plasma within the chamber. A variety of coil/dielectric windows are described together with protocols for their control.

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