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Plasma processing method

US6914207B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 21, 2003
Grant dateJul 5, 2005
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Expiry dateOct 21, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J37/321
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a plasma processing method which comprises supplying a processing gas to a vacuum vessel forming a plasma production part, producing a plasma using an antenna and a Faraday shield which are provided at outer periphery of the vacuum vessel and to which a high-frequency electric power can be applied, and carrying out the processing, a voltage of at least 500 V is applied to the Faraday shield and a sample which is disposed in the vacuum vessel and which is a nonvolatile material as a material to be etched is etched.

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