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Plasma treatment apparatus

US7186315B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 1, 2003
Grant dateMar 6, 2007
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Expiry dateApr 1, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J37/32568
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a plasma treatment apparatus that carries out plasma treatment on an article, with which it is possible to make the plasma density uniform. A plasma treatment vessel houses a semiconductor wafer and a treatment gas is introduced into the plasma treatment vessel. A lower electrode is provided inside the plasma treatment vessel and the semiconductor wafer is placed onto the lower electrode. An upper electrode that has a plurality of holes formed therein and has a dome shape that is upwardly convex, is provided above the lower electrode in the plasma treatment vessel. A height of the upper electrode from the lower electrode becomes greater from an outside of the lower electrode to a center of the lower electrode.

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