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Apparatus using hybrid coupled plasma

US7442273B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 14, 2004
Grant dateOct 28, 2008
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2025

Classification

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

Abstract

A hybrid coupled plasma type apparatus includes: a chamber having a gas-injecting unit; an electrostatic chuck in the chamber; an insulating plate over the gas-injecting unit; a high frequency generator; an impedance matching circuit connected to the high frequency generator; first and second antennas connected to the impedance matching circuit in parallel, a power of the high frequency generator being supplied to the first and second antennas; an electrode of a plate shape connected to one of the first and second antennas in serial, the power of the high frequency generator being supplied to the electrode; and a power distributor between the high frequency generator and one of the first and second antennas.

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