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Three-coil inductively coupled plasma source with individually controlled coil currents from a single RF power generator

US9111722B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 2013
Grant dateAug 18, 2015
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J37/32183
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An inductively coupled plasma reactor has three concentric RF coil antennas and a current divider circuit individually controlling currents in each of the three coil antennas by varying only two reactive elements in the current divider circuit.

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