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Microwave plasma processing process and apparatus

USRE36224E · kind E · reissue

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Filing dateNov 15, 1996
Grant dateJun 8, 1999
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Expiry dateNov 15, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC —)General

Abstract

A microwave plasma processing process and apparatus useful in the fabrication of integrated circuit (IC) or similar semiconductor devices, wherein the object or material to be processed, such as a semiconductor wafer, is processed with plasma generated using microwaves transmitted through a microwave transmission window disposed perpendicular to an electric field of the progressive microwaves in the waveguide.

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