JP4615730B2 - 処理チャンバ内でプラズマを点火するための方法及びプラズマ処理リアクタ - Google Patents
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| US09/223,692 US6028286A (en) | 1998-12-30 | 1998-12-30 | Method for igniting a plasma inside a plasma processing reactor |
| PCT/US1999/031076 WO2000039838A2 (en) | 1998-12-30 | 1999-12-28 | Method for igniting a plasma inside a plasma processing reactor |
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| JP4615730B2 true JP4615730B2 (ja) | 2011-01-19 |
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| JP (1) | JP4615730B2 (enExample) |
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| JP2000331993A (ja) * | 1999-05-19 | 2000-11-30 | Mitsubishi Electric Corp | プラズマ処理装置 |
| US7591957B2 (en) * | 2001-01-30 | 2009-09-22 | Rapt Industries, Inc. | Method for atmospheric pressure reactive atom plasma processing for surface modification |
| US7510664B2 (en) | 2001-01-30 | 2009-03-31 | Rapt Industries, Inc. | Apparatus and method for atmospheric pressure reactive atom plasma processing for shaping of damage free surfaces |
| US6673199B1 (en) | 2001-03-07 | 2004-01-06 | Applied Materials, Inc. | Shaping a plasma with a magnetic field to control etch rate uniformity |
| US6660177B2 (en) * | 2001-11-07 | 2003-12-09 | Rapt Industries Inc. | Apparatus and method for reactive atom plasma processing for material deposition |
| US20080190558A1 (en) * | 2002-04-26 | 2008-08-14 | Accretech Usa, Inc. | Wafer processing apparatus and method |
| US20080011332A1 (en) * | 2002-04-26 | 2008-01-17 | Accretech Usa, Inc. | Method and apparatus for cleaning a wafer substrate |
| US20080017316A1 (en) * | 2002-04-26 | 2008-01-24 | Accretech Usa, Inc. | Clean ignition system for wafer substrate processing |
| US7371992B2 (en) | 2003-03-07 | 2008-05-13 | Rapt Industries, Inc. | Method for non-contact cleaning of a surface |
| US7304263B2 (en) * | 2003-08-14 | 2007-12-04 | Rapt Industries, Inc. | Systems and methods utilizing an aperture with a reactive atom plasma torch |
| US7297892B2 (en) * | 2003-08-14 | 2007-11-20 | Rapt Industries, Inc. | Systems and methods for laser-assisted plasma processing |
| JP4896861B2 (ja) * | 2007-12-10 | 2012-03-14 | 株式会社東芝 | 半導体製造方法および半導体製造装置 |
| US20090284421A1 (en) * | 2008-05-16 | 2009-11-19 | Yuri Glukhoy | RF antenna assembly having an antenna with transversal magnetic field for generation of inductively coupled plasma |
| US8222822B2 (en) * | 2009-10-27 | 2012-07-17 | Tyco Healthcare Group Lp | Inductively-coupled plasma device |
| US10388493B2 (en) * | 2011-09-16 | 2019-08-20 | Lam Research Corporation | Component of a substrate support assembly producing localized magnetic fields |
| JP7639030B2 (ja) * | 2020-07-09 | 2025-03-04 | ラム リサーチ コーポレーション | 調節可能な形状トリムコイル |
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| FR2555362B1 (fr) * | 1983-11-17 | 1990-04-20 | France Etat | Procede et dispositif de traitement d'un materiau semi-conducteur, par plasma |
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| JPH07263191A (ja) * | 1994-03-17 | 1995-10-13 | Hitachi Ltd | プラズマ処理装置 |
| JPH0888096A (ja) * | 1994-09-19 | 1996-04-02 | Hitachi Ltd | プラズマ発生方法 |
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| US5767628A (en) * | 1995-12-20 | 1998-06-16 | International Business Machines Corporation | Helicon plasma processing tool utilizing a ferromagnetic induction coil with an internal cooling channel |
| JPH10149897A (ja) * | 1996-11-21 | 1998-06-02 | Sumitomo Metal Ind Ltd | プラズマ処理方法 |
| JPH10172793A (ja) * | 1996-12-17 | 1998-06-26 | Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd | プラズマ発生装置 |
| US5902563A (en) * | 1997-10-30 | 1999-05-11 | Pl-Limited | RF/VHF plasma diamond growth method and apparatus and materials produced therein |
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| JP2002533950A (ja) | 2002-10-08 |
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| KR100694634B1 (ko) | 2007-03-13 |
| US6028286A (en) | 2000-02-22 |
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