SG10201507987RA - Method and apparatus for rf compensation in plasma assisted atomic layer deposition - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for rf compensation in plasma assisted atomic layer deposition

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SG10201507987RA
SG10201507987RA SG10201507987RA SG10201507987RA SG10201507987RA SG 10201507987R A SG10201507987R A SG 10201507987RA SG 10201507987R A SG10201507987R A SG 10201507987RA SG 10201507987R A SG10201507987R A SG 10201507987RA SG 10201507987R A SG10201507987R A SG 10201507987RA
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compensation
atomic layer
layer deposition
plasma assisted
assisted atomic
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Jun Qian
Frank L Pasquale
Adrien Lavoie
Chloe Baldasseroni
Hu Kang
Shankar Swaminathan
Purushottam Kumar
Paul Franzen
Trung T Le
Tuan Nguyen
Petraglia Jennifer L
David Charles Smith
Seshasayee Varadarajan
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Lam Res Corp
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