TW200845090A - Improving plasma process uniformity across a wafer by apportioning power among plural VHF sources - Google Patents

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TW200845090A
TW200845090A TW097103568A TW97103568A TW200845090A TW 200845090 A TW200845090 A TW 200845090A TW 097103568 A TW097103568 A TW 097103568A TW 97103568 A TW97103568 A TW 97103568A TW 200845090 A TW200845090 A TW 200845090A
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Kenneth S Collins
Hiroji Hanawa
Kartik Ramaswamy
Douglas A Buchberger Jr
Shahid Rauf
Kallol Bera
Lawrence Wong
Walter R Merry
Matthew L Miller
Steven C Shannon
Andrew Nguyen
James P Cruse
James Carducci
Troy S Detrick
Subhash Deshmukh
Jennifer Y Sun
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    • H01J37/32Gas-filled discharge tubes
    • H01J37/32009Arrangements for generation of plasma specially adapted for examination or treatment of objects, e.g. plasma sources
    • H01J37/32082Radio frequency generated discharge
    • H01J37/32137Radio frequency generated discharge controlling of the discharge by modulation of energy
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