Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems – Discharge device load with fluent material supply to the... – Plasma generating
Patent
1995-06-07
1997-12-09
Pascal, Robert
Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems
Discharge device load with fluent material supply to the...
Plasma generating
31511151, 156345, 156643, H01J 724
Patent
active
056964285
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for producing a plasma suitable for semiconductor processing at pressures in the low millitorr range. The apparatus includes a vacuum chamber with a dielectric window, a generally planar coil disposed adjacent the window outside the chamber and coupled to an appropriate power source, and a plasma initiator disposed within the chamber. Once the plasma is initiated, the planar coil sustains the plasma by inductive power coupling. In one embodiment the plasma initiator is a secondary electrode disposed within the chamber and coupled to a second RF power source. In an alternative embodiment both the secondary electrode and a target pedestal are coupled to the secondary RF power source through a power splitter. In an alternative embodiment, the plasma initiator is used to ionize a portion of the process gas and provide a plasma that may then inductively couple with the planar coil. Initial ionization of the process gas may be achieved by use of an ultraviolet light source, an ultraviolet laser, a high voltage power source such as a tesla coil, or an electrical arc forming device such as a spark plug. A further aspect of the invention concerns introducing optical energy of preselected frequencies or wavelengths into a semiconductor processing plasma to induce changes in the composition or character of reactive species within the plasma.
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LSI Logic Corporation
Pascal Robert
Philogene Haissa
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