Electricity: measuring and testing – Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components – Of individual circuit component or element
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-31
2006-10-31
Tang, Minh N. (Department: 2829)
Electricity: measuring and testing
Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components
Of individual circuit component or element
C324S1540PB, C438S017000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07129724
ABSTRACT:
A plasma probe includes a substrate having substantially the same properties as those of a substrate to be processed, a bottom electrode layer located over the substrate and electrically isolated therefrom, a dielectric layer positioned over the bottom electrode layer including apertures through which one or more electrodes of the bottom electrode layer are exposed, and at least one upper electrode layer electrically isolated from the bottom electrode layer by way of the dielectric layer. Electrodes of the bottom and upper electrode layers may communicate with meters which may provide real-time data representative of one or more properties of a region of a plasma to which the electrodes are exposed. The plasma probe may be fabricated by forming the bottom electrode layer over the substrate and separately forming one or more upper electrode layers over a sacrificial substrate. These structures are assembled with the dielectric layer therebetween.
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