Anelva Corporation

Yoshikazu Nozaki

Sunil Wickramanayaka

Hiroshi Doi

Masahito Ishihara

A wafer stage for holding a wafer in a chamber of a plasma processing system, the wafer stage includes an electrode on which a wafer is placed, to which electrical current is supplied, a diameter of the electrode is larger than a diameter of said wafer, a plurality of magnets separately arranged on an outermost region of said electrode and said magnets are arranged such that alternate magnetic poles face towards the inside of the chamber, and an outer-ring placed around said wafer, the outer ring having a magnetic metal ring at a lower side.

Wafer stage with a magnet

A plasma processing system includes a reactor, a top electrode made of a magnetic or ferromagnetic metal or a metal-alloy, wherein a RF or DC power is applied to generate plasma within the reactor; a gas showerhead fixed to the top electrode; a sheet-like magnetic assembly bound to the upper surface of the gas showerhead, which includes a plurality of separate magnets, a metal sheet made of a ferromagnetic metal, and a deformable film.

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Yoshikazu Nozaki