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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 02, 2014
Applicant:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Valentin N. Todorow, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Gary Leray, Mountain View, CA (US);

Michael D. Willwerth, Campbell, CA (US);

Li-Sheng Chiang, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 1/46 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32082 (2013.01); H01J 37/321 (2013.01); H01J 37/32532 (2013.01); H05H 1/46 (2013.01); H05H 2001/4645 (2013.01); H05H 2001/4667 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of an apparatus having an improved coil antenna assembly that can provide enhanced plasma in a processing chamber is provided. The improved coil antenna assembly enhances positional control of plasma location within a plasma processing chamber, and may be utilized in etch, deposition, implant, and thermal processing systems, among other applications where the control of plasma location is desirable. In one embodiment, an electrode assembly configured to use in a semiconductor processing apparatus includes a RF conductive connector, and a conductive member having a first end electrically connected to the RF conductive connector, wherein the conductive member extends outward and vertically from the RF conductive connector.


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