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Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2021
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Jianping Zhao, Austin, TX (US);

Peter Ventzek, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/3299 (2013.01); H01J 37/32146 (2013.01); H01J 37/32183 (2013.01); H01L 22/14 (2013.01); H01J 2237/332 (2013.01); H01J 2237/334 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exemplary plasma processing system includes a plasma processing chamber, an electrode for powering plasma in the plasma processing chamber, a tunable radio frequency (RF) signal generator configured to output a first signal at a first frequency and a second signal at a second frequency. The second frequency is at least 1.1 times the first frequency. The system includes a broadband power amplifier coupled to the tunable RF signal generator, the first frequency and the second frequency being within an operating frequency range of the broadband power amplifier. The output of the broadband power amplifier is coupled to the electrode. The broadband power amplifier is configured to supply, at the output, first power at the first frequency and second power at the second frequency.


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