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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:
Sep. 10, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2022
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Gen Tamamushi, Miyagi, JP;

Kazuya Nagaseki, Miyagi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/3065 (2006.01); H01J 37/30 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01); H01L 21/3213 (2006.01); H01J 37/305 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/3065 (2013.01); H01J 37/3007 (2013.01); H01J 37/32082 (2013.01); H01J 37/321 (2013.01); H01J 37/32174 (2013.01); H01J 37/32449 (2013.01); H01J 37/32568 (2013.01); H01J 37/32935 (2013.01); H01L 21/30621 (2013.01); H01L 21/32136 (2013.01); H01J 37/3053 (2013.01); H01J 2237/3341 (2013.01); H01L 21/67069 (2013.01); H01L 21/67253 (2013.01);
Abstract

A plasma processing apparatus includes a chamber; a substrate support disposed in the chamber and including a lower electrode; an upper electrode disposed above the substrate support; an RF source that supplies an RF power to the lower electrode or the upper electrode, the RF power having a plurality of power levels during a first sequence in a repeating time period, the plurality of power levels including a first power level during a first state and a second state, and a second power level during a third state and a fourth state; and a DC source that applies a DC voltage to the lower electrode, the DC voltage having a plurality of voltage levels during the first sequence in the repeating time period.


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