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Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 08, 2023
Applicant:

Ascentool, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventor:

George Xinsheng Guo, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Ascentool, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32 (2006.01); C23C 14/35 (2006.01); C23C 16/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32394 (2013.01); C23C 14/35 (2013.01); C23C 16/50 (2013.01); H01J 37/32339 (2013.01); H01J 37/32541 (2013.01); H01J 37/32697 (2013.01); H01J 2237/332 (2013.01);
Abstract

A plasma deposition apparatus includes a first plasma source that can produce a first plasma confined in a magnetic field, which includes: a gas distribution device configured to supply a gas, a closed-loop electrode defining a center region therein and a central axis through the central region and one or more magnets that are outside an inner surface of the closed-loop electrode. The one or more magnets can produce the magnetic field in the center region. The closed-loop electrode and the one or more magnets can produce the first plasma of activated atoms, molecules, electrons, and ions from the gas. A collimator can collimate the activated atoms, molecules, electrons, and ions produced by the first plasma source and direct the ions to a substrate.


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