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Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2020
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Eiki Kamata, Yamanashi, JP;

Mikio Sato, Yamanashi, JP;

Taro Ikeda, Yamanashi, JP;

Nobuhiko Yamamoto, Yamanashi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/3222 (2013.01); H01J 37/32238 (2013.01); H01J 2237/332 (2013.01); H01J 2237/334 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a plasma processing method in a plasma processing apparatus including a chamber, a stage on which a substrate is placed in the chamber, a plurality of radiating devices configured to radiate a plurality of electromagnetic waves, and a dielectric window disposed between the plurality of radiating devices and the stage. The method comprises: preparing the substrate on the stage; controlling a phase of at least one of the plurality of electromagnetic waves radiated from the plurality of radiating devices; radiating the plurality of electromagnetic waves into the chamber from the plurality of radiating devices; and processing the substrate using localized plasma generated from a gas supplied between the dielectric window and the stage.


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