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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2022
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Taro Ikeda, Yamanashi, JP;
Yuki Osada, Yamanashi, JP;
Hiroyuki Miyashita, Yamanashi, JP;
Hiroyuki Onoda, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Kawakami, Yamanashi, JP;
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a plasma source comprising a first chamber configured to form a flat first plasma generation space, and having a first wall and a second wall, a gas supply configured to supply gas into the first chamber, an electromagnetic wave supply having a dielectric window that is provided in an opening provided in the first wall to face the first plasma generation space, and configured to supply an electromagnetic wave through the dielectric window into the first chamber. The plasma source comprises a plasma supply configured to supply radicals contained in plasma that is generated from the gas supplied into the first chamber by the electromagnetic wave to an outside of the first chamber, and a plasma ignition source provided in the first chamber to protrude from an inner wall of the second wall facing the dielectric window and to be separated from the dielectric window.