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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 08, 2024
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Masaki Hirayama, Fuchu City, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32247 (2013.01); H01J 37/32082 (2013.01); H01J 37/32229 (2013.01); H01J 37/3244 (2013.01); H01J 37/32541 (2013.01);
Abstract

A plasma processing apparatus, includes: a chamber providing a processing space; a substrate support inside the processing space; an upper electrode provided above the substrate support via the processing space; an emitter emitting electromagnetic waves into a plasma generating space and extending in a circumferential direction around a central axis of the chamber; and a waveguide supplying the electromagnetic waves to the emitter, wherein the waveguide includes a resonator, wherein the resonator includes a first short-circuit portion constituting one end of a waveguide path and second short-circuit portions constituting the other end or beams provided along a third short-circuit portion constituting the other end by a wall surface, wherein the second short-circuit portions or the beams are arranged axisymmetric around the central axis along the circumferential direction, and wherein the second short-circuit portions or the beams and gaps electromagnetically coupled to the emitter are arranged alternately along the circumferential direction.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Hirayama, Masaki. (2026). Plasma processing apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 12755939). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12755939

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