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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Siamak Salimian, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michelangelo Delfino, Los Altos, CA (US);
Bu-Chin Chung, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Varian Associates, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156345 ; 1187 / ; 1187 / ;
Abstract
A microwave powered electron cyclotron resonance reactor employing a low pressure, high electron density plasma for rapid oxide etching using hydrogen and argon incorporates an alumina-coated quartz dielectric microwave window to couple microwave energy into an etch chamber while preventing oxygen in the window from contaminating the etch chamber or its contents. The etch chamber side of the dielectric microwave window is coated with alumina.