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Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2003
Applicant:

John Donohue, Farmington, NM (US);

Inventor:

John Donohue, Farmington, NM (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/08 (2006.01); G01R 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention describes a system and method for monitoring a material film within a plasma processing device. The system includes a plasma reactor formed by a reactor wall and an electrode, a RF generator to couple electrical energy to the electrode, an electrical measurement device for measuring an electrical property of the plasma processing device, and a controller coupled to the electrical measurement device and programmed to determine a state of a film on the reactor wall based on the measured electrical property.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Donohue, John. (2009). System and method for determining the state of a film in a plasma reactor using an electrical property (U.S. Patent No. 7557591). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7557591

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