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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2005
Applicants:
Katsushi Kishimoto, Soraku-gun, JP;
Yuhsuke Hukuoka, Ikoma-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Katsushi Kishimoto, Soraku-gun, JP;
Yuhsuke Hukuoka, Ikoma-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/00 (2006.01); C23F 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01); H05B 31/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A plasma processing apparatus including a sealable chamber that is sealable, a gas supply section that supplies a reactive material gas into the chamber, and a plurality of cathode and anode electrode pairs provided within the chamber, connected to an external power supply, and producing plasma discharges through the material gas, respectively, wherein the plurality of cathode and anode electrode pairs are provided at a distance from one another at which the plasma discharges are prevented from interfering with one another.