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Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2010
Applicants:

Jonghoon Baek, San Jose, CA (US);

Beom Soo Park, San Jose, CA (US);

Sam Hyungsam Kim, San Ramon, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jonghoon Baek, San Jose, CA (US);

Beom Soo Park, San Jose, CA (US);

Sam Hyungsam Kim, San Ramon, CA (US);

Assignee:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32174 (2013.01); H01J 37/32091 (2013.01); H01J 37/32577 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electrical ground () of an RF impedance matching network () is connected to a connection area () on the grounded chamber cover () of a plasma chamber. The connection area is offset away from the center of the chamber cover toward a workpiece passageway (). Alternatively, an RF power supply () has an electrically grounded output () that is connected to a connection area () on the chamber cover having such offset. Alternatively, an RF transmission line () has an electrically grounded conductor () that is connected between a grounded output of an RF power supply and a connection area () on the chamber cover having such offset.


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