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Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2010
Applicants:

Ali Shajii, Weston, MA (US);

Richard Gottscho, Dublin, CA (US);

Souheil Benzerrouk, Hudson, NH (US);

Andrew Cowe, Andover, MA (US);

Siddharth P. Nagarkatti, Acton, MA (US);

William R. Entley, Wakefield, MA (US);

Inventors:

Ali Shajii, Weston, MA (US);

Richard Gottscho, Dublin, CA (US);

Souheil Benzerrouk, Hudson, NH (US);

Andrew Cowe, Andover, MA (US);

Siddharth P. Nagarkatti, Acton, MA (US);

William R. Entley, Wakefield, MA (US);

Assignee:

Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/3065 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/321 (2013.01); H01J 37/3266 (2013.01);
Abstract

A plasma source includes a ring plasma chamber, a primary winding around an exterior of the ring plasma chamber, multiple ferrites, wherein the ring plasma chamber passes through each of the ferrites and multiple plasma chamber outlets coupling the plasma chamber to a process chamber. Each one of the plasma chamber outlets having a respective plasma restriction. A system and method for generating a plasma are also described.

Published as:
US2012035766A1; WO2012018365A2; TW201223342A; WO2012018365A3; JP2013541800A; KR20130137126A; JP5989644B2; US9449793B2; US2016358754A1; JP2017004966A; JP6412902B2; KR101912474B1; TWI641291B; US10424460B2;

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