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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
May. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Tokyo Electron Limited, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Peter L. G. Ventzek, Austin, TX (US);
Lee Chen, Cedar Creek, TX (US);
Assignee:
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/00 (2006.01); C23F 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32229 (2013.01); H01J 37/3211 (2013.01); H01J 37/3222 (2013.01); H01J 37/32192 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to a plasma processing system that can use a single power source assembly to generate inductively coupled plasma (ICP) and surface wave plasma using the same physical hardware. The power source assembly may include an antenna plate that may include a conductive material be used an ICP coil for a radio frequency (RF) power source and as a slot antenna for a microwave source.