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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 03, 2008
Applicants:

Huatan Qiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

David Cheung, Foster City, CA (US);

Prashanth Kothnur, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Huatan Qiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

David Cheung, Foster City, CA (US);

Prashanth Kothnur, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Novellus Systems, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/306 (2006.01); C23C 16/00 (2006.01); H05H 1/46 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 1/46 (2013.01); H01J 37/321 (2013.01); H01J 37/3211 (2013.01); H01J 37/3244 (2013.01); H01J 37/32119 (2013.01); H01J 37/32174 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods of forming plasma are provided. In an embodiment, a plasma generator system is provided including a container, a single coil disposed around the container, the single coil being a single member and having a first end, a second end, a first winding, and a second winding, wherein the first winding extends from the first end, and the second winding is integrally formed as part of the first winding and extends to the second end, an energy source electrically coupled directly to the first end of the single member, and a capacitor electrically coupled directly to the second end of the single member.


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