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Microwave plasma treating apparatus
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1989-05-22
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Granted: 1991-08-13
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Expires: 2009-05-22
Abstract
Abstract A microwave plasma treating apparatus comprising a vacuum vessel, a device for introducing a microwave to the inside of the vacuum vessel by way of a microwave transmission circuit, a device for supplying a starting gas to the inside of the vacuum vessel, a device for evacuating the inside of the vacuum vessel, and a specimen holder for maintaining a specimen substrate to the inside of the vacuum vessel, wherein a cavity resonator integrated with two matching circuits is disposed in the microwave transmission circuit and a magnetic field generator is disposed to the outside of the cavity resonator, and having the following main features: (a) matching facilitated by a plunger for adjusting the axial length of the cavity resonator and cylindrical sling type irises, E-H tuner or three-stub tuner disposed at the portion of the cylindrical cavity resonator where the microwave is introduced, (b) a bell jar disposed within the cavity resonator to excite TM mode and (c) a magnetic field generator disposed to the outside of the cavity resonator to prepare a region of a great magnetic flux density in the discharging space at the inside of the cavity resonator.
Inventors
- 👤 Soichiro Kawakami
- 👤 Masahiro Kanai
- 👤 Takayoshi Arai
- 👤 Tsutomu Murakami
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 19:36
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J37/00; H01J37/32; H01J37/32009; H01J37/32357; H05; H05H; H05H1/00; H05H1/24; H05H1/46
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
A microwave plasma treating apparatus comprising a vacuum vessel, having a cavity resonator and a waveguide, means for introducing a microwave to the inside of said vacuum vessel by way of a microwave transmission circuit, means for supplying a starting gas to the inside of said vacuum vessel, means for evacuating the inside of said vacuum vessel, and a specimen holder for maintaining a specimen substrate in the inside of said vacuum vessel, wherein said cavity resonator is integrated with two matching circuits and disposed in said microwave transmission circuit, a magnetic field generator for generating a magnetic field in the discharging space inside of said cavity resonator is disposed to the outside of said cavity resonator, said two matching circuits integrated with said cavity resonator comprising an axial length varying plunger and a sliding type iris for said cavity resonator.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
141 words
A microwave plasma treating apparatus comprising a vacuum vessel, having a cavity resonator and a waveguide, means for introducing a microwave to the inside of said vacuum vessel by way of a microwave transmission circuit, means for supplying a starting gas to the inside of said vacuum vessel, means for evacuating the inside of said vacuum vessel, and a specimen holder for maintaining a specimen substrate in the inside of said vacuum vessel, wherein said cavity resonator is integrated with two matching circuits and disposed in said microwave transmission circuit, a magnetic field generator for generating a magnetic field in the discharging space inside of said cavity resonator is disposed to the outside of said cavity resonator, said two matching circuits integrated with said cavity resonator comprising an axial length varying plunger and a sliding type iris for said cavity resonator.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A microwave plasma treating apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein the cavity resonator is cylindrical and the sliding type iris constitutes a cylindrical sliding type iris.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A microwave plasma treating apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the cavity resonator is rectangular and the sliding type iris comprises a planar sliding type iris.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
A microwave plasma treating apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the means for introducing the microwave comprises a continuously oscillating microwave generator and a microwave transmissive bell jar for forming the discharging space is disposed within the cavity resonator.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
72 words
A microwave plasma treating apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein power monitor means is disposed in the microwave transmission circuit and a feedback control mechanism is provided for applying coarse control by a plunger for varying the length of the cavity resonator and, successively, applying fine control by a matching circuit disposed separately in order to reduce the value: (reflection power)/(incident power) based on the signal from said power monitor means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
73 words
A feedback control system in a microwave plasma treating apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein a power monitor means is disposed in the microwave transmission circuit and coarse control is applied from a plunger for varying the length of the cavity resonator and successively, fine control is applied by a separately provided matching circuit in order to decrease the value: (reflection power)/(incident power) based on the signal from said power monitor means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
The microwave plasma treating apparatus of claim 1 including means for depositing a film on the specimen substrate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
The microwave plasma treating apparatus of claim 1 including means for etching the specimen.
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