Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Plasma apparatus and method of operating the same
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Application No.: US14799588Application Date: 2015-07-15
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Publication No.: US09704690B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Moojin Kim , Bongseong Kim , Unjoo Lee
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Samsung-ro, Yeongtung-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Samsung-ro, Yeongtung-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Muir Patent Law, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2014-0107847 20140819
- Main IPC: H01J37/32
- IPC: H01J37/32

Abstract:
A plasma apparatus includes a chuck disposed in a process chamber, a gas supply unit supplying a process gas into the process chamber, a plasma generating unit configured to generate plasma over the chuck, a direct current (DC) power generator applying a DC pulse signal to the chuck, and a sensor monitoring a state of the plasma and providing a sensing signal to the DC power generator. Each period of the DC pulse signal includes a negative pulse duration, a positive pulse duration, and a pulse-off duration. If a signal disturbance of the sensing signal occurs in an nth period of the DC pulse signal, the DC power generator changes a magnitude of a positive pulse and/or a length of the positive pulse duration of an n+1th period of the DC pulse signal, where “n” denotes a natural number.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160056017A1 PLASMA APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2016-02-25
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