DISTRIBUTOR AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240297018A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-05

    申请号:US18589744

    申请日:2024-02-28

    IPC分类号: H01J37/32

    摘要: A distributor for distributing electromagnetic waves to a plurality of output terminals, the distributor includes: a power supply terminal configured to be electrically connected to a radio-frequency power source configured to be capable of varying frequency; and a plurality of filters provided respectively at the plurality of output terminals to which the electromagnetic waves input to the power supply terminal are distributed. The plurality of filters is configured to have different frequency characteristics.

    Ignition method and plasma processing apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US12080517B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-03

    申请号:US17686716

    申请日:2022-03-04

    IPC分类号: H01J37/32

    CPC分类号: H01J37/32183 H01J2237/327

    摘要: An ignition method in a plasma processing apparatus includes: applying a first radio frequency from a radio-frequency power supply to an electrode of a plasma generator, thereby igniting plasma from a gas, the radio-frequency power supply being capable of applying a radio frequency of a variably controlled frequency to the electrode of the plasma generator; and applying a second radio frequency different from the first radio frequency to the electrode of the plasma generator after a predetermined time is elapsed after applying the first radio frequency to the electrode of the plasma generator.

    HIGH-FREQUENCY POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS
    6.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240222077A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-04

    申请号:US18396280

    申请日:2023-12-26

    IPC分类号: H01J37/32

    摘要: A high-frequency power supply apparatus includes a first power supply, a second power supply, a matching circuit, and a low-pass filter. The first power supply outputs a high-frequency voltage with a first fundamental frequency toward a load. The second power supply outputs, toward the load, a negative polarity voltage with a second fundamental frequency lower than the first fundamental frequency. The matching circuit is connected between the first power supply and the load. The matching circuit matches impedance on a side of the first power supply and impedance on a side of the load. The low-pass filter is connected between the second power supply and the load. The first power supply performs frequency modulation control by: performing frequency-modulation on the high-frequency voltage with a trapezoidal modulation signal whose frequency is equal to the second fundamental frequency, and outputting a modulated wave obtained by the frequency-modulation on the high-frequency voltage.

    Atomic layer etching of Ru metal
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12020908B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-25

    申请号:US17663937

    申请日:2022-05-18

    IPC分类号: H01J37/32 H01L21/3065

    摘要: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods for etching materials. In one or more embodiments, the method includes positioning a substrate in a process volume of a process chamber, where the substrate includes a metallic ruthenium layer disposed thereon, and exposing the metallic ruthenium layer to an oxygen plasma to produce a solid ruthenium oxide on the metallic ruthenium layer and a gaseous ruthenium oxide within the process volume. The method also includes exposing the solid ruthenium oxide to a secondary plasma to convert the solid ruthenium oxide to either metallic ruthenium or a ruthenium oxychloride compound. The metallic ruthenium is in a solid state on the metallic ruthenium layer or the ruthenium oxychloride compound is in a gaseous state within the process volume.

    High-frequency power supply device and output control method therefor

    公开(公告)号:US12014899B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-18

    申请号:US17911174

    申请日:2021-03-04

    IPC分类号: H01J37/32

    摘要: A high-frequency power supply device, which outputs high-frequency pulses to a target device on the basis of a synchronous pulse and a clock pulse, and the output control method therefor are such that a period reference signal is generated from output timing information pertaining to the synchronous pulse, an output level signal is generated from output level information, an output stop time is timed on the basis of the period reference signal and an output stop signal is generated, and, when the period reference signal, the output level signal, and the clock pulse are received and a high-frequency pulse is formed on the basis of these signals, transmission of the output level signal is stopped while the output stop signal is being received.