Plasma etching apparatus utilizing plasma confinement

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PATENT NO 5534751
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08500196

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Plasma etching apparatus includes a stack of quartz rings that are spaced apart to form slots therebetween and that are positioned to surround an interaction space between two electrodes of the apparatus where a plasma is formed during operation of the apparatus. The dimensions of the slots are chosen to insure that charged particles of spent gases in the plasma exiting the interaction space are neutralized by wall collisions as they exit the slots. Two voltage sources of different frequencies are used to apply voltages to the electrodes in a fashion that isolates each source from the other.

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LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION4650 CUSHING PARKWAY FREMONT CA 94538

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Dible, Robert D Fremont, CA 7 418
Lenz, Eric H San Jose, CA 59 4210

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