Plasma processing apparatus with real-time particle filter

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PATENT NO 6638403
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09644072

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In the plasma processing device which utilizes a low pressure arc discharge, a method for efficiently capturing and removing electrically charged particles and neutral particles having no charge which are at most 5 .mu.m in particle diameter is demanded. The electrically charged particles can be captured efficiently by installing an electric field filter in a transportation course of plasma. The electric field filter has a cylindrical structure which is uneven in inner wall shape. A voltage in the range of 10 to 90 V is applied to the electric field filter. The neutral filters can be captured efficiently by installing a neutral filter having an opening sectional area which is at most 40% of a sectional area of the transportation course.

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WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES INC5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY SAN JOSE CA 95119

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Amatatsu, Atsushi Naka, JP 2 53
Furusawa, Kenji Hiratsuka, JP 28 327
Hirano, Shinya Yokohama, JP 12 131
Inaba, Hiroshi Yokohama, JP 54 1053
Sasaki, Shinji Yokohama, JP 79 1108
Xu, Shi Singapore, SG 7 72
Yamasaka, Minoru Chigasaki, JP 4 71

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