Magnetron sputtering apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

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PATENT NO 9103025
APP PUB NO 20080169186A1
SERIAL NO

11859138

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A magnetron sputtering apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, a target and a substrate holder disposed to face one another in the vacuum chamber, a magnetron disposed on the target side which is opposite to where the substrate holder is disposed, and a rotating mechanism for rotating the magnetron about an axis perpendicular to a face of the target. The magnetron includes an inner magnet formed of a sector-shaped frame and an outer magnet formed of a sector-shaped frame, these inner and outer magnets having a different polarity each other, the outer magnet being disposed to surround the inner magnet leaving a gap between the arcuate segments of the inner and outer magnets as well as a gap between straight segments of the inner and outer magnets, the width of these frames being substantially the same with each other.

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KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAMINATO-KU TOKYO 105-8001

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Iyanagi, Katsumi Yokohama, JP 9 56
Matsunaka, Shigeki Yokohama, JP 12 119

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