Matchless plasma source for semiconductor wafer fabrication
AssigneeLam Research Corporation
InventorsMaolin Long, Yuhou Wang, Ricky Marsh, Alex Paterson
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AssigneeLam Research Corporation
InventorsMaolin Long, Yuhou Wang, Ricky Marsh, Alex Paterson
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A matchless plasma source is described. The matchless plasma source includes a controller that is coupled to a direct current (DC) voltage source of an agile DC rail to control a shape of an amplified square waveform that is generated at an output of a half-bridge transistor circuit. The matchless plasma source further includes the half-bridge transistor circuit used to generate the amplified square waveform to power an electrode, such as an antenna, of a plasma chamber. The matchless plasma source also includes a reactive circuit between the half-bridge transistor circuit and the electrode. The reactive circuit has a high-quality factor to negate a reactance of the electrode. There is no radio frequency (RF) match and an RF cable that couples the matchless plasma source to the electrode.
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