Shower plate electrode for plasma cvd reactor

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for plasma chemical vapor deposition (CVD). In particular, a plasma CVD apparatus having a cleaning function, has an improved shower plate with holes having a uniform cross-sectional area to yield a high cleaning rate. The shower plate may serve as an electrode, and may have an electrically conductive extension connected to a power source. The shower plate, through which both cleaning gases and reaction source gases flow, may include a hole machined surface area with a size different than conventionally used to ensure a good film thickness uniformity during a deposition process. The size of the hole machined surface area may vary based on the size of a substrate to be processed, or the size of the entire surface of the shower plate.

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