Method and apparatus for achieving spatially uniform externally excited non-thermal chemical reactions
AssigneeAdvanced Semiconductor Materials/AM.
InventorGeorge M. Engle
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for improved uniformity in an externally excited non-thermal chemical reaction process. In the inventive process, the reactant is externally activated for a time short compared with the time during which reactant depletion would otherwise occur. The reactant is then deactivated for a period of time comparable to the transit time across the workload. In this way improved uniformity is obtained by reducing the depletion of the reactant as it flows across the workload.
Claims9
An apparatus for carrying out an externally excited non-thermal chemical reaction comprising means including an active region for containing a chemical reaction therein, means for creating a non thermal external excitation of said chemical reaction within said active region of said containing means, and control means for substantially interrupting said excitation of said chemical reaction for a period of time substantially equivalent to the transit time of the reactant through said active region of said apparatus.
A method for carrying out an external excitation of a non-thermal chemical reaction within a container having an active region with at least one reactant located within said container comprising the step of externally exciting a non-thermal chemical reaction within said active region of said container, and substantially interrupting the external excitation of said chemical reaction for a time substantially equivalent to the transit time of said reactant through said active region of said container.
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