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- Patent Title: Adjustable capacitor, plasma impedance matching device, plasma impedance matching method, and substrate treating apparatus
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Application No.: US13337878Application Date: 2011-12-27
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Publication No.: US09715996B2Publication Date: 2017-07-25
- Inventor: Dukhyun Son
- Applicant: Dukhyun Son
- Applicant Address: KR Chungcheongnam-Do
- Assignee: Semes Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Semes Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Chungcheongnam-Do
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2010-0139484 20101230; KR10-2011-0042697 20110504
- Main IPC: H01J37/32
- IPC: H01J37/32 ; H01G5/16 ; H05H1/46

Abstract:
Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus which comprises a process chamber; an electrode configured to generate plasma from a gas supplied into the process chamber; an RF power supply configured to output an RF power; a transmission line configured to transmit the RF power to the electrode from the RF power supply; an impedance matching unit connected to the transmission line and configured to match plasma impedance; and a controller configured to output a control signal to the impedance matching unit, wherein the impedance matching unit comprises an adjustable capacitor having a plurality of capacitors and a plurality of switches corresponding to the plurality of capacitors, the plurality of switches being switched on/off according to the control signal so that capacitance of the adjustable capacitor is adjusted.
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