Abstract:
This disclosure relates to a plasma processing system and methods for high precision etching of microelectronic substrates. The system may include a combination of microwave and radio frequency (RF) power sources that may generate plasma conditions to remove monolayer(s). The system may generation a first plasma to form a thin adsorption layer on the surface of the microelectronic substrate. The adsorbed layer may be removed when the system transition to a second plasma. The differences between the first and second plasma may be include the ion energy proximate to the substrate. For example, the first plasma may have an ion energy of less than 20 eV and the second plasma may have an ion energy greater than 20 eV.
Abstract:
A system for graphene production includes a plurality of gas sources, a plurality of mass flow controllers, and a processing chamber. The system also includes a plasma source operable, a vacuum pump, a processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including a plurality of computer-readable instructions. The plurality of instructions include instructions that cause the data processor to subject a substrate to a reduced pressure environment, to provide a carrier gas and a carbon source, and to expose at least a portion of the substrate to the carrier gas and the carbon source. The plurality of instructions also include instructions that cause the data processor to perform a surface treatment process on the at least a portion of the substrate and to convert a portion of the carbon source to graphene disposed on the at least a portion of the substrate.
Abstract:
An arrangement for performing pressure control in a plasma processing chamber comprising an upper electrode, a lower electrode, a unitized confinement ring arrangement wherein the upper electrode, the lower electrode and the unitized confinement ring arrangement are configured at least for surrounding a confined chamber region to facilitate plasma generation and confinement therein. The arrangement further includes at least one plunger configured for moving the unitized confinement ring arrangement in a vertical direction to adjust at least one of a first gas conductance path and a second gas conductance path to perform the pressure control, wherein the first gas conductance path is formed between the upper electrode and the unitized confinement ring arrangement and the second gas conductance path is formed between the lower electrode and the single unitized ring arrangement.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a wafer etching system and a wafer etching process using same that enable thin wafers to be smoothly manufactured and transferred. The present invention includes: a wafer grinding device for mechanically etching wafers; an aligner for aligning etched wafers from the wafer grinding unit; a dry etching device for etching the wafers once more that are aligned by the aligner; a wafer transfer device for transferring the wafers between the aligner and the dry etching device; and a tape mounter for performing taping on the wafers that have completed etching from the dry etching device.
Abstract:
Cleaning apparatuses for cleaning electronic components such as camera modules and electronics substrates are provided. The cleaning apparatuses have a plurality of processing zones and one or more conveyors for conveying an electronic component to each processing zone sequentially such that the electronic component is processed in-line by the processing zones. In one aspect, plasma is applied to the electronic component at atmospheric pressure at one of the processing zones. In another aspect, there is a plurality of separately controlled conveyors, and the electronic component is processed at each processing zone over a respective processing time, with at least one of the processing times being different to the other processing times.
Abstract:
A plasma processing apparatus is offered which has evacuable vacuum vessel, processing chamber disposed inside the vacuum vessel and having inside space in which plasma for processing sample to be processed is generated and in which the sample is placed, unit for supplying gas for plasma generation into processing chamber, vacuum evacuation unit for evacuating inside of processing chamber, helical resonator configured of helical resonance coil disposed outside the vacuum vessel and electrically grounded shield disposed outside the coil, RF power supply of variable frequency for supplying RF electric power in given range to the resonance coil, and frequency matching device capable of adjusting frequency of the RF power supply so as to minimize reflected RF power. The resonance coil has electrical length that is set to integral multiple of one wavelength at given frequency. The helical resonance coil has feeding point connected to ground potential using variable capacitive device.
Abstract:
A hybrid plasma reactor includes a reactor body having a plasma discharge space, a gas inlet, and a gas outlet; a hybrid plasma source including an inductive antenna inductively coupled to plasma formed in the plasma discharge space and a primary winding coil transformer coupled to the plasma and wound in a magnetic core; and an alternating switching power supply for supplying plasma generation power to the inductive antenna and the primary winding coil. The hybrid plasma reactor induces a plasma discharge using the inductively coupled plasma source and the transformer coupled plasma source, so that it has a wide operational area from a low pressure area to a high pressure area.
Abstract:
A plasma source includes a ring plasma chamber, a primary winding around an exterior of the ring plasma chamber and multiple ferrites, wherein the ring plasma chamber passes through each of the ferrites. A system and method for generating a plasma are also described.
Abstract:
A plasma source includes multiple ring plasma chambers, multiple primary windings, multiple ferrites and a control system. Each one of the primary windings is wrapped around an exterior one of the ring plasma chambers. Each one of the plurality of the ring plasma chamber passes through a respective portion of the plurality of ferrites. The control system is coupled to each of the ring plasma chambers. A system and method for generating and using a plasma are also described.