US 12,451,328 B2
Plasma source using planar helical coil
Nam Hun Kim, Yeoju-si (KR)
Assigned to Nam Hun Kim, Yeoju-si (KR)
Appl. No. 18/291,657
Filed by Nam Hun Kim, Yeoju-si (KR)
PCT Filed Sep. 27, 2022, PCT No. PCT/KR2022/014426
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 24, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/055022, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 6, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0130292 (KR), filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0112027 A1, Apr. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. H01J 37/32 (2006.01)
CPC H01J 37/3211 (2013.01) [H01J 2237/334 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plasma source using a planar helical coil, provided above a chamber and forming plasma, the plasma source comprising:
a unit coil extending from one unit-extension end, and extending, within one plane, in a circular shape to another unit-extension end,
the unit coil being stacked a plurality of times; and
a connector connecting the other unit-extension end of one unit coil to the unit-extension end of another unit coil,
an internal coil having a smaller diameter than a diameter or width of a wafer accommodated on a base plate inside the chamber,
wherein the connector has a length of about 5 mm to about 15 mm,
wherein a separation distance is provided between the unit-extension end and the other unit-extension end of the unit coil,
wherein the internal coil includes a plurality of internal unit coils having a circular shape, and the plurality of internal unit coils are provided on a same plane,
wherein the internal unit coil extends in a circular shape from an internal unit-extension end to another internal unit-extension end, and
the plasma source further includes an internal connector configured to connect the other internal unit-extension end of one internal unit coil to the internal unit-extension end of another internal unit coil,
wherein an internal separation distance is provided between the internal unit-extension end and the other internal unit-extension end of the internal unit coil.