Patent ID: 11887815
Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. The system of claim 5,
wherein the vertical column of the depth adjuster comprises a microwave waveguide, one end of the waveguide being a terminating surface of the vertical column, the vertical column comprising a core that comprises a dielectric core of the waveguide, and the conductive outer wall of the column being a conductive wall of the waveguide and;
wherein a portion of the conductive spatial uniformity component is exposed to the end of the waveguide through a hole in the conductive plate, the hole being aligned to the terminating surface of the vertical column; and
wherein the microwave source comprises the microwave waveguide, the waveguide configured to deliver microwave power to the major surface.