Patent ID: 8916055
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: A61F,B03C,C12M,C23C,H01J,H01L

Abstract:
1. A method of electric field processing, comprising: providing an electric field processing apparatus comprising: a processing chamber configured to receive a substrate and a processing medium having dielectric properties affected by an electric field, at least one electric field applicator, and a distribution coupling unit for coupling an electrical bias to the at least one electric field applicator, wherein the at least one electric field applicator includes at least one electric field applicator directly coupled to the processing chamber; supporting in the processing chamber a substrate to be processed; introducing a processing medium into the processing chamber; applying a non-uniform, time-varying electrical bias to the at least one electric field applicator to create an electric field to exert a dipolar effect on the processing medium in the vicinity of or at the surface of the substrate or both; and processing the substrate with the effected processing medium.