Patent ID: 6411490
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: G01N,H01J,Y10T

Abstract:
A power delivery system for providing energy to sustain a plasma in a plasma processing chamber configured for processing substrates, comprising:EMI shielding; a power distribution box disposed within said EMI shielding, said power distribution box including a first AC input port for receiving AC power from external of said EMI shielding; a DC power supply electrically coupled to said power distribution box, said DC power supply being configured to receive said AC power from said power distribution box and to output DC power, said DC power supply being disposed within said EMI shielding; a first RF generator electrically coupled to said power distribution box to receive said AC power, said first RF generator being disposed within said EMI shielding; and a first match network electrically coupled with an output of said first RF generator to receive RF energy from said first RF generator, said first match network having a first match network output for providing first matched RF energy to a first electrode of said plasma processing chamber, said first match network being disposed within said EMI shielding.