Patent ID: 8075734
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: C23C,H01J,H05H

Abstract:
1. A remote plasma source, comprising: an enclosure having at least one conductive wall with at least one cooling passage extending within the at least one wall; a gas inlet coupled with the enclosure at a first wall that is adjacent the at least one conductive wall; a plasma exhaust coupled with the enclosure at a second wall that is adjacent the at least one conductive wall and opposite the first wall; a cooling tube wrapped around the plasma exhaust; a metal coil disposed within the enclosure, the metal coil having an outside surface and an inside surface, the metal coil extending from a first location disposed outside of the first wall to a second location that is outside of the second wall; an RF input coupled with the outside surface at the first location and the second location; and a first cooling fluid inlet coupled with the inside surface.