Patent ID: 8658521

Claim:
Method for depositing a layer on a surface of a substrate by means of a deposition device, the deposition device comprising a deposition cavity provided with a precursor supply and a precursor drain, the deposition cavity in use being bounded by the deposition device and the substrate surface, the method comprising injecting a precursor gas from the precursor supply into the deposition cavity for contacting the substrate surface, draining part of the injected precursor gas from the deposition cavity, and positioning the deposition cavity and the substrate relative to each other along a plane of the substrate surface, the method further comprising providing a first electrode and a second electrode, positioning the first electrode and the substrate relative to each other, and generating a plasma discharge near the substrate for contacting the substrate by generating a high-voltage difference between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the method comprises generating the plasma discharge selectively in time and/or position, for patterning the surface of the substrate by means of the plasma so that a portion of the substrate contacted by the precursor gas selectively overlaps with a portion of the substrate contacted by the plasma, the method further including forming a gas-bearing layer by injecting, by means of a bearing-gas injector of the apparatus, a bearing gas between the apparatus and the substrate surface.