Patent ID: 8048782

Claim:
A method for forming a thin film material comprising: providing a first conduit; providing a second conduit; supplying a first deposition stream to said first conduit, said first deposition stream including one or more first deposition species; supplying a second deposition stream to said second conduit, said second deposition stream including one or more second deposition species; providing a field of microwave radiation; transferring first energy from said field to said first deposition stream through the boundary of said first conduit, said first energy exciting said first deposition stream, said excited first deposition stream including one or more excited first deposition species; transferring second energy from said field to said second deposition stream through the boundary of said second conduit, said second energy exciting said second deposition stream, said excited second deposition stream including one or more excited second deposition species; ejecting said excited first deposition stream from said first conduit and said excited second deposition stream from said second conduit; and energizing said ejected excited first deposition stream and said ejected excited second deposition stream, said energizing including coupling microwave energy to said ejected excited first deposition stream and said ejected excited second deposition stream.