摘要 |
A plasma processing system that includes a chamber enclosing a plasma region. The system has a plasma source including a power source coupled to an electrode provided within the chamber to deliver RF power into the plasma region. The RF power forms an RF electromagnetic field that interacts with a gas in the plasma region to create a plasma. In one embodiment, an absorbing surface including an RF absorber is provided within the plasma region, and a protective layer is provided on the absorber to seal the absorber from plasma within the plasma region. Alternately, a non-reflecting surface is provided within the plasma region. The non-reflecting surface comprises a layer of dielectric material and acts to minimize reflection of RF power at a design frequency. The non-reflecting surface further includes a thickness equivalent to the quarter wavelength of a wave propagating in the dielectric layer at the design frequency.
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