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Article Dans Une Revue Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Année : 2013

Capacitively coupled radio-frequency plasmas excited by tailored voltage waveforms

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By applying certain types of ?tailored? voltage waveforms (TVWs) to capacitively coupled plasmas, a dc self-bias and an asymmetric plasma response can be produced, even in geometrically symmetric reactors. Furthermore, these arbitrary applied waveforms can produce a number of interesting phenomena that are not present in typical single-frequency sinusoidal discharges. This electrical asymmetry effect presents emerging possibilities for the improved control of the ion energy and ion flux in these systems; parameters of vital importance to both etching and deposition applications for materials processing. With a combined research approach utilizing both experimental measurements, and particle-in-cell simulations, we review and extend recent investigations that study a particular class of TVW. The waveforms used have a pulse-type shape and are composed of a varying number of harmonic frequencies. This allows a strong self-bias to be produced, and causes most of the applied voltage to be dropped across a single sheath. Additionally, decreasing the pulse width (by increasing the number of harmonics), allows the plasma density and ion flux to be increased. Simulation and experimental results both demonstrate that this type of waveform can be used to separately control the ion flux and ion energy, while still producing a uniform plasma over large area (50 cm diameter) rf electrodes.
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hal-01549416 , version 1 (28-06-2017)

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Trevor Lafleur, Pierre-Alexandre Delattre, E.V. Johnson, Jean-Paul Booth. Capacitively coupled radio-frequency plasmas excited by tailored voltage waveforms. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2013, 55 (12), pp.124002. ⟨10.1088/0741-3335/55/12/124002⟩. ⟨hal-01549416⟩
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