Magnetron
First Claim
1. A plasma-generating device, comprising two electrodes, at least one of said electrodes defining an electrode surface and containing two or more magnets, each magnet having two opposite magnetic poles, said magnets positioned such that like magnetic poles of said magnets are all facing in substantially the same direction, each magnetic pole of each magnet producing a magnetic field with the opposite magnetic pole on the same magnet;
- each magnetic field having a component parallel to said electrode surface.
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Abstract
Methods and devices for producing plasmas of more uniform density and greater height than plasmas generated by previously known magnetron-type plasma-generating devices. The present invention utilizes electrodes containing multiple magnets positioned such that like magnetic poles of the magnets are all facing in substantially the same direction.
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9 Claims
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1. A plasma-generating device, comprising two electrodes, at least one of said electrodes defining an electrode surface and containing two or more magnets, each magnet having two opposite magnetic poles, said magnets positioned such that like magnetic poles of said magnets are all facing in substantially the same direction, each magnetic pole of each magnet producing a magnetic field with the opposite magnetic pole on the same magnet;
- each magnetic field having a component parallel to said electrode surface.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
- 4. A plasma-generating device, comprising two electrodes, at least one electrode being a planar electrode and containing two or more magnets, each magnet having two opposite magnetic poles, said magnets positioned such that like magnetic poles of said magnets are in a single geometric plane parallel to the geometric plane of the planar electrode and the polarity of said magnets is perpendicular to the geometric plane of the planar electrode, each magnetic pole of each magnet producing a magnetic field with the opposite magnetic pole on the same magnet, each magnetic field having a component parallel to the geometric plane of the electrode.
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7. A plasma-generating device, comprising:
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a) two electrodes, at least one of said electrodes defining an electrode surface and containing two or more magnets, each magnet having two opposite magnetic poles, said magnets positioned such that like magnetic poles of said magnets are all facing in substantially the same direction, each magnetic pole of each magnet producing a magnetic field with the opposite magnetic pole on the same magnet, each magnetic field having a component parallel to the electrode surface, the magnets having sufficient strength to generate at least 100 gauss; and b) a means for injecting gaseous reactants through at least one electrode, said means directing substantially all of said reactants through the magnetic fields. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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