A CVD apparatus includes a chamber, a susceptor, an entry/takeout port for a substrate, and a gate valve provided at the entry/takeout port, in which the susceptor has a mounting plate and a support, the entry/takeout port is provided on a part of a side of the chamber, and is provided in a range from an inner bottom surface of the chamber to a position corresponding to the lower surface of the mounting plate when the susceptor is located at an upper end in the vertical direction, and the inner bottom surface of the chamber, the range from the inner bottom surface of the chamber to the position corresponding to the lower surface of the mounting plate when the susceptor is located at the upper end in the vertical direction, the lower surface of the mounting plate, and the outer side surface of the support are coated with ceramic liners.

A semiconductor processing system is provided to form a capacitor dielectric layer in a metal-insulator-metal capacitor. The semiconductor processing system includes a precursor tank configured to generate a precursor gas from a metal organic solid precursor, a processing chamber configured to perform a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, and at least one buffer tank between the precursor tank and the processing chamber. The at least one buffer tank is coupled to the precursor tank via a first pipe and coupled to the processing chamber via a second pipe.

Provided is a filter device including a plurality of coils, a plural of capacitors, and a frame. The coils constitute a plurality of coil groups. Each coil group includes two or more coils. The two or more coils in each coil group are provided such that respective windings of the two or more coils extend spirally about a central axis and respective turns of the two or more coils are sequentially and repeatedly arranged in an axial direction in which the central axis extends. The coil groups are provided coaxially with the central axis. A pitch between the respective turns of the two or more coils of any one coil group among the coil groups is larger than a pitch between the respective turns of the two or more coils of the coil group provided inside the one coil group among the coil groups.

Provided is a filter device includes: a first coil group including a plurality of coils arranged along a central axis and spirally wound with a first inner diameter; and a second coil group including a plurality of coils arranged along the central axis and spirally wound with a second inner diameter larger than the first inner diameter. A pitch between respective turns of the plurality of coils of the second coil group is larger than a pitch between respective turns of the plurality of coils of the first coil group.

Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate a process chamber including a lid and a chamber body coupled to the lid. The chamber body and lid define a process volume and a coupling ring is disposed within the chamber body and below the lid. The coupling ring is coupled to ground or is coupled to a coupling RF power source. A substrate support is disposed and movable within the process volume.

A microwave plasma reactor for manufacturing synthetic diamond material via chemical vapour deposition includes a microwave generator configured to generate microwaves at a frequency f, a plasma chamber that defines a resonance cavity for supporting a microwave resonance mode, a microwave coupling configuration for feeding microwaves from the microwave generator into the plasma chamber, a gas flow system for feeding process gases into the plasma chamber and removing them therefrom, and a substrate holder disposed in the plasma chamber and having a supporting surface for supporting a substrate on which the synthetic diamond material is to be deposited in use. The resonance cavity is configured to have a height that supports a TM.sub.011 resonant mode at the frequency f and is further configured to have a diameter that satisfies the condition that a ratio of the resonance cavity height/the resonance cavity diameter is in the range 0.3 to 1.0.

A component of a plasma processing chamber having a coating on at least one surface that comprises yttrium aluminum. The coating is an aerosol deposited coating from a powder mixture of an yttrium oxide powder and an aluminum-containing powder and having an yttrium to aluminum ratio of 4:1 to 1:4 by molar number. The coating can be annealed to form a porous ternary oxide.

A plasma processing apparatus includes a substrate support, an upper electrode, an inner chamber, and an exhaust device in an outer chamber. The substrate support is provided in the outer chamber. The upper electrode is provided above the substrate support. The inner chamber defines a substrate processing space on the substrate support. The exhaust device is connected to an exhaust port provided at a bottom portion of the outer chamber. The inner chamber includes a ceiling portion and a sidewall portion. The ceiling portion extends on the substrate processing space, provides a plurality of gas holes, and configures a shower head together with the upper electrode. The sidewall portion extends in a peripheral direction to surround the substrate processing space and provides a plurality of through-holes. The sidewall portion has an opening area that increases along a direction from a lower end toward an upper end of the sidewall portion.

A faceplate for a substrate process chamber comprises a first and second surface. The second surface is shaped such that the second surface includes a peak and a distance between the first and second surface varies across the width of the faceplate. The second surface of the faceplate is exposed to a processing volume of the process chamber. Further, the faceplate may be part of a lid assembly for the process chamber. The lid assembly may include a blocker plate facing the first surface of the faceplate. A distance between the blocker plate and the first surface is constant.

A substrate processing apparatus includes an inner chamber formed by an upper portion and a lower portion, a substrate support to support a substrate within the upper portion of the inner chamber, a plasma system to provide the inner chamber with plasma species from the top side of the inner chamber, and an outer chamber surrounding the upper portion of the inner chamber. The lower portion of the inner chamber extends to the outside of the outer chamber and remains uncovered by the outer chamber.