Hollow Cold Cathode Ion Source for Reactive Ion-Beam Etching
Keyword(s):
Ion Beam
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ABSTRACTA wide-aperture reactive gas ion source has been developed for various ion-beam processings in high vacuum (p < < 5×10−2 Pa). The peculiar feature of the ion source is that two-stage self-maintained low-pressure discharge is used here as a plasma emitter. This provides high operating parameters of the source along with simple diode-type structure.