Tailored-waveform excitation of capacitively coupled plasmas and the electrical asymmetry effect

T Lafleur - Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Unequal areas of the powered and grounded electrodes in single-frequency capacitively
coupled plasmas (CCPs) are well-known to generate a DC self-bias voltage and an …

eduPIC: an introductory particle based code for radio-frequency plasma simulation

Z Donkó, A Derzsi, M Vass, B Horváth… - Plasma Sources …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Particle based simulations are indispensable tools for numerical studies of charged particle
swarms and low-temperature plasma sources. The main advantage of such approaches is …

Strong ionization asymmetry in a geometrically symmetric radio frequency capacitively coupled plasma induced by sawtooth voltage waveforms

B Bruneau, T Gans, D O'Connell, A Greb, EV Johnson… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
The ionization dynamics in geometrically symmetric parallel plate capacitively coupled
plasmas driven by radio frequency tailored voltage waveforms is investigated using phase …

The role of electron induced secondary electron emission from SiO2 surfaces in capacitively coupled radio frequency plasmas operated at low pressures

B Horváth, M Daksha, I Korolov, A Derzsi… - … Sources Science and …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The effects of electron induced secondary electron (SE) emission from SiO 2 electrodes in
single-frequency capacitively coupled plasmas (CCPs) are studied by particle-in-cell/Monte …

The effect of electron induced secondary electrons on the characteristics of low-pressure capacitively coupled radio frequency plasmas

B Horváth, J Schulze, Z Donkó… - Journal of Physics D …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the effects of secondary electrons (SEs), induced by electrons impinging on
the electrodes, on the characteristics of low-pressure single-frequency capacitively coupled …

Effects of fast atoms and energy-dependent secondary electron emission yields in PIC/MCC simulations of capacitively coupled plasmas

A Derzsi, I Korolov, E Schüngel, Z Donkó… - … Sources Science and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
In most PIC/MCC simulations of radio frequency capacitively coupled plasmas (CCPs)
several simplifications are commonly made:(i) fast neutrals are not traced,(ii) heavy particle …

Effects of structured electrodes on electron power absorption and plasma uniformity in capacitive RF discharges

L Wang, P Hartmann, Z Donkó, YH Song… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The electron power absorption dynamics and plasma uniformity in low pressure capacitively
coupled RF discharges with structured electrodes are investigated by graphics processing …

The effect of realistic heavy particle induced secondary electron emission coefficients on the electron power absorption dynamics in single-and dual-frequency …

M Daksha, A Derzsi, S Wilczek… - Plasma Sources …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collisions (PIC/MCC) simulations of capacitively coupled
plasmas (CCPs), the plasma-surface interaction is generally described by a simple model in …

2D particle-in-cell simulations of geometrically asymmetric low-pressure capacitive RF plasmas driven by tailored voltage waveforms

L Wang, P Hartmann, Z Donko, YH Song… - … Sources Science and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The effects of the simultaneous presence of two different types of plasma asymmetry, viz,
geometric and electrical, on low-pressure capacitively coupled argon discharges are studied …

Control of electron velocity distributions at the wafer by tailored voltage waveforms in capacitively coupled plasmas to compensate surface charging in high-aspect …

P Hartmann, L Wang, K Nösges, B Berger… - Journal of Physics D …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Low pressure single-or dual-frequency capacitively coupled radio frequency (RF) plasmas
are frequently used for high-aspect ratio (HAR) dielectric etching due to their capability to …