Abstract:
A sample stage includes a metallic electrode block to which high-frequency power is supplied from a high-frequency power supply, a dielectric heat generation layer which is disposed on a top surface of the electrode block and in which a film-like heater receiving power and generating heat is disposed, a conductor layer which is disposed to cover the heat generation layer, a ring-like conductive layer which is disposed to surround the heat generation layer at an outer circumferential side of the heat generation layer and contacts the conductor layer and the electrode block, and an electrostatic adsorption layer which is disposed to cover the conductor layer and electrostatically adsorbs a sample. The conductor layer and the ring-like conductive layer have dimensions more than a skin depth of a current of the high-frequency power and the electrode block is maintained at a predetermined potential during processing of the sample.
Abstract:
Provided is a plasma processing apparatus including: a processing chamber; a sample stage placed inside the processing chamber; a processing gas supply unit which supplies processing gas into the processing chamber; a high-frequency power supply which supplies an electric field inside the processing chamber; an electrostatic chuck unit disposed on the sample stage in which openings to flow heat transfer gas are formed; a refrigerant supply unit which supplies a refrigerant inside the sample stage; and a control unit, wherein the control unit controls a heat transfer gas supply unit to control the temperature of a wafer depending on a plurality of processes for processing the wafer by switching a flow rate of the heat transfer gas or the type of the heat transfer gas flowing out of the openings between a concave portion formed in the electrostatic chuck unit and the wafer attracted to the electrostatic chuck unit.
Abstract:
A plasma processing device includes: a processing chamber which is disposed in a vacuum vessel and is compressed; a sample stage which is disposed in the processing chamber and on which a wafer of a process target is disposed and held; and a mechanism for forming plasma in the processing chamber on the sample stage, wherein the sample stage includes a block which is made of a dielectric and has a discoid shape, a jacket which is disposed below the block with a gap therebetween, is made of a metal, and has a discoid shape, a recessed portion which is disposed in a center portion of a top surface of the jacket and into which a cylindrical member disposed below a center portion of the block and made of a dielectric is inserted, and a cooling medium flow channel disposed in the jacket and through which a cooling medium circulates.
Abstract:
A plasma processing method is provided for a plasma processing apparatus which includes a plurality of upstream-side expansion valves and a plurality of downstream-side expansion valves connected to respective refrigerant inlets and respective refrigerant outlets to adjust a flow rate or a pressure of a refrigerant flowing into the respective refrigerant inlets and a flow rate or a pressure of a refrigerant flowing out from the respective refrigerant outlets. The method includes adjusting openings of the upstream-side expansion valves and openings of the downstream-side expansion valves so that no change in flow rate of the refrigerant occurs in a plurality of refrigerant channels between the plurality of upstream-side expansion valves and the plurality of downstream-side expansion valves via the plurality of refrigerant channels in a refrigeration cycle allowing the refrigerant to flow therein.
Abstract:
A plasma processor, including a first gas supplier to supply first gas to the inside of a vacuum vessel, a stage on which a wafer is placed, an electromagnetic wave supplier to supply electromagnetic waves for generating first plasma, a susceptor provided to an outer peripheral portion of the stage, a second high frequency power source connected to the susceptor, and a second gas supplier to supply second gas to the inside of the susceptor. The inside of the susceptor is provided with a high frequency electrode connected to the second high frequency power source and a first earth electrode disposed opposite to the high frequency electrode. The second high frequency power source supplies high frequency power while the second gas supplier supplies the second gas, thereby generating second plasma inside the susceptor.
Abstract:
A plasma processing apparatus includes: a vacuum vessel, a processing chamber disposed inside of the vacuum vessel, inside of which plasma is formed, a sample stage disposed below the processing chamber, on whose upper surface a sample that is a target processed by using the plasma is mounted, a sintered plate of dielectric material constituting a mounting surface of the sample stage on which the sample is mounted, abase material of metal bonded to the sintered plate below it with a bonding layer made of an adhesive agent intervening therebetween, and a cooling medium flow channel disposed inside of the base material, through which a cooling medium flows, in which a shearing force of the bonding layer generated in a portion on the peripheral side of the sample stage is made smaller than that generated in a portion on the center side.
Abstract:
A plasma processing apparatus, comprising a processing chamber within a vacuum chamber, and a sample stage arranged within the processing chamber with a sample to be processed placed on its top surface, wherein plasma is formed in the processing chamber to perform processing of the sample, wherein the sample stage is provided with an electrostatic chuck which is provided with film electrodes to which power for attraction of the sample is supplied, and upper and lower plate-like sintered bodies joined mutually with the electrodes interposed between them from above and below, and the lower sintered body has a dielectric constant higher than that of the upper sintered body.
Abstract:
A plasma processing apparatus including a sample stage arranged in a processing chamber, a temperature regulator arranged in an interior of the sample stage, a film made of a dielectric that configures the upper surface of the sample stage, and including a film-like electrode therein, a protruding portion arranged on an upper surface of the film made of a dielectric on an outer periphery-side area, and arranged to surround a center-side area of the upper surface in a ring manner, a power source that supplies power for forming electrostatic force that absorbs a wafer arranged above the electrode in the film made of a dielectric, and a controller that regulates the power from the power source and the gas introduction between the wafer and the film to hold the wafer above the film in a noncontact manner.
Abstract:
Provided is a plasma processing apparatus which includes a plurality of upstream-side expansion valves and a plurality of downstream-side expansion valves connected to respective refrigerant inlets and respective refrigerant outlets to adjust a flow rate or a pressure of a refrigerant flowing into the respective refrigerant inlets and a flow rate or a pressure of a refrigerant flowing out from the respective refrigerant outlets. Openings of the upstream-side expansion valves and openings of the downstream-side expansion valves are adjusted so that no change in flow rate of the refrigerant occurs in a plurality of refrigerant channels between the plurality of upstream-side expansion valves and the plurality of downstream-side expansion valves via the plurality of refrigerant channels in a refrigeration cycle allowing the refrigerant to flow therein.