Abstract:
There is provided a plasma processing apparatus capable of varying an AC ratio without installing a largely scaled-up movable unit. An etching apparatus 10, which performs a plasma process on a wafer W within a processing chamber, includes a control member which is installed such that at least a part of the control member is in contact with a plasma region within the processing chamber, and an impedance control circuit 210 which is connected with the control member and adjusts a ground capacitance of the plasma region by controlling an electrical connection state between the control member and a ground plane.
Abstract:
A plasma processing apparatus includes a temperature measuring unit; airtightly sealed temperature measuring windows provided in a mounting table, for optically communicating to transmit a measurement beam through a top surface and a bottom surface of the mounting table; and one or more connection members for connecting the mounting table and a base plate, which is provided in a space between the mounting table and the base plate. In the plasma processing apparatus, a space above the mounting table is set to be maintained under a vacuum atmosphere, and a space between the mounting table and the base plate is set to be maintained under a normal pressure atmosphere, and each collimator is fixed to the base plate at a position corresponding to each temperature measuring window, thereby measuring a temperature of the substrate via the temperature measuring windows by the temperature measuring unit.
Abstract:
A measuring apparatus including a light source that emits light with a wavelength that allows the light to be transmitted through and reflected at each measurement target, a splitter that splits the light from the light source into measurement light and reference light, a reference mirror at which the reference light from the splitter is reflected, a mechanism for driving the reference mirror to adjust the optical path length of the reference light reflected from the reference mirror and a mechanism for measuring the interference of the reference light reflected from the reference mirror as the reference light from the splitter is radiated toward the reference mirror and measurement beams reflected from a plurality of measurement targets as the measurement light from the splitter is radiated toward the measurement targets so as to be transmitted through the measurement targets.
Abstract:
An apparatus for measuring plasma electron density precisely measures electron density in plasma even under a low electron density condition or high pressure condition. This plasma electron density measuring apparatus includes a vector network analyzer in a measuring unit, which measures a complex reflection coefficient and determines a frequency characteristic of an imaginary part of the coefficient. A resonance frequency at a point where the imaginary part of the complex reflection coefficient is zero-crossed is read and the electron density is calculated based on the resonance frequency by a measurement control unit.
Abstract:
An apparatus for measuring plasma electron density precisely measures electron density in plasma even under a low electron density condition or high pressure condition. This plasma electron density measuring apparatus includes a vector network analyzer in a measuring unit, which measures a complex reflection coefficient and determines a frequency characteristic of an imaginary part of the coefficient. A resonance frequency at a point where the imaginary part of the complex reflection coefficient is zero-crossed is read and the electron density is calculated based on the resonance frequency by a measurement control unit.
Abstract:
A stage onto which is electrostatically attracted a substrate to be processed in a substrate processing apparatus, which enables the semiconductor device yield to be improved. A temperature measuring apparatus 200 measures a temperature of the substrate to be processed. A temperature control unit 400 carries out temperature adjustment on the substrate to be processed such as to become equal to a target temperature based on a preset parameter. A temperature control unit 400 controls the temperature of the substrate to be processed by controlling the temperature adjustment by the temperature control unit 400 based on a measured temperature measured by the temperature measuring apparatus 200.
Abstract:
An electrostatic chuck 108 is provided on a lower electrode 106 provided inside a processing chamber 102 of an etching apparatus 100, and a conductive inner ring body 112a and an insulating outer ring body 112b are encompassing the outer edges of a wafer W mounted on the chuck surface. The temperatures of the wafer W and the inner and outer ring bodies 112a and 112b are detected by first˜third temperature sensors 142, 144 and 146. A controller 140 controls the pressure levels of He supplied to the space between the center of the wafer W and the electrostatic chuck 108 via first gas outlet ducts 114 and to the space between the outer edges of the wafer W and the electrostatic chuck 108 via second gas outlet ducts 116 and the quantity of heat generated by a heater 148 inside the outer ring body 112b based upon the information on the temperatures thus detected so that the temperatures of the wafer W and the inner ring body 112a are set roughly equal to each other.
Abstract:
When plasma-etching a silicon dioxide film with a CF-based gas, the emission intensities (Ia, Ib) of CF-based radicals and carbon monoxide are observed through spectroscopes (61, 62). First, first and second approximate expressions (Fa(x), Fb(x)) which approximate the characteristic curves of the emission intensities (Ia, Ib) within a specified period are obtained, and the ratio of the standard deviations of the emission intensities (Ia, Ib) to the values of the first and second approximate expressions (Fa(x), Fb(x)) is obtained as a correction coefficient &agr;. When the specified period has elapsed, first and second intermediate expressions (Ia/Fa(x), Ib/Fb(b)) are obtained, and a criterion expression ([Ia/Fa(x)]/{&agr;[Ib/Fb(x)−1]+1}, which expresses the ratio of the first intermediate expression to the second intermediate expression and is weight-corrected with the correction coefficient (&agr;), is obtained. The end point of the etching point is determined on the basis of this criterion expression.
Abstract:
The plasma processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a processing chamber in which an object to be processed is processed, a lower electrode provided at a lower portion in the processing chamber, having a mount surface where the object is mounted, and applied with a bias voltage, gas introduce tube for introducing a processing gas into the processing chamber, an upper electrode provided fixedly on a roof portion of the processing chamber and supplied with a high-frequency power, to form plasma from the processing gas in the processing chamber, and a magnetic field formation portion provided fixedly on the roof portion of the processing chamber, for forming a magnetic field in the processing chamber. The the upper electrode and the magnetic field formation portion are arranged such that a force for moving circularly electrons in the plasma is generated in the processing chamber and such that two or more circular flows of electrons which are coaxial with each other and have turning radii different from each other are generated by the force.
Abstract:
This invention provides an end point detection method including the steps of sequentially detecting, when a process using a plasma is performed for an object to be processed, emission spectra in a specific wavelength band of an active species in the plasma by using a photodetector, calculating sum average values of emission intensities of the emission spectra, calculating the ratio or the difference between the sum average values to obtain a calculated value, and determining a point at which the calculated value exceeds a predetermined reference value as an end point of the process.