摘要:
A wafer etching method wherein hydrogen gas, ammonia gas or mixed gas containing one of these gases is added to sulfur hexafluoride gas to suppress the occurrence of white turbidity on the surface of the wafer at the time of etching and to enable high quality mirror polishing of the wafer. In one embodiment, a mixed gas obtained by mixing SF6 gas G1 of a bomb 31 and H2 gas G2 of a bomb 32 in a predetermined ratio is fed to a discharge tube 2 and a microwave M is generated from a microwave oscillator 4 to cause plasma discharge. Further, the entire surface of the silicon wafer W can be flattened by locally etching the surface of the silicon wafer W by an activated species gas G sprayed from the nozzle portion 20.
摘要:
A wafer flattening process and system enables a reduction of the surface roughness of a wafer resulting from local etching. A silicon wafer W is brought into close proximity to a nozzle portion 20 to feed SF6 gas to an alumina discharge tube 2, a plasma generator 1 is used to cause plasma discharge and spray a first activated species gas from the nozzle portion 20 to the silicon wafer W side, an X-Y drive mechanism 4 is used to make the nozzle portion 20 scan to perform a local etching step. Then the silicon wafer W is moved away from the nozzle portion 20 and O2 gas and CF4 gas are fed to the alumina discharge tube. At this time, the O2 gas is set to be greater in amount than the CF4 gas. When this mixed gas is made to discharge to generate plasma, a second activated species gas diffuses from the nozzle portion 20 to the entire surface of the silicon wafer W. Since there is a larger amount of O radicals than F radicals, the reaction product resulting from the O radicals deposit in fine depressions causing roughness and the front surface of the silicon wafer W is smoothed.
摘要:
Plasma etching method and apparatus for removing relatively thick portions from wafers by etching while measuring an actual etch quantity to thereby manufacture the wafers excellent in flatness quality on a mass-production basis. A conduit 20 of a plasma generator 2 is positioned above a relatively thick portion 111 of the wafer 110 to etch away a wafer material from the relatively thick portion 111 by ejecting a fluorine gas G. A laser beam L0 is emitted from a laser displacement meter 30 of a measuring apparatus 3 to detect an interference state between a reflected light beam L1 from the relatively thick portion 111 and a reflected light beam L2 form a reflecting plate 32 and count periodical changes of the interference state. When the count value m coincides with an integral value derived by dividing a desired etch quantity by a half wavelength of the laser beam L0, etching of the relatively thick portion 111 by the fluorine gas G is terminated.
摘要:
A slurry recycling system of a CMP apparatus, and a method of the same, which restores the state of agglomeration of the abrasive grains to the initial state to enable reuse of the slurry and thereby reduces the cost of the polishing work and improves the operating rate of the CMP apparatus. Slurry S used in the CMP apparatus 1 is sent to a dispersion chamber 31. A vibration element 40 of an ultrasonic dispersion apparatus 4 mounted in the dispersion chamber 31 is made to vibrate by a vibrator 41 to generate ultrasonic vibration energy, whereby the agglomerated particles in the slurry S are made to disperse. Suitably thereafter, the slurry S is returned to the slurry feed apparatus 300 to enable reuse of the slurry S.
摘要:
A wafer flattening process designed to flatten the entire surface of the wafer including the outer rim of the wafer by inserting dummy data corresponding to the data of the outer rim of the wafer in the data of the outside of the wafer, and a storage medium for the same. An area S is set at an outside position exactly an etching radius r from an outer rim Wc of the wafer Wc ahd the nozzle relative speed at the position-speed data D of points P4-1 to P4-3 closest to an imaginary line L passing through the point P4 inside the area S near the outer rim Wc is set to be the same as the nozzle relative speed of the position-speed data D of the point P4. Due to this, the nozzle spraying the activated species gas G moves as if along the imaginary line L and the portion of the point P4 is etched flat by superposition of the activated species gas G of the nozzle passing through the points P4-1 to P4-3, the point P4, and the point P6.
摘要:
A corrosion-resistant system and method for a plasma etching apparatus are provided which are capable of reducing a corrosion or erosion phenomenon of a discharge tube, equipment and/or elements in a chamber of the plasma etching apparatus which is used for localized etching. A micro wave M is oscillated from a micro wave oscillator 20 toward a mixed gas of CF4 and O2 in a quartz discharge tube 110 to thereby produce plasma discharge. The micro wave oscillator 20 is controlled in an on-off manner by means of a pulse generator 21, to thereby oscillate a pulsed micro wave M. As a result, it is possible to reduce the erosion of the quartz discharge tube 110 caused by an active species gas G generated by the plasma discharge. Preferably, a corrosion-resistant oil A is filled in the chamber 100 for preventing an X-Y drive mechanism 130, etc., therein from being corroded or eroded by the active species gas G diffusing in the chamber 100.
摘要:
A plasma etching method and apparatus are provided in which a distance between an ejection opening (20a) in a plasma generator (2) for ejecting an active species gas and a surface of an object to be etched can be changed to thereby shorten the time required for a surface flattening operation and reduce the cost of equipment as well. To this end, the ejection opening (20a) of a predetermined diameter is disposed in confrontation with a desired convex of the object to be etched in the form of a wafer (110). The active species gas in the form of an F gas (G) is ejected from the ejection opening (20a) to the convex to thereby flatten it through etching. A distance between the ejection opening and the convex is changed by means of a Z drive mechanism (4) to provide an etching area corresponding to an area of the convex, thus performing effective flattening of the wafer (110).
摘要:
The bottom of each collection groove for collecting a used abrasive slurry and a rinsing solution is formed like the letter V, an exhaust port is formed at the lowest position of the bottom of the groove, the collection pipe of a slurry supply unit and the collection pipe of a rinsing solution supply unit are connected to the exhaust port, and the collection pipe of the rinsing solution exhaust unit is connected to a suction pump for forcedly discharging the rinsing solution by suction.
摘要:
A plasma etching method and apparatus are provided in which a distance between an ejection opening (20a) in a plasma generator (2) for ejecting an active species gas and a surface of an object to be etched can be changed to thereby shorten the time required for a surface flattening operation and reduce the cost of equipment as well. To this end, the ejection opening (20a) of a predetermined diameter is disposed in confrontation with a desired convex of the object to be etched in the form of a wafer (110). The active species gas in the form of an F gas (G) is ejected from the ejection opening (20a) to the convex to thereby flatten it through etching. A distance between the ejection opening and the convex is changed by means of a Z drive mechanism (4) to provide an etching area corresponding to an area of the convex, thus performing effective flattening of the wafer (110).
摘要:
A surface acoustic wave device, a method for manufacturing the same and a manufacturing equipment therefor are disclosed. In the surface acoustic wave device having functional elements such as input and output interdigital electrodes of Al, Al-Si alloy or Al-Cu-Si alloy thin film strips and a grating type reflector, arranged on a piezoelectric substrate and any other bus conductors arranged on the same substrate, at least a portion of the functional elements and the bus conductors having a high frequency metal strip having a line width of no more than 2 .mu.m, at least the metal strip having the width of no more than 2 .mu.m has a film thickness of no less than 0.25 .mu.m at least a portion thereof but no more than an upper limit of an effective film thickness determined by a required characteristic of the surface acoustic wave device, whereby a transfer characteristic of the surface acoustic wave device is compensated and controlled, for example, a reflection efficiency of a grating type reflector is improved or a loss due to a D.C. resistance of the input and output electrodes is reduced.