Abstract:
A plasma processing apparatus includes a substrate chuck having a first surface for supporting a substrate, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a sidewall, a focus ring for surrounding a perimeter of the substrate, and an edge block for supporting the focus ring. The edge block includes a side electrode on the sidewall of the substrate chuck and a bottom electrode on the second surface of the substrate chuck.
Abstract:
Provided are a method and a system for managing semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The method may be performed using an equipment computer and may include ordering to perform a preventive maintenance to a chamber and parts in the chamber, monitoring a result of the preventive maintenance to the chamber and the parts, and performing a manufacturing process using plasma reaction in the chamber, if the result of the preventive maintenance is normal. The monitoring the result of the preventive maintenance may include a pre-screening method monitoring the result of the preventive maintenance using electric reflection coefficients obtained from the chamber and the parts without using the plasma reaction.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device may include a plurality of first active fins protruding from a substrate, each of the first active fins extending in a first direction; a second active fin protruding from the substrate; and a plurality of respective first fin-field effect transistors (finFETs) on the first active fins. Each of the first finFETs includes a first gate structure extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the first gate structure includes a first gate insulation layer and a first gate electrode. The first finFETs are formed on a first region of the substrate and have a first metal oxide layer as the first gate insulation layer, and a second finFET is formed on the second active fin on a second region of the substrate, and the second finFET does not include a metal oxide layer, but includes a second gate insulation layer that has a bottom surface at the same plane as a bottom surface of the first metal oxide layer.
Abstract:
According to a method of controlling uniformity of plasma, a first RF driving pulse signal including first RF pulses is generated by pulsing a first RF signal having a first frequency, and a second RF driving pulse signal including second RF pulses is generated by pulsing a second RF signal having a second, lower frequency. The first and second RF driving signals are applied to a top electrode and/or a bottom electrode of a plasma chamber. A harmonic control signal including harmonic control pulses is generated based on timing of the first and second RF pulses. A harmonic component of the first and second RF driving pulse signals is reduced via intermittent activation and deactivation of a harmonic control circuit as controlled by the harmonic control signal. The uniformity of plasma is improved through the control based on timings of the RF driving pulses.
Abstract:
According to a method of controlling uniformity of plasma, a first RF driving pulse signal including first RF pulses is generated by pulsing a first RF signal having a first frequency, and a second RF driving pulse signal including second RF pulses is generated by pulsing a second RF signal having a second, lower frequency. The first and second RF driving signals are applied to a top electrode and/or a bottom electrode of a plasma chamber. A harmonic control signal including harmonic control pulses is generated based on timing of the first and second RF pulses. A harmonic component of the first and second RF driving pulse signals is reduced via intermittent activation and deactivation of a harmonic control circuit as controlled by the harmonic control signal. The uniformity of plasma is improved through the control based on timings of the RF driving pulses.
Abstract:
According to example embodiments, a wire structure includes a first wire that includes a first wire core and a first carbon shell surrounding the first wire core, and a second wire that extends in a longitudinal direction from the first wire. The first wire core has a wire shape. The first carbon shell contains carbon.
Abstract:
A plasma processing apparatus includes a substrate chuck having a first surface for supporting a substrate, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a sidewall, a focus ring for surrounding a perimeter of the substrate, and an edge block for supporting the focus ring. The edge block includes a side electrode on the sidewall of the substrate chuck and a bottom electrode on the second surface of the substrate chuck.