Abstract:
A plasma probe device includes an antenna unit installed at an opening formed in a wall of a processing chamber or a mounting table through a sealing member configured to seal between a vacuum space and an atmospheric space, an electrode connected to the antenna unit, and a dielectric support portion made of a dielectric material and configured to support the antenna unit from an outer peripheral side. A surface of the antenna unit which is exposed through the opening and separated from a facing surface of the wall or the mounting table facing the antenna unit by a width is depressed from a surface of the wall or the mounting table where the opening is formed, which faces a plasma generation space.
Abstract:
A power combiner includes a main body composed of outer and inner conductors, a plurality of power introduction ports configured to introduce electromagnetic wave powers supplied through power supply lines into the main body, a power combining antenna configured to radiate electromagnetic waves to a space between the outer and inner conductors such that the powers are combined, and an output port through which the combined electromagnetic wave is outputted from the main body. The power combining antenna includes a plurality of antenna members, each of which has a first pole and a second pole that is in contact with the inner conductor, and a reflection part configured to reflect the electromagnetic waves.
Abstract:
A plasma processing apparatus (1) includes a processing container (2) and a microwave introduction device (5) having a plurality of microwave introduction modules (61). A microwave is introduced for each of the plurality of microwave introduction modules (61), and S-parameters for each of combinations of the plurality of microwave introduction modules (61) are obtained based on the introduced microwave and a reflected microwave reflected from the processing container (2) into the plurality of microwave introduction modules (61).
Abstract:
A plasma processing apparatus includes: a processing container; a ceiling wall forming a part of the processing container and including an opening; and a transmission window configured to close the opening, wherein the opening under the transmission window is formed as a recess portion, wherein the recess portion is a supply port for supplying electromagnetic waves from the transmission window into the processing container, wherein first gas supply holes are formed on a lower surface of the ceiling wall, and wherein second gas supply holes are formed on an inner surface of the recess portion.
Abstract:
A plasma observation system includes a plasma processing apparatus which includes a processing container in which a substrate is processed with plasma, and a plurality of observation windows each capable of observing an emission state of the plasma in the processing container; and a measuring device including a light receiver configured to receive a plurality of light beams intersecting in the processing container through a plurality of observation windows, and a controller configured to specify an observation point of the plasma and determine a state of the plasma at the observation point based on the plurality of light beams received by the light receiver.
Abstract:
An apparatus for heat-treating a substrate includes: a stage where the substrate is disposed; a heating part configured to change an output; a first temperature measurement part configured to measure a temperature at which the substrate is heated; a second temperature measurement part configured to measure the temperature, and having a level of measurement accuracy which is lower than that of the first temperature measurement part in a first temperature region and is higher than that of the first temperature measurement part in a second temperature region; a temperature calculator configured to calculate a weighted average temperature of the temperatures measured by the first and second temperature measurement parts if a reference temperature is in a temperature range between the first and second temperatures, and configured to change a weight of the weighted average temperature; and a controller configured to control the output based on the weighted average temperature.
Abstract:
A plasma processing apparatus (1) includes a processing container (2) and a microwave introduction device (5) having a plurality of microwave introduction modules (61). A microwave is introduced for each of the plurality of microwave introduction modules (61), and S-parameters for each of combinations of the plurality of microwave introduction modules (61) are obtained based on the introduced microwave and a reflected microwave reflected from the processing container (2) into the plurality of microwave introduction modules (61).
Abstract:
A tuner (43) includes a microwave transmission path (51), having a coaxial structure, configured to transmit a supplied microwave to a planar slot antenna (101); slugs (61a) and (61b made of a dielectric material and configured to be moved along the microwave transmission path (51); a slug driving unit (70) configured to move the slugs (61a) and (61b) along the microwave transmission path (51); and a control unit (80) configured to perform impedance matching by controlling positions of the slugs such that they are located at a matching position where a reflection coefficient is small, and configured to control, based on a state of the plasma, a matching track through which the slugs (61a) and (61b) reach the matching position.
Abstract:
A microwave emission mechanism includes: a transmission path through which a microwave is transmitted; and an antenna section that emits into a chamber the microwave transmitted through the transmission path. The antenna section includes an antenna having a slot through which the microwave is emitted, a dielectric member through which the microwave emitted from the antenna is transmitted and a closed circuit in which a surface current and a displacement current flow. A surface wave is formed in a surface of the dielectric member. The closed circuit has at least: an inner wall of the slot; and the surface and an inner portion of the dielectric member. When a wavelength of the microwave is λ0, a length of the closed circuit is nλ0±δ, where n is a positive integer and δ is a fine-tuning component including 0.
Abstract:
A microwave emission mechanism includes: a transmission path through which a microwave is transmitted; and an antenna section that emits into a chamber the microwave transmitted through the transmission path. The antenna section includes an antenna having a slot through which the microwave is emitted, a dielectric member through which the microwave emitted from the antenna is transmitted and a closed circuit in which a surface current and a displacement current flow. A surface wave is formed in a surface of the dielectric member. The closed circuit has at least: an inner wall of the slot; and the surface and an inner portion of the dielectric member. When a wavelength of the microwave is λ0, a length of the closed circuit is nλ0±δ, where n is a positive integer and δ is a fine-tuning component including 0.