Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including a wafer using a plasma etching device which includes a chamber, a chuck provided in the chamber to dispose a wafer to be processed thereon, a focus ring disposed at a peripheral edge portion of the chuck, and a gas supplying mechanism configured to supply various types of gases depending a radial position of the wafer. The method includes: placing a wafer formed with an organic film on the chuck; introducing an etching gas which etches the organic film on the wafer from the process gas supplying mechanism to a central portion of the wafer; introducing an etching inhibiting factor gas having a property of reacting with the etching gas to the peripheral edge portion of the wafer from the gas supplying mechanism; and performing plasma etching on the wafer using the etching gas.
Abstract:
Provided is a method of etching a silicon oxide film. The method includes exposing a workpiece including the silicon oxide film and a mask formed on the silicon oxide film to plasma of a processing gas to etch the silicon oxide film. The mask includes a first film formed on the silicon oxide film and a second film formed on the first film, and the second film is constituted by a film having an etching rate lower than that of the first film with respect to active species in the plasma.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a plasma processing apparatus including a processing container, an ion trapping member partitioning the inside of the processing container into a processing space and a non-processing space and transmitting radicals and trap ions, a placing table, a first gas supply unit supplying a first processing gas into the non-processing space, a second gas supply unit supplying a second processing gas into the processing space, a first high frequency power supply supplying a high frequency power to generate radicals and ions in the non-processing space, a second high frequency power supply supplying a high frequency power to generate radicals and ions in the processing space, and a third high frequency power supply supplying a high frequency power of a lower frequency than that of the high frequency power supplied from the second high frequency power supply to draw the ions generated in the processing space into the workpiece.
Abstract:
A plasma etching method includes a holding step of holding a substrate, a processing gas supplying step of supplying processing gas to a space between the holding unit and an electrode plate facing the holding unit within the processing chamber, and a high frequency power supplying step of converting the processing gas supplied to the space from the plurality of supply parts into plasma by supplying a high frequency power from a high frequency power supply to at least one of the holding unit and the electrode plate. The processing gas supplying step includes controlling an adjustment unit configured to adjust a supply condition for supplying processing gas with respect to each of the plurality of supply parts such that the supply condition that is adjusted varies between a first position and a second position.
Abstract:
A method of forming a pattern is provided. The method includes an etching step of forming a predetermined pattern in a silicon-containing film by etching the silicon-containing film deposited on a substrate through a mask by plasma generated from an etching gas containing a fluorocarbon gas, and a film deposition step of depositing a silicon oxide film or a silicon nitride film on a surface of the predetermined pattern by oxidizing or nitriding a silicon-containing layer adsorbed on the surface of the predetermined pattern by supplying a silicon compound gas, by using plasma generated from an oxidation gas or a nitriding gas.
Abstract:
An etching method is provided that includes the steps of supplying an etching gas containing a fluorocarbon (CF) based gas into a processing chamber, generating a plasma from the etching gas, and etching a silicon oxide film through a polysilicon mask using the plasma. The polysilicon film has a predetermined pattern and is arranged on the silicon oxide film. The silicon oxide film has at least one of a silicon content per unit volume, a fluorine content per unit volume, and a volume density that varies in a depth direction.
Abstract:
A plasma etching method for etching a substrate includes an adjustment step adjusting a concentration distribution of active species contained in plasma. The adjustment step adjusts a supply rate of an etching gas according to whether a supply region on a substrate to which the etching gas is supplied corresponds to a region where an effect of diffusion of the supplied etching gas is greater than an effect of flow of the supplied etching gas or a region where the effect of flow of the supplied etching gas is greater than the effect of diffusion of the supplied etching gas.
Abstract:
A plasma etching method is provided for etching a substrate corresponding to an etching object within an etching apparatus that includes a supply condition adjustment unit for adjusting a supply condition for supplying etching gas to the substrate, a temperature adjustment unit for adjusting a temperature of the substrate placed on a stage along a radial direction, and a plasma generating unit for generating plasma within a space between the supply condition adjustment unit and the stage. The plasma etching method includes a control step in which the temperature adjustment unit controls the temperature of the substrate to be uniform within a substrate plane of the substrate, and an adjustment step in which the supply condition adjustment unit adjusts a concentration distribution of active species contained in the plasma generated by the plasma generation unit within the space above the substrate.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including a wafer using a plasma etching device which includes a chamber, a chuck provided in the chamber to dispose a wafer to be processed thereon, a focus ring disposed at a peripheral edge portion of the chuck, and a gas supplying mechanism configured to supply various types of gases depending a radial position of the wafer. The method includes: placing a wafer formed with an organic film on the chuck; introducing an etching gas which etches the organic film on the wafer from the process gas supplying mechanism to a central portion of the wafer; introducing an etching inhibiting factor gas having a property of reacting with the etching gas to the peripheral edge portion of the wafer from the gas supplying mechanism; and performing plasma etching on the wafer using the etching gas.
Abstract:
An etching method is provided that includes the steps of supplying an etching gas containing a fluorocarbon (CF) based gas into a processing chamber, generating a plasma from the etching gas, and etching a silicon oxide film through a polysilicon mask using the plasma. The polysilicon film has a predetermined pattern and is arranged on the silicon oxide film. The silicon oxide film has at least one of a silicon content per unit volume, a fluorine content per unit volume, and a volume density that varies in a depth direction.