摘要:
A substrate processing unit comprises a processing vessel for receiving a substrate, a cleaning gas supply system for supplying cleaning gas to the processing vessel so as to clean the interior of the processing vessel, an exhauster for exhausting the processing vessel, an operating state detector for detecting the operating state of the exhauster, and an end point detector for detecting the end point of the cleaning on the basis of the detection result from the operating state detector.
摘要:
In a processing apparatus, a process gas including a source gas (TiCl4, NH3) and an inert gas (N2) is supplied into a process chamber (2). A pressure meter (6) detects a pressure in the process chamber (2) so as to control an amount of flow of the process gas supplied to the process chamber (2) based on a result of the detection. A source gas is purged by the inert gas. By maintaining the amount of flow of the source gas constant and controlling the amount of flow of the inert gas, an amount of flow the entire process gas is controlled so as to maintain a pressure in the process chamber (2) constant. Since a time spent on evacuation of the source gas is reduced, a time for switching the source gas is reduced. Additionally, a temperature of a surface of a substrate during processing can be maintained constant.
摘要:
The present invention intends to improve the accuracy of temperature measurement when measuring the temperature of a semiconductor wafer by a radiation thermometer on the basis of the idea of virtual blackbody simulated by multiple reflection of light. A system includes a wafer (W), a circular reflector 1 of a radius R disposed opposite to the wafer (W), and a probe (2) disposed in a through hole formed in the reflector (1). The probe (2) is a through hole. The radiation intensity of radiation passed the through hole is determined by image data provided by a CCD camera disposed behind the back surface of the reflector (1). An error in measured radiation intensity of radiation falling the probe (2) due to light that enters a space between the wafer (W) and the reflector (1) and a space between the reflector (1) and the probe (2) and light leaks from the same spaces is corrected, the emissivity of the wafer (W) is calculated and the temperature of the wafer (W) is determined.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory according to an aspect of this invention comprises a semiconductor substrate which includes a memory cell array region and an interconnect line region adjoining the memory cell array region, memory cells which are provided in the memory cell array region, contact plugs which are provided in the interconnect line region, and control gate lines which are provided so as to extend from the interconnect line region to the memory cell array region and which connect the contact plugs with the memory cells, wherein the control gate lines provided in the memory cell array region include metal silicide and the control gate lines provided in the interconnect line region include no metal silicide at any part of the interconnect line region.
摘要:
A thermal processing system performs predetermined thermal processing on an approximately circular to-be-processed object, by applying radiant heat to the to-be-processed object by means of a heating lamp system. The heating lamp system comprises a plurality of lamps disposed concentrically so as to correspond to the to-be-processed object. The plurality of lamps are controlled individually for respective zones of the to-be-processed object.
摘要:
A heat treatment apparatus applies an accurate heat treatment to a wafer by performing an accurate measurement of a temperature of a wafer by a radiation thermometer. Halogen lamps heat the wafer by irradiating a light on a front surface of the wafer. A guard ring supports the wafer so that the front surface of the wafer faces the halogen lamps. A gap is formed between the guard ring and a back surface of the wafer. The radiation thermometer detects a light radiated from the backside of the wafer by a quartz rod facing the backside of the substrate. The wafer placed on the guard ring defines a first space on the front surface side of the wafer and a second space on the back surface side of the wafer. The gap is configured and arranged so that an incident rate of a stray light entering the second space from the first space through the gap and incident on the quartz rod is equal to or less than a predetermined value, where the incident rate is defined by a ratio of an amount of the stray light incident on the quartz rod to an amount of light radiated by the halogen lamps.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes: first lines provided on a substrate; second lines provided between the first lines and the substrate so as to intersect the first lines; and a first memory cell array including first memory cells, each of the first memory cells being provided at respective intersections of the first lines and the second lines and including a current rectifying element and a variable resistor connected in series. The variable resistor of the first memory cell includes a first recording layer and a second recording layer, the first recording layer being made of an oxide of a first metal material, the second recording layer being made of the first metal material and being formed so as to contact with the first recording layer. The second recording layer is closer to the first line than the first recording layer is.
摘要:
A film fabrication method for forming a film over a substrate in a processing chamber includes a first film formation process and a second film formation process. In the first film formation process, (a) a first step of supplying a first source gas containing a metal-organic compound and without containing a halogen element into the chamber and then removing the first source gas from the chamber, and (b) a second step of supplying a second source gas containing hydrogen or a hydrogen compound into the chamber and then removing the second source gas from the chamber, are repeated a predetermined number of times. In the second film formation process, (c) a third step of supplying a third source gas containing a metal halide compound into the chamber and then removing the third gas from the chamber, and (d) a fourth step of supplying a plasma-activated fourth source gas containing hydrogen or a hydrogen compound into the chamber and then removing the fourth source gas from the chamber, are repeated a predetermined number of times.
摘要:
A method of temperature measurement for measuring a temperature of an object to be measured that is heated by a heating source in a multiplex-reflection environment by using two radiation thermometers provided at a measurement part separated from the object to be measured is provided. In the method, two of the radiation thermometers have a rod that is embedded in the measurement part and can receive radiation light from the object to be measured, and an optical fiber connected to the rod; numerical apertures of the radiation thermometers are different; the multiplex-reflection environment is formed between a surface of the measurement part facing the object to be measured and the measurement part; a radiation rate ε of the object to be measured based on a result of a measurement of two of the thermometers and the temperature of the object to be measured is calculated by the following equations α=1−(1−NA·N1)N2/(D1/D2) εeff=(1−α)·ε+α·ε/{1−F·r·(1−ε)} wherein D1 represents a diameter of the rod of the radiation thermometers, NA represents the numerical aperture, D2 represents a distance between the object to be measured and the surface of the measurement part, r represents a reflectivity of the surface of the measurement part, F represents a view factor, α represents a multiplex reflection coefficient, εeff represents an effective radiation rate of the object to be measured, and N1 and N2 are parameters.
摘要:
A temperature measuring method measures the temperature of an object of measurement placed in a multiple reflection environment by using a radiation thermometer that uses an effective emissivity &egr;eff for measurement. The effective emissivity &egr;eff is calculated by using an expression: &egr;eff=(1−&agr;)·&egr;+&agr;·&egr;/{1−F·r·(1−&egr;)} F: View factor &egr;: Emissivity of the object r: Reflectivity of a reflecting plate included in the radiation thermometer &agr;: Weighting factor for compensating effects of multiple reflection.