EP1086353A4 - Procede et appareil permettant de determiner la fin du nettoyage d'une chambre de traitement ou la fin de la gravure d'une tranche - Google Patents

Procede et appareil permettant de determiner la fin du nettoyage d'une chambre de traitement ou la fin de la gravure d'une tranche

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EP1086353A4
EP1086353A4 EP99928616A EP99928616A EP1086353A4 EP 1086353 A4 EP1086353 A4 EP 1086353A4 EP 99928616 A EP99928616 A EP 99928616A EP 99928616 A EP99928616 A EP 99928616A EP 1086353 A4 EP1086353 A4 EP 1086353A4
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radiation
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Martin L Spartz
Anthony S Bonanno
Peter A Rosenthal
Matthew Richter
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MKS Instruments Inc
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On Line Technologies Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N21/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
    • G01N21/17—Systems in which incident light is modified in accordance with the properties of the material investigated
    • G01N21/25—Colour; Spectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands
    • G01N21/31—Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry
    • G01N21/35—Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light
    • G01N21/3504—Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light for analysing gases, e.g. multi-gas analysis
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N21/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
    • G01N21/84—Systems specially adapted for particular applications
    • G01N21/85—Investigating moving fluids or granular solids
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J37/00—Discharge tubes with provision for introducing objects or material to be exposed to the discharge, e.g. for the purpose of examination or processing thereof
    • H01J37/32—Gas-filled discharge tubes
    • H01J37/32917—Plasma diagnostics
    • H01J37/32935—Monitoring and controlling tubes by information coming from the object and/or discharge
    • H01J37/32972—Spectral analysis
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N21/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
    • G01N21/84—Systems specially adapted for particular applications
    • G01N2021/8411—Application to online plant, process monitoring

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  • a plasma containing fluorine free radicals (F-) is struck in the processing chamber to effect cleaning; the free radicals react with the contaminating silicon material to form various volatile species, including SiF 4 .
  • Optical sensors are used to monitor the emission intensity of the excited unreacted fluorine free radicals remaining in the plasma, to thereby determine the cleaning end point.
  • the broad objects of the present invention are to provide an apparatus and method for quickly, effectively, and accurately determining the end point or other parameters of a process carried out at a reaction site and, in particular, the end point of etching or of processing chamber cleaning in connection with the fabrication of semiconductor wafers and devices.
  • More specific objects of the invention are to provide such an apparatus and method especially for the etching of silicon wafers and the cleaning of chambers in which they are processed, whereby the cleaning end point or other parameter is determined by analysis of the gaseous product produced in the processing chamber and, in particular, by optical analysis of the gas for the virtual absence, or significant change in the concentration, of a silicon reaction product indicator species.
  • an optical method for the detection of the endpoint of a process that is carried out at a reaction site in which process substances react chemically to produce an analyte gas containing a volatile chemical indicator species having a radia- tion absorption characteristic, indicative of the concentration of said indicator species in said analyte gas, at at least a first wavelength.
  • the method comprises the steps:
  • the "second" signal (a reference signal) may conveniently and effectively be obtained by: (1) detecting, effectively separately from the first wavelength, the intensity of radiation of a second wavelength, projected through the analyte gas, for which the analyte gas does not have a significant absorption characteristic; (2) detecting, effectively separately from the first wavelength, the intensity of radiation of a spectral beam, projected through the analyte gas, wherein the spectral beam contains a range of frequencies to the absorption of which, by the analyte gas, the indicator species makes no more than a minor contribution; or (3) detecting radiation of at least the first wavelength projected through a modified form of the analyte gas, the modified form differing effectively from the analyte gas itself only by being substantially devoid of the indicator species.
  • the at least one beam (which will usually be a single beam) will be comprised of discrete infrared spectral regions including such first and second wavelengths, and will be filtered optically prior to detection to discriminate the wavelengths from one another.
  • the substances that react with one another will include silicon and usually a fluorine species, with the analyte gas preferably comprising a fluorine-containing plasma or a fluorine-containing plasma product; the indicator species will preferably be SiF 4 , and the first wavelength will have a nominal value of 9.7 microns.
  • the method will additionally include the preliminary steps, effected in the processing chamber, of (f) etching silicon from at least one device comprised of silicon using a fluorine plasma, the method being carried out for the purpose of determining the end point of a process of either cleaning of surfaces within the chamber or of etching of the silicon device.
  • the method may additionally include the steps, effected prior to the foregoing step (a) and advantageously by use of Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, filter-based spectroscopy, and dispersive spectroscopy, of:
  • FT-IR Fourier Transform Infrared
  • the method of the invention is employed for the detection of an etch rate, deposition rate, etch amount, deposition amount, and/or faults that are achieved or occur in a process, utilizing the steps herein set forth.
  • apparatus for measuring a volatile chemical species that is generated at a reaction site and is contained in an analyte gas withdrawn therefrom comprising: (a) means for generating at least one beam of radiation containing at least a first wavelength, preferably in the infrared range, that is absorbed strongly by the generated chemical species that is to be measured;
  • a conduit for gas flow from the reaction site constituting a sampling site and having windows fabricated of a composition that is resistant to corrosion by the analyte gas, that at least limits process contamination, and that is transparent to the at least one beam, the windows being aligned for effective traversal of the analyte gas, by the generated radiation beam, in the gas flow conduit;
  • At least one radiation detector that is responsive to at least the first wavelength of radiation, and that is constructed for generating a first electrical signal that is indicative of the intensity of at least the first wavelength of radiation, the detector being operatively disposed to responsively intercept the at least one radiation beam exiting the gas flow conduit through the other of the windows;
  • signal interpretation means including electronic data processing means, for analyzing the first and second electrical signals to determine the level of absorption of at least the first wavelength of radiation, by the indicator species, that occurs during passage of the beam through the analyte gas.
  • the means for generating (and modulating) the beam will comprise a Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometer.
  • the apparatus may comprise separate means, such as a filter wheel, operatively disposed in the beam path for modulating the beam of radiation so as to discriminate radiation of different wavelengths, and most desirably the reaction site will comprise a processing chamber for fabrication of silicon semiconductor devices.
  • zero absorption, or absorption below a specified level of the efficiently absorbed wavelength of radiation will be indicative of the absence, or of the attainment of a value below a threshold level, of the chemical species generated by reaction with the contaminating silicon material. That will in turn indicate that the endpoint for cleaning of the processing chamber or for etching of the wafer or other device, has been attained.
  • a correlation between the indicator species and such an end point can be estab- lished empirically or by other means that will be evident to those skilled in the art.
  • sampling location will desirably be remote from the reaction site, that need not be so; i.e. , sampling may occur in situ, by projecting the radiation beam through the processing chamber itself.
  • the radiation utilized for the species measurement will usually lie in the infrared spectral region, typically being generated by a hot body globar, a diode laser, or an LED.
  • a Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometer may be employed to generate and modulate radiation in the selected spectral ranges, or a filter wheel, a tunable laser, a grating, or a prism absorption cell, coupled with a chopper wheel, may be utilized for that purpose.
  • Focusing mirrors and/or lenses will normally be used for collecting the radiation and directing it along the beam path through the conduit and upon the detector.
  • Suitable materi- als for fabrication of the corrosion-resistant windows include calcium fluoride, potassium bromide, potassium fluoride, and (preferably) barium fluoride, and although a LiTa0 3 detector will generally be utilized other detectors, such as MCT, lead salt, and DTGS devices, may be employed as appropriate and as may be desired.
  • Signal interpretation may be carried out through classical least squares quantitation routines using, as the basis for comparison, nitrogen, vacuum, or nonabsorbing gas in the conduit; a library of spectra; or calibration runs.
  • the signal processing means will comprise a logic circuit, data storage capacity, and appropriate electronics, and may for example take the form of an amplifier, a digitizer, and a computer programmed to carry out the necessary digital computations.
  • the apparatus will be configured to detect SiF 4 in the analyte gas, that product being one of the species that are formed by the reaction of fluorine free radicals (present in the cleaning plasma) with the silicon material contaminant, and being characterized by strong absorption of radiation at 9.724 ⁇ m.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing apparatus embodying the present invention, with associated components of a wafer processing tool;
  • Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view, drawn to a reduced scale, of the apparatus of Figure 1.
  • the illustrated apparatus consists of an infrared radiation source 10 (a globar) mounted in a holder 12, to which is attached a heat sink 14 (which is optional) .
  • the holder 12 is mounted upon a source mirror housing 16, which contains a collimating mirror 18 supported on a source mirror holder 20.
  • the filter sensor unit includes an endpoint instrument assembly mounting plate 22, which is mounted upon a detector mirror housing 24 and in turn contains a detector focussing mirror 26 supported upon a detector mirror holder 28.
  • the housings 16, 24 are attached to a transverse section 30 formed on an offset conduit 32 of a vacuum flange, generally designated by the numeral 34, and the mirrors 18, 26 are aligned for optical communication through BaF 2 windows 36 provided at opposite ends of the transverse section 30; the windows 36 are held in place by retaining rings 38, and are sealed by VITON o-rings 40.
  • KF40 connections 42 at the inlet and outlet ends of the conduit 32, enable attachment of the vacuum flange 34 to a wafer processing chamber 44 and an evacuation system 46, respectively.
  • An end point instrument assembly 48 (shown diagrammatically) is supported on the mounting plate 22 and is enclosed within the cover 50.
  • a beam of radiation B generated by the IR source 10 is collimated by the mirror 18 in the housing 16 and is projected through the transverse section 30 of the vacuum flange 34 and the BaF 2 windows 36 at the opposite ends thereof.
  • the beam impinges upon the mirror 26 in the housing 24, and is focussed thereby upon a detector of the instrument assembly 48, passing through appropriate filters (as will be described more fully below) of which the assembly 48 is also comprised.
  • the intensity of radiation sensed by the detector will of course be attenuated by any absorbing molecules contained within the gas stream flowing through the offset conduit 32 of the vacuum flange 34 from the processing chamber 44, under the influence of the vacuum system 46.
  • an infrared filter-based instrument measures the concentration of SiF 4 produced during cleaning of the chamber of a high density plasma, chemical vapor deposition silicon wafer processing system.
  • Unique to the present invention is the recognition that SiF 4 serves as a highly effective and definitive indicator of the clean or etch end point; i.e., when the SiF 4 concentration decreases to an undetectable or threshold level the cleaning or etching end point is deemed to have been reached.
  • a two-filter IR sensor providing two spectral band passes, is employed.
  • the center wavelength for one of the filters is selected to lie at 9.724 ⁇ m, which corresponds to a wavelength of strong SiF 4 absorption; the other filter functions at 9.09l ⁇ m, which corresponds to no significant absorption from the process gas.
  • the unit includes three major parts: an IR source assembly, a vacuum gas cell that mounts into the processing chamber vacuum duct, and the IR sensor that determines continuously the SiF 4 concentra- tion during the chamber clean or wafer etch; a globar provides an active (hot) IR source, which allows specie detection without plasma emission.
  • SiF 4 has unexpectedly been found to be perhaps the best indicator of the state of cleaning of the processing chamber; it absorbs light at 1028 cm '1 (9.714 ⁇ m) in direct proportion to its concentration. From the data collected it is anticipated that, if chamber cleaning is effected after each wafer is processed, the maximum percentage of light absorbed will be about 50% for the various doped and undoped silicon glasses.
  • the current detection limit of the sensor, using a 7.925cm beam path, is about 3.0 mtorr; this corresponds to about 3.7 ⁇ mol, or about 2.2 x 10 18 molecules, of SiF 4 in the IR beam.
  • filter spectrometry is employed to carry out the method of the invention.
  • the filters used for the detection of SiF 4 are desirably found to have the following characteristics:
  • Most mid-IR sources are hot, DC-powered glowers made from ceramic or metal alloy materials, which generally operate between 900° and 1500°C and (depending upon the size and temperature of the source) may require no cooling.
  • One suitable source is a miniature tungsten carbide glower, operated at 10 volts and 1.8 amps and generating a surface temperature of between 1100° and 1200°C.
  • the IR light may be collimated to increase light intensity passing through the sample and impinging upon the detector.
  • a suitable front surface mirror design uses a one-inch, 90° off- axis aluminum parabola having an aluminum/MgF 2 surface coating; the IR source is placed at the focal point of the mirror for collimation.
  • the IR source unit will usually be connected to one side of a conduit from the processing chamber.
  • Optical transmission will most advantageously be accomplished using two 4-5 mm thick 25.4 mm BaF 2 windows, mounted on both sides of the flange; the base IR path length through the flange will typically be 3.12 inches.
  • the radiation detector unit will be mounted to the adjacent side of the flange to complete the detection system.
  • the IR light will be focussed, using a front surface mirror, and a mirror matching the source mirror will focus light into the detection housing. Modulation of the IR light is effect- ed using a chopper wheel measuring about 1.5 inch in diameter and spinning at 5 Hz, which wheel contains the two required optical filters (analyte and reference) , as described.
  • Each filter allows transmission during approximately 25% of the chopper rotation cycle, with transmission being blocked during the remain- ing 50% of the cycle to achieve optimal modulation; the arrangement produces and on-off signal twice per rotation, one signal being the reference signal and the other being the analyte signal. The light then passes through a third filter to assure no out-of- band transmission of the IR radiation.
  • a lithium tantalate (LiTa0 3 ) pyroelectric IR detector is employed, which is sensitive to thermal energy and is room temperature-compensated to correct for thermal drift. As the detector temperature changes (due to varying light intensity) , corresponding increases and decreases of polarization occur on the dielectric material, which in turn produce variations in charge flow.
  • the detector functions most effectively at slower modulation frequencies, generally less than 10 Hz, and its window is designed to pass 80% of the IR light between 8 ⁇ m and 14 ⁇ m.
  • the two signal amplitudes are collected by a lock-and-hold amplifier.
  • the analyte signal is divided into the reference signal, and a log 10 value is computed on the quotient to produce the absorbance output signal.
  • An absorbance value of 0.300 abs produces an output of 5 V above the baseline signal; as noted above, absorbance is approximately linearly proportional to the gas concentration.
  • the entry of SiF 4 into the beam attenuates the analyte signal, resulting in the generation of a positive voltage response.
  • two outputs with zero absorbance generating 0.1 and 1 V signals, will be employed.
  • 5 V will be equivalent to 0.300 abs (about 380 mtorr SiF) ; the other signal will have a value ten times as great, i.e., 5 V will be equivalent to 0.030 abs (about 38 mtorr SiF 4 ) .
  • the second signal will be driven to a 10 volt maximum when a high level of SiF 4 is present, and that once the concentration decreases below about 68 mtorr a signal having a different value will be observed.
  • Other signals such as an integrator, may be added for summation of total SiF 4 removed, if so desired.
  • a single optical filter can advantageously be used to collect the intensity value for a reference signal at a time when the indicator species is known to be absent from the beam path.
  • the reference signal may be obtained from a spectral beam that contains wavelengths which are mostly not absorbed by components of the analyte gas thereby rendering insignificant the intensity contribution to the signal that is made by the highly absorbed "first" wavelength.
  • etching of silicon and to the removal of silicon deposits, are intended to encompass compounds of silicon as well, provided of course that an indicator species is produced by reaction of the silicon with the etchant or cleaning agent (especially a fluorine-containing plasma or plasma product) .
  • the present invention provides an apparatus and method for quickly, effectively, and accurately determining the end point, and other parameters and/or faults, of a process carried out at a reaction site and, in particular, the end point of etching of semiconductor wafers and devices comprised of silicon, and the cleaning of chambers used for processing of such wafers and articles.
  • the end point or other parameter or fault is determined by analysis of the gaseous effluent from the processing chamber, i.e. , by optical analysis of the gas for the virtual absence, or significant change in concentration, of a silicon reaction product indicator species.

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Abstract

Le gaz soutiré d'une chambre de traitement de tranches au silicium, pendant la gravure d'une tranche ou le nettoyage de la chambre avec un plasma contenant un radical sans fluor, est analysé optiquement. L'appareil est constitué d'une source (10) de rayonnement infrarouge qui est montée dans un support (12) auquel est attaché un puits thermique (14). Le support (12) est monté sur un carter (16) de miroir source qui contient un miroir (18) collimateur supporté par un support (20) de miroir source. L'unité de capteur à filtre comprend une plaque (22) de fixation de l'ensemble instrument de point d'achèvement qui est montée sur un carter (24) de miroir de détection et qui contient à son tour un miroir (26) de focalisation du détecteur supporté par un support (28) de miroir de détection.
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