JP2005011819A - Plasma processing method and plasma processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for controlling pressure of a plasma processing device, and to provide a plasma processing device in which pressure can be controlled. <P>SOLUTION: The plasma processing method comprises controlling the degrees of openings of an upper pressure control valve 134 and a lower pressure control valve 146 disposed between an upper exhaust chamber UC and an upper vacuum exhaust system 136, and between a lower vacuum exhaust chamber DC and a lower vacuum exhaust system 148, respectively, to generate a predetermined displacement difference between the upper exhaust chamber UC and the lower exhaust chamber DC. The displacement difference allows gas flow (plasma flow) inside the processing chamber PC to be appropriately controlled so that uniform plasma can be introduced to a workpiece W to be processed. During the process, an upper pressure detector 138 and a lower pressure detector 140, disposed inside the exhaust chambers, respectively monitor the pressure in the respective exhaust chambers. If a pressure difference other than the requirement initially set is measured, the upper pressure control valve 134 and the lower pressure control valve 146 are appropriately controlled with maintaining the degrees of the openings constant. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a plasma processing method and a plasma processing apparatus, and more particularly to pressure control.

  Conventionally, when plasma processing such as etching processing is performed on an object to be processed such as a semiconductor wafer or an LCD substrate, as shown in FIG. 4, in a processing chamber 12 provided in an airtight processing container 10, The upper electrode 14 and the lower electrode 16 are arranged to face each other, and a predetermined high frequency power is applied to at least one of the upper electrode 14 and the lower electrode 16 from the high frequency power source 18 through the matching unit 20 to convert the processing gas into plasma. Plasma processing methods have been proposed.

  In such a plasma processing method, a plurality of processing gas supply holes 22 are provided on the lower surface of the upper electrode 14 (that is, the surface facing the object to be processed), and processing is uniformly supplied from the gas supply holes 22 into the processing chamber 12. The gas is converted into plasma by high frequency power to treat the workpiece W, and the exhaust gas is disposed below the processing chamber 12 through the exhaust hole 24a of the baffle plate 24 provided around the lower electrode 16. The evacuation is performed by one evacuation system 26 that communicates.

  In recent years, the size and thickness of objects to be processed have been increased, and further ultra-fine processing has been demanded. Plasma generated in the processing chamber is more uniformly and more efficiently applied to the surface to be processed. In addition to the supply, the exhaust gas after treatment needs to be exhausted more uniformly and efficiently to the outside of the treatment chamber. Therefore, by adjusting the flow rate of the processing gas supplied into the processing chamber, expanding and reducing the diameter of the gas supply hole and the gas supply area, expanding and reducing the number of exhaust holes, or adjusting the exhaust amount of exhaust gas, etc. The process gas, plasma, and exhaust gas flows in the process are individually adjusted to optimize the process.

  In addition, an exhaust chamber is provided at each of the upper and lower portions of the processing chamber, and a vacuum exhaust system is connected, and by adjusting each vacuum exhaust system, a pressure difference is generated between the upper exhaust chamber and the lower exhaust chamber, Attempts have also been made to maintain or adjust the flow of gas such as plasma in the processing chamber in an optimum state.

  However, the optimum design of the processing equipment for each process should be performed, and the gas supply hole diameter and gas supply area should be expanded or reduced, or the number of exhaust holes should be adjusted to optimally adjust the gas flow in the process chamber. Is very cumbersome and causes the initial cost to be raised, and is practically difficult to adopt.

  In addition, when exhaust chambers are provided above and below the processing chamber and the flow of gas such as plasma in the processing chamber is adjusted by the pressure difference between them, the control process such as flow rate adjusting means and evacuation means is complicated. Therefore, it was very difficult to accurately adjust to a desired state.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the conventional plasma processing method, and the control process is facilitated by adjusting the exhaust gas exhaust amount only with the pressure regulating valve. And a new and improved plasma processing method capable of conducting the desired plasma processing by guiding the plasma uniformly and efficiently to the object to be processed by generating an optimal gas flow in the processing chamber, and An object of the present invention is to provide a plasma processing apparatus.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, a high-frequency power is applied to at least one of an upper electrode and a lower electrode that are arranged opposite to each other in a processing chamber to plasmaize a processing gas, and an object to be processed placed on the lower electrode A plasma processing method for performing processing, wherein an upper exhaust chamber having at least one upper vacuum exhaust system is provided at an upper portion of the processing chamber, and communicated with the processing chamber at a lower portion of the processing chamber. In addition, a lower exhaust chamber having at least one lower vacuum exhaust system is provided, and an exhaust amount of at least one upper vacuum exhaust system for exhausting the process chamber through an upper exhaust chamber disposed above the process chamber; The difference between the exhaust amount of at least one lower vacuum exhaust system exhausting the process chamber through the lower exhaust chamber disposed in the lower portion of the process chamber is maintained within a predetermined range.

  In the invention according to claim 2, the upper pressure adjusting valve and the lower pressure adjusting valve are interposed in the upper vacuum exhaust system and the lower vacuum exhaust system, respectively, and the opening degree of the upper pressure adjusting valve and the lower pressure adjusting valve is adjusted. By doing so, the difference between the exhaust amounts of the upper and lower vacuum exhaust systems is maintained within a predetermined range. According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the object to be processed is placed on the lower electrode by applying a high frequency power to at least one of the upper electrode and the lower electrode opposed to each other in the processing chamber to plasmaize the processing gas. Is a plasma processing apparatus that performs processing on an upper exhaust chamber disposed above the processing chamber, an upper vacuum exhaust system that exhausts the processing chamber through the upper exhaust chamber, and a lower processing chamber The difference between the lower exhaust chamber, the lower vacuum exhaust system that exhausts the processing chamber through the lower exhaust chamber, the exhaust amount of the upper vacuum exhaust system, and the exhaust amount of the lower vacuum exhaust system is maintained within a predetermined range. And a controller for performing the operation. According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an upper baffle plate having a plurality of upper exhaust holes communicating with the processing chamber and the upper exhaust chamber, and a plurality of lower exhausts communicating with the processing chamber and the lower exhaust chamber. And a lower baffle plate having holes formed therein.

  According to this configuration, by adjusting the opening degree of the upper pressure adjusting valve and the lower pressure adjusting valve provided between the upper exhaust chamber and the upper vacuum exhaust system and between the lower exhaust chamber and the lower vacuum exhaust system, respectively, A predetermined pressure difference is generated between the exhaust chamber and the lower exhaust chamber, and plasma can be introduced into the object to be processed in a desired state in the processing chamber by the pressure difference. Accordingly, the plasma processing apparatus itself, for example, without changing the diameter of the gas supply hole, the gas supply area, and the diameter of the exhaust hole, the plasma flow in the processing chamber can be quickly and optimally controlled with an easy control process. Can be. Therefore, a uniform plasma process can be performed on the object to be processed at a high selectivity and a high etching rate.

  Further, the invention according to claim 3 or claim 9 is characterized in that the opening degree difference between the upper pressure regulating valve and the lower pressure regulating valve is kept constant. Therefore, even if there is a change in the predetermined pressure difference set in advance, the opening pressure difference between the upper pressure adjustment valve and / or the lower pressure adjustment valve is not accompanied by the operation of the flow rate controller of the processing gas or the vacuuming means. It is possible to promptly correct the pressure difference by simply adjusting the pressure.

  Furthermore, the invention according to claim 4 or claim 10 includes a pressure detector for detecting pressure in at least one of the processing chamber, the upper exhaust chamber, and the lower exhaust chamber, and the pressure detector detects the pressure. It is characterized in that the difference in the exhaust amount between the upper part and the vacuum exhaust system is maintained within a predetermined range according to the pressure. Therefore, even if the pressure in the processing chamber deviates from a preset value during plasma processing, the pressure in the processing chamber can be set to a predetermined value by a simple control system by adjusting the difference in the exhaust amount to a predetermined value. The value can be quickly controlled.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the opening degree of at least one of the upper pressure adjusting valve and the lower pressure adjusting valve provided in the upper exhaust chamber and the upper vacuum exhaust system, and the lower exhaust chamber and the lower vacuum exhaust system, respectively, is set. By adjusting, a predetermined pressure difference is generated between the upper exhaust chamber and the lower exhaust chamber, and an optimal gas flow can be formed in the processing chamber by this pressure difference. In addition, if the pressure in at least one of the processing chamber, the upper exhaust chamber, and the lower exhaust chamber is detected, and the opening degree of the upper pressure adjustment valve and the lower pressure adjustment valve is adjusted so that the pressure becomes an optimum value. Since an optimum gas flow can be formed in the processing chamber, a quick control system with less disturbance and responsiveness can be provided. Therefore, a uniform plasma process can be performed on the object to be processed at a high selectivity and a high etching rate.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment in which a plasma processing method according to the present invention is applied to a parallel plate type plasma etching apparatus will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, components having substantially the same functions and configurations are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  The plasma etching apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 is provided with an upper exhaust chamber UC in the upper part and a lower exhaust chamber DC in the lower part, with the processing chamber PC as the center. The processing container PCa forming the processing chamber PC is formed by integrally molding a conductive material such as aluminum into a substantially cylindrical shape, and an inner wall surface thereof is subjected to an alumite treatment.

The ceiling portion 102 of the processing chamber PC forms an upper electrode and a supply portion of a processing gas, and a large number of gas supply holes 104 are formed on a substantially central surface (an opposite surface of the workpiece W). It has been drilled. The gas supply hole 104 is formed of a gas supply pipe 10 that penetrates substantially the center of the upper exhaust chamber UC.
6, a predetermined processing gas whose flow rate is adjusted by the mass flow controller MFC 110 from the gas supply source 108 can be uniformly blown into the processing chamber PC. As the processing gas, various gases can be used according to the object to be processed W. For example, when etching a silicon oxide film (SiO2), a CF-based gas, for example, an etching gas such as CF4 or CHF3 is used. Can be used.

  Further, an upper baffle plate 112 having a large number of upper exhaust holes 112a communicating with the processing chamber PC and the upper exhaust chamber UC is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the ceiling 102. The upper baffle plate 112 prevents the plasma from flowing into the upper exhaust chamber UC and adjusts the flow of exhaust gas and the like.

  In addition, a susceptor 114 serving as a lower electrode is provided at the center of the bottom of the processing chamber PC, and an object to be processed W such as a semiconductor wafer or an LCD substrate can be placed on the susceptor 114. It is configured as follows. The susceptor 114 is supported by an elevating shaft 118 that passes through a central portion of a lower exhaust chamber DC, which will be described later, via an insulating plate 116 made of an insulating material such as ceramic. The elevating shaft 118 is an external motor (not shown). This makes it possible to move up and down.

  Accordingly, when the workpiece W is loaded into or unloaded from the processing chamber PC, the susceptor 114 is lowered to the position of the gate valve 120 provided on the side wall of the lower exhaust chamber DC. Ascends to a processing position that is substantially flush with the upper surface of the substrate.

  In order to secure the airtightness of the processing chamber PC and the lower exhaust chamber DC, an airtight member that can be expanded and contracted between the susceptor 114 and the bottom of the lower exhaust chamber DC so as to surround the outside of the lifting shaft 118, for example, A bellows 124 is provided.

  In addition, a feeding path communicating with the susceptor 114 is provided inside the lifting shaft 118, and at the time of processing, a high-frequency power, for example, a high-frequency power of 13.56 MHz is supplied from the high-frequency power source 126 through the matching unit 128 and the power feeding rod 130. Is applied to the susceptor 114, the processing gas introduced into the processing chamber PC is turned into plasma, and the target object W can be subjected to a predetermined plasma processing.

  The susceptor 114 is made of alumite-treated aluminum and has a temperature control means (not shown), for example, a heating means such as a ceramic heater, or an external coolant source (not shown) for circulating the coolant. The refrigerant circulation path (not shown) is provided so that the workpiece W placed on the susceptor 114 can be maintained at a predetermined temperature. Further, such a temperature is automatically controlled by a temperature sensor and a temperature adjusting mechanism (not shown). Further, the mounting surface on the susceptor 114 is provided with an electrostatic chuck or a mechanical clamp (not shown) for fixing the workpiece W.

  Further, around the susceptor 114, there is provided a lower baffle plate 122 having a number of lower exhaust holes 122a communicating with the processing chamber PC and the lower exhaust chamber DC. Similar to the upper exhaust holes 112 and 112a, the lower exhaust holes 122a and the lower baffle plate 122 prevent the plasma from flowing into the lower exhaust chamber DC and adjust the flow of exhaust gas and the like.

  Next, the structure of the upper exhaust chamber UC will be described. The upper exhaust chamber UC has a substantially cylindrical shape like the processing chamber PC, and is made of a conductive material, for example, aluminum. Is given.

  And the upper pressure regulating valve 134 for implementing the control method concerning this Embodiment is connected to the upper exhaust chamber UC. Further, an upper vacuum exhaust system 136 composed of, for example, a turbo molecular pump or the like is connected to the upper pressure regulating valve 134, and the inside of the processing chamber PC can be exhausted through the upper exhaust hole 112a. As will be described later, the adjustment of the drive timing and the opening amount of the upper pressure adjusting valve 134 is performed by the upper pressure detector 138 provided in the upper exhaust chamber UC and the lower pressure provided in the lower exhaust chamber DC. The controller 142 that receives the signal from the detector 140 is controlled.

  On the other hand, the lower exhaust chamber DC is made of a conductive material, such as aluminum, like the upper exhaust chamber UC, and the inner wall surface thereof is anodized. Further, the upper shape of the lower exhaust chamber DC is substantially cylindrical like the processing chamber PC.

  A lower pressure regulating valve 146 for performing the control method according to the present embodiment is connected to the lower exhaust chamber DC. Further, the lower pressure adjusting valve 146 is connected to a lower vacuum exhaust system 148 made of, for example, a turbo molecular pump, and the inside of the processing chamber PC can be exhausted through the lower exhaust hole 122a. As will be described later, the adjustment of the driving timing and the opening amount of the lower pressure regulating valve 146 is performed by the lower pressure detector 140 provided in the lower exhaust chamber DC and the upper pressure provided in the upper exhaust chamber UC. The controller 142 that receives the signal from the detector 138 is controlled.

  Here, FIG. 2 shows a method for adjusting the opening degree of the upper pressure adjusting valve 134 and the lower pressure adjusting valve 146 according to the present embodiment, that is, a method for adjusting the pressure difference between the upper exhaust chamber UC and the lower exhaust chamber DC. This will be described with reference to the flowchart (steps S200 to S280).

  First, the workpiece W is placed on the susceptor 114 in the processing chamber PC (step S200). Next, an optimum exhaust amount difference between the upper exhaust chamber UC and the lower exhaust chamber DC for forming a desired gas flow in the processing chamber PC determined by simulation or an experiment using a dummy wafer is generated. The opening degree and pressure of the upper pressure regulating valve 134 and the lower pressure regulating valve 146 are set in the controller 142 (step S210).

  When the upper pressure adjustment valve 134 and the lower pressure adjustment valve 146 are adjusted to a predetermined opening amount by an electrical signal from the controller 142, the upper vacuum exhaust system 136 and the lower vacuum exhaust system 148 that are operating in advance are controlled. By evacuation, the inside of the processing chamber PC, the upper exhaust chamber UC, and the lower exhaust chamber DC are reduced to a predetermined pressure set in advance, and then the processing is started (step S220).

  Incidentally, as described above, the upper pressure detector 138 and the lower pressure detector 140 are provided in the upper exhaust chamber UC and the lower exhaust chamber DC, respectively, and the pressures in the exhaust chambers are measured. A signal is transmitted to the controller 142. Therefore, the controller 142 constantly monitors so that pressures that generate an optimal gas flow in the processing chamber are achieved in the upper exhaust chamber UC and the lower exhaust chamber DC, respectively. Since the final control target of the control method according to the present embodiment is the pressure in the processing chamber, a pressure detector is provided directly in the processing chamber PC, and the upper exhaust system and the lower chamber are set so that this pressure becomes a predetermined value. The exhaust system may be controlled. In addition, as in the control method according to the present embodiment, pressure detectors are provided in the upper exhaust chamber UC and the lower exhaust chamber DC where the installation conditions of the pressure detector are not relatively strict, and each pressure is determined in advance by the optimum. You may control so that it may become a value. In particular, according to the present embodiment, the control is performed so that the difference in the exhaust amount between the upper exhaust system and the lower exhaust system is constant, so that the optimum value of the pressure in the processing chamber PC and the upper exhaust chamber UC in advance are controlled. The control may be performed so that the difference between the pressure in the lower exhaust chamber DC and the pressure in the lower exhaust chamber DC is related, and the pressure difference becomes an optimum value.

  For example, when it is determined that the pressure in the processing chamber PC has increased from the change in the difference between the pressure in the upper exhaust chamber UC and the pressure in the lower exhaust chamber DC (step S230), the controller 142 is set. The opening amount of the upper pressure regulating valve 134 and the lower pressure regulating valve 146 is increased while keeping the difference in opening between the upper pressure regulating valve 134 and the lower pressure regulating valve 146, that is, the difference in the exhaust amount constant. The pressure can be quickly reduced to a predetermined pressure by a simple control system with little disturbance (step S240).

Similarly, when it is determined that the pressure in the processing chamber PC has decreased from the change in the difference between the pressure in the upper exhaust chamber UC and the pressure in the lower exhaust chamber DC (step S250), the controller 142 While maintaining the opening degree difference between the upper pressure regulating valve 134 and the lower pressure regulating valve 146, that is, the pressure difference, the opening amount of the upper pressure regulating valve 134 and the lower pressure regulating valve 146 is decreased, and the speed is quickly increased. The pressure can be increased to a predetermined pressure (step S260).

  Of course, if it is determined that the difference between the pressure in the upper exhaust chamber UC and the pressure in the lower exhaust chamber DC is within a predetermined value, and therefore the pressure in the processing chamber PC is also within the set value, the process is performed as it is. Is continued (step S270). In this way, a desired gas flow is formed in the processing chamber PC, and thus a uniform plasma is generated. After the predetermined processing is performed on the workpiece W by the plasma flow, the processing ends. (Step S280).

  Here, an example of the control of the gas flow in the processing chamber PC, and thus the control of the plasma flow, according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. For example, when the upper pressure regulating valve 134 is set to a predetermined opening amount and the opening amount of the lower pressure regulating valve 146 is increased more than the opening amount of the upper pressure regulating valve 134, or the lower pressure regulating valve 146 is opened to a predetermined amount. A case where the amount of opening of the upper pressure regulating valve 134 is set smaller than that of the lower pressure regulating valve 146 will be described. In this case, as shown in FIG. 3A, the plasma flow in the processing chamber PC has a rate of flowing in the lower exhaust chamber DC direction larger than a rate of flowing in the upper exhaust chamber UC direction.

  Further, with the upper pressure regulating valve 134 set to a predetermined opening amount, the opening amount of the lower pressure regulating valve 146 is decreased from the opening amount of the upper pressure regulating valve 134, or the lower pressure regulating valve 146 is opened to a predetermined amount. The opening amount of the upper pressure regulating valve 134 is increased more than that of the lower pressure regulating valve 146 with the amount set. As a result, the ratio of the gas flow (plasma flow) flowing in the direction of the upper exhaust chamber UC increases as shown in FIG.

  Therefore, in the plasma etching apparatus according to the present embodiment, since the uniform plasma treatment is performed on the workpiece W, the optimum of the upper pressure adjustment valve 134 and the lower pressure adjustment valve 146 is experimentally or by simulation in advance. By simply obtaining the opening amount and setting the value in the controller 142, the gas flow in the processing chamber can be optimally controlled by a simple control system with little disturbance.

  As mentioned above, although preferred embodiment of this invention was described referring an accompanying drawing, this invention is not limited to this example. It is obvious for a person skilled in the art that various changes or modifications can be envisaged within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims, and these are naturally within the technical scope of the present invention. It is understood that it belongs.

  In the above embodiment, a configuration in which one evacuation system is connected to each of the upper evacuation chamber and the lower evacuation chamber is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration, and one evacuation system is connected to the upper evacuation system. It may be configured to connect to the chamber and the lower exhaust chamber, or may be configured to connect a plurality of vacuum exhaust systems to the upper exhaust chamber and the lower exhaust chamber.

  In the above embodiment, the configuration in which the pressure detector is provided in each of the upper exhaust chamber and the lower exhaust chamber has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration, and further, the pressure detector is provided in the processing chamber. Alternatively, a pressure detector may be provided in any one of the upper exhaust chamber, the processing chamber, and the lower exhaust chamber. And it is good also as a structure which provided the pressure detector in any two places in an upper exhaust chamber, a process chamber, and a lower exhaust chamber. In short, according to the present invention, since the gas flow in the processing chamber is optimized, if the correlation between the gas flow in the processing chamber and the detected value of the pressure detector can be established, the pressure detector is connected to the processing device. It does not matter where it is installed.

  In the above embodiment, the plasma etching apparatus has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration, and various processes for processing an object to be processed with plasma, such as ashing, sputtering, The present invention can also be applied to an apparatus that performs a CVD process or the like. The object to be processed is not limited to a semiconductor wafer, and can naturally be applied to processing of a glass substrate for LCD.

1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of a plasma etching apparatus to which the present invention can be applied. It is a flowchart showing the pressure control method in the plasma etching apparatus shown in FIG. It is a schematic sectional drawing for demonstrating adjustment of the plasma flow in the plasma etching apparatus shown in FIG. It is the schematic sectional drawing which showed the conventional plasma processing apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

102 Ceiling (upper electrode)
104 Gas supply hole 112 Upper baffle plate 114 Susceptor 122 Lower baffle plate 134 Upper pressure adjustment valve 136 Upper vacuum exhaust system 138 Upper pressure detector 140 Lower pressure detector 142 Controller 146 Lower pressure adjustment valve 148 Lower vacuum exhaust system UC Upper exhaust Chamber PC Processing chamber DC Lower exhaust chamber S Step W Object to be processed

Claims (10)

A plasma processing method in which high-frequency power is applied to at least one of an upper electrode and a lower electrode opposed to each other in a processing chamber to convert a processing gas into a plasma, and a target object mounted on the lower electrode is processed. There,
An upper exhaust chamber communicating with the process chamber and having at least one upper vacuum exhaust system is provided at an upper portion of the process chamber,
A lower exhaust chamber communicating with the process chamber and having at least one lower vacuum exhaust system is provided at a lower portion of the process chamber,
An exhaust amount of an upper vacuum exhaust system that exhausts the processing chamber through an upper exhaust chamber disposed at the upper portion of the processing chamber, and an exhaust of the processing chamber through a lower exhaust chamber disposed at the lower portion of the processing chamber. The plasma processing method is characterized in that the difference from the displacement of the lower vacuum exhaust system is maintained within a predetermined range. The upper vacuum exhaust system and the lower vacuum exhaust system are respectively provided with an upper pressure regulating valve and a lower pressure regulating valve, and by adjusting the opening degree of the upper pressure regulating valve and the lower pressure regulating valve, 2. The plasma processing method according to claim 1, wherein a difference in exhaust amount between the upper vacuum exhaust system and the lower vacuum exhaust system is maintained within a predetermined range. The plasma processing method according to claim 2, wherein a difference in opening between the upper pressure regulating valve and the lower pressure regulating valve is maintained constant. A pressure detector for detecting pressure is provided in at least one of the processing chamber, the upper exhaust chamber, and the lower exhaust chamber, and the upper vacuum exhaust system and the lower exhaust chamber are arranged in accordance with the pressure detected by the pressure detector. 4. The plasma processing method according to claim 1, wherein a difference in exhaust amount of the vacuum exhaust system is maintained within a predetermined range. An upper baffle plate having one or more exhaust holes communicating the process chamber and the upper exhaust chamber is further provided at an upper portion of the process chamber,
5. A lower baffle plate having one or more exhaust holes communicating the process chamber and the lower exhaust chamber is provided at a lower portion of the process chamber. The plasma processing method according to any one of the above. A plasma processing apparatus that applies high-frequency power to at least one of an upper electrode and a lower electrode that are arranged to face each other in a processing chamber to convert a processing gas into plasma, and performs processing on an object to be processed placed on the lower electrode There,
An upper exhaust chamber disposed at an upper portion of the processing chamber;
An upper vacuum exhaust system that exhausts the processing chamber through the upper exhaust chamber;
A lower exhaust chamber disposed at a lower portion of the processing chamber;
A lower vacuum exhaust system that exhausts the processing chamber through the lower exhaust chamber;
A plasma processing apparatus comprising: a controller for maintaining a difference between an exhaust amount of the upper vacuum exhaust system and an exhaust amount of the lower vacuum exhaust system within a predetermined range. The plasma processing apparatus comprises: an upper baffle plate having one or more upper exhaust holes that communicate between the processing chamber and the upper exhaust chamber;
The plasma processing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a lower baffle plate in which one or more lower exhaust holes communicating the processing chamber and the lower exhaust chamber are formed. The upper vacuum exhaust system and the lower vacuum exhaust system are respectively provided with an upper pressure regulating valve and a lower pressure regulating valve, and by adjusting the opening degree of the upper pressure regulating valve and the lower pressure regulating valve, 8. The plasma processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein a difference in exhaust amount between the upper vacuum exhaust system and the lower vacuum exhaust system is maintained within a predetermined range. The plasma processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the controller maintains a constant opening difference between the upper pressure regulating valve and the lower pressure regulating valve. A pressure detector for detecting pressure in at least one of the processing chamber, the upper exhaust chamber, and the lower exhaust chamber;
7. The controller according to claim 6, wherein the controller maintains a difference in exhaust amount between the upper vacuum exhaust system and the lower vacuum exhaust system within a predetermined range in accordance with the pressure detected by the pressure detector. , 7, 8, or 9.

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