KR101776401B1 - Atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus with uniform gas flow - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus which forms a uniform reaction gas flow, and includes a gas introduction part, a reaction chamber, and an exhaust part formed in a vacuum chamber, wherein the gas moving from the gas introduction part to the exhaust part through the reaction chamber A baffle type exhaust dispersing unit having a plurality of guide holes for uniformly dispersing and exhausting the gas is provided between the reaction chamber and the exhaust part, .
It is an object of the present invention to provide an atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus capable of inducing a uniform gas flow on a substrate to improve the uniformity of the atomic layer thin film and to minimize the space of the reaction chamber, The present invention provides a new atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus capable of shortening the injection time of the gas and shortening the process time.
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The present invention relates to an atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus, and more particularly, to an atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus for forming a uniform reaction gas flow in a traveling wave system capable of suppressing the residue of the reaction source gas during exhaust and inducing a uniform flow on the substrate Layer thin film deposition apparatus.
Device technologies such as semiconductors require a higher degree of integration, and deposition of thin films uniformly on a fine line width has become a critical requirement.
Generally, the atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus crosses the gases of the raw material of the reaction material at regular time intervals and flows into the reaction tube periodically, so that the material is grown in such a manner that one atomic layer is successively grown in each reaction step.
Such an atomic layer thin film growth apparatus has a showerhead method in which gas is uniformly sprayed on a substrate and deposited, and a traveling wave method in which the substrate is discharged from one end of the substrate to the other end of the substrate. In the shower head method or the traveling wave method, inducing a uniform flow of gas on the substrate is an essential condition for uniform deposition of the thin film.
1 and 2 are schematic views showing the structure of a conventional traveling wave type atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus. Fig. 1 shows a side view and Fig. 2 shows a plan view.
As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in the conventional traveling wave type atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus in which two or more kinds of source gases are alternately flowed on the substrate, the gas can be uniformly flowed over the substrate for a short pulse time The gas injection portion was designed to induce a uniform flow of gas on the substrate.
However, since it is difficult to design the
That is, the source gas (SOURCE A, SOURCE B) is introduced in the
The atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus for forming a uniform reaction gas flow according to the present invention has the following problems.
First, the present invention provides an atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus capable of inducing a uniform gas flow on a substrate, thereby improving the uniformity of atomic layer thin film.
Second, the present invention provides a novel atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus capable of shortening the injection time of the gas by minimizing the space of the reaction chamber and minimizing the use of the reactive gas and the purge gas, thereby shortening the process time .
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for controlling the same.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for manufacturing a vacuum chamber including a gas introduction part formed in a vacuum chamber, a reaction chamber, and an exhaust part, wherein a traveling wave, which reacts through a gas moving from the gas introduction part to the exhaust part via the reaction chamber, Type atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that baffle type exhaust dispersing means is provided between the reaction chamber and the exhaust portion and has a plurality of guide holes for uniformly dispersing and exhausting the gas.
Preferably, the gas introducing portion is formed with independent inlet so that at least two or more gases are introduced into the reaction chamber of the vacuum chamber from the outside, and the exhaust dispersing means includes a plurality of guide holes Are preferably formed side by side in the longitudinal direction.
The guide hole may be at least one of a circular shape, an elliptical shape, a rectangular shape, and a rhombic shape. The cross-sectional area of the guide hole may be larger in both end directions.
In addition, it is preferable that the guide holes are arranged so as to have a shorter distance from each other, and that the guide holes have the same spacing, and the exhaust dispersing means has at least two It is preferable that at least two of them are disposed apart from each other.
Preferably, the apparatus further comprises a baffle-type introducing / dispersing means provided between the gas introducing portion and the reaction chamber and provided with a plurality of guide holes for uniform dispersion of the gas introduced into the reaction chamber, It is preferable that at least two or more of them are spaced apart from each other between the introduction part and the reaction chamber.
The atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus for forming a uniform reaction gas flow according to the present invention has the following effects.
First, the present invention provides an atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus capable of preventing uniform flow of gas on a substrate while preventing turbulent flow or exhaustion from the exhaust gas at each of the reaction source gases.
Second, the present invention provides a new atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus capable of shortening the injection time of the gas, thereby shortening the process time, by minimizing the space of the reaction chamber and minimizing the use of reactive gas and purge gas do.
Third, the present invention provides an atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus that disperses a flow of a reaction gas concentrated at an exhaust part to suppress turbulence of a reaction gas at an exhaust part and reduce the cause of contamination.
1 is a side view showing a schematic structure of a conventional atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus.
2 is a plan view showing a schematic structure of a conventional atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus.
3 is a side view of an atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus forming a uniform reaction gas flow according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a plan view of an atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus forming a uniform reaction gas flow according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 5 and 6 are diagrams illustrating various examples of the means for dispersing the exhaust gas in the atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus forming the uniform reaction gas flow according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a graph showing the uniformity of the deposited thin film as a result of the conventional thin film deposition using the atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus.
FIG. 8 is a graph showing the uniformity of a deposited thin film as a result of thin film deposition using an atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus forming a uniform reaction gas flow according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Further objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings.
Before describing the present invention in detail, it is to be understood that the present invention is capable of various modifications and various embodiments, and the examples described below and illustrated in the drawings are intended to limit the invention to specific embodiments It is to be understood that the invention includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.
It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like refer to the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.
Further, terms such as " part, "" unit," " module, "and the like described in the specification may mean a unit for processing at least one function or operation.
In the following description of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals regardless of the reference numerals, and redundant explanations thereof will be omitted. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 3 is a side view of an atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus for forming a uniform reaction gas flow according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of an atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus for forming a uniform reaction gas flow according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig.
3, the atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a
That is, an embodiment of the present invention provides a vacuum chamber having an exhaust port on one side thereof, and includes an inlet portion into which two or more kinds of reaction gases from outside the vacuum chamber are introduced, a reaction portion in which a sample is placed, A
As described above, the atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus applied to the embodiment of the present invention is a traveling wave type deposition apparatus in which the atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus is injected from one end of a substrate and exhausted to the other end of the substrate, It is possible to uniformize the spatial distribution of the reactive gas to be injected in order to improve the uniformity of the thin film deposited and to minimize the space of the
3 and 4, the atomic layer deposition apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may be configured such that the first reaction gas is injected into the
In the traveling wave type atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus, uniform gas flow can be induced by a uniform flow of the reaction gas introduced over the substrate over the entire surface of the substrate. In the conventional atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus, As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the reaction
3 and 4, the baffle type introduction and
FIGS. 5 and 6 are diagrams illustrating various examples of the exhaust dispersing means 250 included in the atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus forming a uniform reaction gas flow according to the embodiment of the present invention. 5 and 6 illustrate a structure in which a plurality of
5A, in the case of a structure in which
Since the area of any one of the
5B, the
The exhaust means of the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 (c) is an embodiment in which the
In addition, guide holes 255 having various shapes such as a
6A and 6B illustrate the case where the
The atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus for forming a uniform reaction gas flow according to the embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that the above-described exhaust dispersing means 250 is provided between the
FIG. 7 is an experimental result of a conventional thin film deposition apparatus using an atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus, and FIG. 8 is an experimental result of thin film deposition using an atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus forming a uniform reaction gas flow according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 7, the experimental results of the thin film deposition through the conventional atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus showed that the uniformity of the thin film became uniform toward the reactive
However, as shown in FIG. 8, the experimental results of the thin film deposition using the atomic layer thin film deposition apparatus forming the uniform reaction gas flow according to the embodiment of the present invention show that uniformity of the thin film becomes uniform And the unevenness toward the reaction
The embodiments and the accompanying drawings described in the present specification are merely illustrative of some of the technical ideas included in the present invention. Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed herein are for the purpose of describing rather than limiting the technical spirit of the present invention, and it is apparent that the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
100: gas introduction part 150: introduction dispersion means
200: reaction chamber 250: exhaust dispersion means
253: bar plate 255: guide hole
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A baffle type exhaust dispersing means is provided between the reaction chamber and the exhaust portion, in which a plurality of guide holes are formed for uniformly dispersing and exhausting the gas,
The guide holes are arranged so that their cross-sectional areas are arranged in both end directions, and the spacing is shorter when the guide holes are arranged in both end directions,
Wherein at least two or more of the above-mentioned exhaust dispersing means are disposed between the reaction chamber and the exhaust part so as to be spaced apart from each other.
The gas-
Wherein an independent inlet is formed to introduce at least two gases from the outside into the reaction chamber of the vacuum chamber.
Wherein the exhaust dispersing means comprises:
And a plurality of guide holes spaced apart from each other on the rod-shaped plate are formed in parallel in the longitudinal direction.
Wherein the guide hole is at least one of a circular shape, an elliptical shape, a rectangular shape, and a rhombic shape.
And the guide holes are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, thereby forming a uniform flow.
Further comprising a baffle-type introducing / dispersing means provided between the gas introducing portion and the reaction chamber and having a plurality of guide holes for uniform dispersion of the gas introduced into the reaction chamber between the gas introducing portion and the reaction chamber. Deposition apparatus.
Wherein the introduction /
Wherein at least two or more of the atomic layer deposition chambers are spaced apart from each other between the introduction section and the reaction chamber.
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