KR20160050821A - Test method and apparatus for treating substrate - Google Patents
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a substrate processing apparatus including a shower head, and more particularly, to an inspection method for inspecting a fastening state of a showerhead.
In order to manufacture a semiconductor device, a substrate is subjected to various processes such as photolithography, etching, ashing, ion implantation, thin film deposition, and cleaning to form a desired pattern on the substrate. Among them, the wet etching and the dry etching are used for removing the selected heating region from the film formed on the substrate.
Among them, an etching apparatus using a plasma is used for dry etching. Generally, in order to form a plasma, an electromagnetic field is formed in an inner space of a chamber, and an electromagnetic field excites the process gas provided in the chamber into a plasma state.
Plasma refers to an ionized gas state composed of ions, electrons, radicals, and the like. Plasma is generated by very high temperatures, strong electric fields, or RF electromagnetic fields. The semiconductor device fabrication process employs a plasma to perform an etching process. The process gas is supplied to the process chamber for the etching process. At this time, the process gas is uniformly supplied into the process chamber through the showerhead. However, if an abnormality occurs in the state of the showerhead, the process becomes unstable and the process efficiency becomes low.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a substrate processing apparatus capable of monitoring the state of engagement of a showerhead in real time.
An object of the present invention is to provide a substrate processing apparatus capable of stably supplying a process gas and improving etching efficiency.
The problems to be solved by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned problems, and the problems not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description and the accompanying drawings will be.
The present invention provides a substrate processing apparatus.
A substrate processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a process chamber having an internal space formed therein, a support unit for supporting the substrate, and a gas supply line for supplying the process gas into the process chamber A plasma generating unit having a gas supply unit, a showerhead having a showerhead having holes for injecting the process gas supplied into the process chamber, and a controller for measuring the pressure inside the gas supply line, And an inspection unit for inspecting the fastening state of the connector.
The inspection unit may include a pressure gauge installed on the gas supply line and a monitoring member indicating a measured pressure of the pressure gauge.
The inspection unit may generate an alarm when the measured pressure value exceeds a predetermined set pressure range or hunting occurs.
The inspection unit may include an interlock to interrupt the supply of the process gas when the alarm occurs.
The plasma generating unit may further include an upper electrode coupled to the shower head at an upper portion thereof and opposed to the shower head and having a through hole through which the process gas flows.
The gas supply line may include a central gas supply line for supplying the process gas to a central region of the upper electrode and an edge gas supply line for supplying the process gas to an edge region of the upper electrode.
The pressure gauge may be installed in each of the central gas supply line and the edge gas supply line.
The shower head may further include a fastening member for fastening the shower head to be coupled with the upper electrode.
According to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to provide a substrate processing apparatus capable of monitoring the state of engagement of the showerhead in real time.
According to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to provide a substrate processing apparatus capable of stably supplying process gas and increasing etching efficiency.
The effects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and the effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the present specification and attached drawings.
1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a substrate processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a view of the shower head of FIG. 1 viewed from the bottom.
3 is a view showing a gas supply state when the state of the shower head is normal.
4 is a view showing a gas supply state in the case where the state of engagement of the shower head is abnormal.
The embodiments of the present invention can be modified into various forms and the scope of the present invention should not be interpreted as being limited by the embodiments described below. The present embodiments are provided to enable those skilled in the art to more fully understand the present invention. Accordingly, the shapes of the components and the like in the drawings are exaggerated in order to emphasize a clearer description.
In the embodiment of the present invention, a substrate processing apparatus for cleaning a substrate by using plasma will be described. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, but is applicable to various kinds of apparatuses for heating a substrate placed thereon.
In the embodiment of the present invention, an electrostatic chuck is described as an example of a supporting unit. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the support unit can support the substrate by mechanical clamping or support the substrate by vacuum.
1 is a sectional view showing a
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The plasma generating unit 400 generates a plasma from the process gas staying in the discharge space. The discharge space corresponds to the upper region of the
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Fig. 3 is a view showing a gas supply state when the fastening state of the
Although the etching process is performed using the plasma in the above embodiment, the substrate process is not limited thereto. The substrate process may be applied to various substrate processing processes using plasma, such as a deposition process, an ashing process, and a cleaning process . In this embodiment, the plasma generating unit is provided as a capacitive coupled plasma source. Alternatively, however, the plasma generating unit may be provided with an inductively coupled plasma (ICP). The inductively coupled plasma may include an antenna. Further, the substrate processing apparatus may further include a plasma boundary limiting unit. The plasma boundary limiting unit may be provided in a ring shape, for example, and may be provided so as to surround the discharge space, thereby suppressing the plasma from escaping to the outside.
The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.
100: Process chamber
200: support unit
300: gas supply unit
320: gas supply line
340: Inspection unit
342,344: Pressure gauge
346: absence of monitoring
400: Plasma generating unit
422: Shower head
424: upper electrode
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A support unit positioned within the process chamber and supporting the substrate;
A gas supply unit having a gas supply line for supplying a process gas into the process chamber;
A plasma generation unit having a showerhead having holes for injecting the process gas supplied into the process chamber; And
And an inspection unit which measures the pressure inside the gas supply line and inspects the fastening state of the showerhead based on the measured pressure value.
The inspection unit includes:
A pressure gauge installed on the gas supply line; And
And a monitoring member for indicating the measured pressure of the pressure gauge.
Wherein the inspection unit generates an alarm when the measured pressure value exceeds a predetermined set pressure range or hunting occurs.
Wherein the inspection unit includes an interlock for stopping supply of the process gas when the alarm occurs.
Wherein the plasma generating unit further includes an upper electrode which is coupled to the shower head at an upper portion thereof so as to face the shower head and has a through hole through which the process gas flows.
Wherein the gas supply line includes:
A central gas supply line for supplying the process gas to a central region of the upper electrode; And
And an edge gas supply line for supplying the process gas to an edge region of the upper electrode.
Wherein the pressure gauge is installed in each of the central gas supply line and the edge gas supply line.
Wherein the showerhead further comprises a fastening member for fastening to engage with the upper electrode.
Measuring a pressure in a gas supply line that supplies gas to the showerhead while the showerhead is fastened to the process chamber and inspecting the state of engagement of the showerhead based on the measured pressure value.
And judging that the fastening state of the showerhead is defective when abnormal hunting occurs as a result of the pressure measurement or is less than a set value.
And an alarm is generated when it is determined that the state of engagement of the showerhead is defective.
And generating an interlock to interrupt the supply of the gas when the alarm occurs.
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