KR20160127294A - Substrate processing apparatus - 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, and more particularly, to a substrate processing apparatus that performs substrate processing such as etching and deposition on a substrate.
The substrate processing apparatus refers to an apparatus that performs substrate processing such as etching, vapor deposition, and the like on a substrate.
The substrate processing apparatus may be configured in various ways according to the substrate processing process. For example, the substrate processing apparatus may include a process chamber for forming an enclosed process space, a shower disposed above the process chamber for supplying a gas for processing the substrate into the process space, A head portion, and a substrate supporting portion provided in the process chamber and supporting the substrate to be processed.
The substrate processing apparatus having the above-described structure performs the substrate processing process by forming a plasma in the processing space by the electromagnetic field together with the supply of the gas.
The substrate processing apparatus is subjected to a cleaning process for removing particles after a predetermined number of substrate processing steps.
Here, the cleaning process can be performed by various methods. For example, a cleaning process for the inside of the showerhead and the process chamber can be performed by supplying the cleaning gas to the showerhead in a dissociated state using a remote plasma have.
However, when the cleaning gas is supplied to the shower head in a state in which the cleaning gas is dissipated by using the remote plasma as described above, cleaning of the inside of the showerhead can not be performed smoothly according to the supply structure.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a substrate processing apparatus capable of maximizing process efficiency by minimizing a rectangular area of gas supply during gas supply so as to uniformly supply gas.
The present invention has been made in order to achieve the above-mentioned object of the present invention. A chamber body having a closed processing space provided on an opening of the chamber body and having an open side; A substrate support disposed in the chamber body and supporting the substrate; A top plate installed in the opening of the chamber body to form a closed processing space; A diffusion plate disposed under the top plate to diffuse the process gas; An injection plate installed below the diffusion plate to inject process gas diffused by the diffusion plate into the process space; And a gas flow path forming unit installed between the top plate and the diffusion plate for introducing a gas supplied from a central portion of the top plate to an edge of the diffusion plate and injecting gas between the diffusion plate and the injection plate A substrate processing apparatus, and a substrate processing apparatus.
The gas flow path forming part includes a central flow path forming part coupled to a bottom surface of the top plate and supplied with a gas at a central portion of the top plate and a central flow path forming part coupled to a bottom surface of the top plate, And a second communication hole formed in the diffusion plate so as to inject gas into the gap between the diffusion plate and the injection plate, And a plurality of first gas connector tubes connected to the first gas connector tubes.
Wherein the central flow path forming portion is connected to a through hole formed through the top plate and is coupled to a bottom surface of the top plate and configured to transfer the gas supplied through the through holes to each of the plurality of branch flow path forming portions, And a plurality of flow path connection parts formed corresponding to the flow path forming parts, wherein the branch flow path forming part is coupled to each of the plurality of flow path connection parts and is coupled to the bottom surface of the top plate, And may include a flow path forming member having a U-shaped cross section.
The central passage forming part is coupled to the bottom surface of the top plate to cover the central passage forming recess formed concavely in the bottom surface of the top plate corresponding to the through hole formed through the top plate, And the central flow passage forming groove has a plurality of flow passage connecting portions corresponding to each of the plurality of branch passage forming portions, A plurality of branch ducts formed on the bottom surface of the top plate and each having a vertical U-shaped cross section in the longitudinal direction, Member.
The plurality of first gas connection pipes may be provided so that the moving distance of gas from the through holes to each of the first communication holes is the same.
The plurality of branch flow path forming parts are coupled to at least two or more sub branch flow path forming parts so as to be branched into two or more sub branch flow paths at the end, .
Wherein the diffusion plate has a plurality of second communication holes corresponding to the central flow path forming portion and the gas flow path forming portion injects gas through the second communication hole formed in the diffusion plate between the diffusion plate and the injection plate And a plurality of second gas connection pipes connecting the central passage forming part and the second communication hole.
The top plate may have a rectangular planar shape, and the plurality of branch flow channel forming parts may be provided in eight corresponding to the vertexes and the center of the sides along the edge of the rectangular shape.
A substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention is a substrate processing apparatus comprising a shower head in which a top plate, a diffusion plate and a diffusion plate are sequentially arranged, a gas flow path for introducing gas from the shower plate to the edge of the diffusion plate, By further including the forming portion, the gas can be smoothly injected to the edge of the ejection plate, particularly, the ejection plate, so that even gas can be injected to effectively perform the substrate processing.
Particularly, the substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention is a substrate processing apparatus that includes a top plate, a diffusion plate, and a diffusion plate, a gas for guiding gas from the shower head sequentially disposed to the edge of the diffusion plate between the top plate and the diffusion plate, By further including the flow path forming portion, the gas can be guided to the edge of the diffusion plate, uniform gas supply up to the edge portion which is vulnerable to uniformity is possible, and substrate processing can be uniformly performed.
Further, the substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention is advantageous in that the cleaning gas dissociated by the remote plasma is sprayed smoothly to the edge of the spray plate in the dissociated state, thereby effectively cleaning the diffuser plate and cleaning the chamber body have.
In the substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention, the cleansing gas dissociated by the remote plasma is sprayed smoothly to the edge of the spray plate in a dissociated state to effectively perform cleaning up to the edge of the diffusion plate, The entire process time can be shortened and the process efficiency can be maximized.
1 is a cross-sectional view showing a substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a bottom view showing a bottom surface of the top plate in the substrate processing apparatus of Fig. 1; Fig.
3 is a cross-sectional view showing a substrate processing apparatus having a cleaning gas flow path forming portion modified as a substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a bottom view showing the bottom surface of the top plate in the substrate processing apparatus of Fig. 3; Fig.
Hereinafter, a substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 is a sectional view taken along a line I-I in FIG. 2, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along a line IV-IV in FIG.
1 to 4, a substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a
The
Also, the
Meanwhile, the
As an example of the power applying method, a configuration except for the substrate supporting part 130 described later, that is, the
The substrate support 130 may be provided in the
For example, the substrate support 130 may be fixedly installed in the
The substrate support 130 may have various structures such as an electrostatic chuck (not shown) for fixing the
The substrate support 130 may be provided with a plurality of lift pins for moving up and down the
The
1 and 2, when the
The
The through-
The
For example, the
1 or 3, the
The second
The
For example, the
The gas flow
The gas flow
In this case, when the gas is a cleaning gas, the
The central flow
Specifically, the central
1 and 2, the central flow
The central flow
The center flow
The central
The central flow
3 and 4, the central
At this time, a
As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 3, the upper surface of the central
In particular, the
The inner circumferential surface of the through
As described above, when the projecting
1 or 3, the maximum width D2 of the bottom of the
The plurality of branch
More specifically, the plurality of branch
More specifically, for example, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the plurality of diverging flow
Further, the plurality of branch flow
3 and 4, the plurality of branch
The branching
3 and 4, the bottom cover of the
At this time, a stepped
The plurality of first
For example, the first
At this time, a
The plurality of first
The central
The second
The
At this time, the central flow
The
1 or 3, the gas such as a cleaning gas supplied to the gas flow
As described above, before the cleaning gas is supplied to the gas flow
Here, as the cleaning gas, a cleaning gas such as NF 3 may be used.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It is to be understood that both the technical idea and the technical spirit of the invention are included in the scope of the present invention.
110: chamber body 120: top plate
210: diffusion plate 220: injection plate
300: cleaning gas flow path forming part
310: central flow path forming portion 320: branch flow path forming portion
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A substrate support disposed in the chamber body and supporting the substrate;
A top plate installed in the opening of the chamber body to form a closed processing space;
A diffusion plate disposed under the top plate to diffuse the process gas;
An injection plate installed below the diffusion plate to inject process gas diffused by the diffusion plate into the process space;
And a gas flow path forming unit installed between the top plate and the diffusion plate for introducing a gas supplied from a central portion of the top plate to an edge of the diffusion plate and injecting gas between the diffusion plate and the injection plate And the substrate processing apparatus.
Wherein the gas flow path forming portion comprises:
A central flow path forming part coupled to a bottom surface of the top plate and supplied with gas at a central part of the top plate,
A plurality of branch flow path forming parts coupled to a bottom surface of the top plate to guide gas from the central flow path forming part to the edge of the diffusion plate,
And a plurality of first gas connection tubes coupled to the branch flow path forming portions at the edge of the diffusion plate to inject gas into the gap between the diffusion plate and the injection plate through a first communication hole formed in the diffusion plate .
Wherein the central flow path forming portion is connected to a through hole formed through the top plate and is coupled to a bottom surface of the top plate and configured to transfer the gas supplied through the through holes to each of the plurality of branch flow path forming portions, And a central flow path forming member corresponding to each of the flow path forming portions and having a plurality of flow path connecting portions,
Wherein the branching flow path forming portion includes flow path forming members coupled to the plurality of flow path connecting portions and coupled to the bottom surface of the top plate and having a vertical U-shaped cross section in the longitudinal direction. .
The central passage forming part is coupled to a bottom surface of the top plate to cover a central passage forming groove corresponding to a through hole formed through the top plate and recessed in the bottom surface of the top plate, And a central flow path forming member for transmitting the plurality of branched flow path forming portions to each of the plurality of branch path forming portions,
Wherein the central flow path forming groove has a plurality of flow path connecting portions corresponding to each of the plurality of branch path forming portions,
The branching flow path forming portion is connected to each of the plurality of flow path connecting portions and is formed on the bottom surface of the top plate so as to cover a plurality of branching flow path forming grooves formed in a vertical U- Wherein the at least one closure member comprises at least one closure member coupled thereto.
Wherein the plurality of first gas connection pipes are provided so that gas travels from the through holes to the first communication holes at the same distance.
Wherein the plurality of branch flow path forming units are coupled to two or more sub branch flow path forming units so as to branch to two or more sub branch flow paths at the end,
Wherein the first gas connection pipe is coupled to each of the sub branch flow passage forming portions.
Wherein the diffusion plate has a plurality of second communication holes corresponding to the central flow path forming portion,
Wherein the gas flow path forming portion includes a plurality of second gas connection pipes connecting the central flow path forming portion and the second communication hole to inject gas into the gap between the diffusion plate and the injection plate through a second communication hole formed in the diffusion plate, The substrate processing apparatus comprising:
Wherein the top plate is rectangular in plan view and the plurality of branch flow passage forming portions are provided in eight corresponding to the vertex and the center of the side along the edge of the rectangular shape.
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