WO2002063667A1 - Dispositif et procede de traitement au plasma - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a plasma processing apparatus and a plasma processing method.
- a plasma processing apparatus that performs a predetermined process using a plasma on a semiconductor wafer to be processed (hereinafter simply referred to as a wafer) is used.
- a plasma processing apparatus there are a type using an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) and a type using a capacitively coupled plasma (CCP).
- ICP inductively coupled plasma
- CCP capacitively coupled plasma
- the plasma density of inductively coupled plasma is higher than that of capacitively coupled plasma
- the bias voltage is 10 to 20 V, which is lower than that of 100 to 200 V for capacitively coupled plasma. It is possible to perform the processing with high efficiency and small damage to the wafer.
- FIG. 5A is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a conventional plasma etching apparatus using inductively coupled plasma.
- the plasma etching apparatus 200 includes a susceptor 203 on which a wafer to be processed is placed, and a chamber 201 provided therein, which communicates above the chamber 201.
- a high-frequency power source 206 connected to the antenna 205.
- an induction electromagnetic field is formed in the peruger 202.
- a plasma of the processing gas is generated, and thereby the plasma processing is performed on the wafer W.
- an oblique electric field is formed from the antenna 205 toward the susceptor 203 as shown by an arrow in FIG.
- the etchant is obliquely incident on the wafer surface to break the shape of the fine pattern formed on the wafer surface, and electrons are obliquely incident on the wafer surface to accumulate charge. is there.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-20672 discloses that a Faraday shield is used.
- the Faraday shield 2007 is a cylindrical member made of a conductor provided between the peruger 202 and the antenna 205 of the plasma etching apparatus 200 '.
- the vertical component of the electric field is removed, so that an oblique electric field is prevented from being formed.
- the electric field in the vertical direction is removed as described above, there is a problem that the electric field component effective for plasma ignition becomes small, so that it becomes difficult to ignite the plasma.
- the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances. It is another object of the present invention to provide a plasma processing apparatus and a plasma processing method in which inconvenience due to an oblique electric field hardly occurs immediately after plasma ignition while using inductively coupled plasma. It is another object of the present invention to provide a plasma processing apparatus and a plasma processing method that can reliably ignite plasma even when a Faraday shield is used in an inductively coupled plasma system. Disclosure of the invention
- a first aspect of the present invention is to provide a plasma processing method for a substrate to be processed, comprising: a container for accommodating a substrate to be processed; A processing container, a conductive mounting table provided in the accommodation section, on which the substrate to be processed is mounted, and antenna means provided outside the insulator wall and forming an induced magnetic field in the plasma forming section.
- the present invention provides a plasma processing apparatus characterized in that: According to the first aspect, there is provided a conductive member provided outside the insulator wall so as to face the mounting table, and a second high-frequency power supply for supplying high-frequency power to the mounting table.
- the mounting table and the conductive member Since the electric field formed between the substrate and the substrate can be in a dominant state, the adverse effects caused by the electric field formed obliquely to the substrate to be processed can be suppressed.
- a conductive member provided above the ceiling wall so as to face the mounting table, and a second high-frequency power supply for supplying high-frequency power to the mounting table.
- a bell jar provided with a chamber for accommodating a substrate to be processed and an insulating side wall and a top wall so as to communicate with the chamber,
- a conductive mounting table provided in the chamber and on which the substrate to be processed is mounted
- an antenna unit provided outside a side wall of the bell jar to form an induction electromagnetic field in the bell jar;
- Supply high frequency power A first high-frequency power supply, gas supply means for supplying a plasma generation gas which is dissociated by an induction electromagnetic field formed by the antenna means to be plasma, and a processing gas for performing plasma processing;
- a Faraday shield provided between the antenna means, a conductive member provided above the top wall so as to face the mounting table, and a second high-frequency power supply for supplying high-frequency power to the mounting table.
- the present invention provides a plasma processing apparatus comprising:
- a Faraday shield provided between the bell jar and the antenna means, a conductive member provided above the top wall to face the mounting table, Since the apparatus includes the second high-frequency power supply that supplies high-frequency power to the mounting table, during plasma ignition, high-frequency power is supplied from the second high-frequency power supply to the mounting table and the second high-frequency power supply is connected to the conductive table. Since an electric field necessary for plasma ignition can be applied by forming an electric field perpendicular to the substrate to be processed in between, an electric field in an oblique direction to the substrate to be processed is formed using the Faraday shield. It is possible to reliably ignite the plasma while preventing this.
- the mounting table preferably has a heating mechanism for heating the substrate to be processed. Thereby, the reaction of the plasma treatment can be promoted.
- a fourth aspect of the present invention provides a chamber for accommodating a substrate to be processed, a bell jar provided above the chamber so as to communicate with the chamber one, and having a side wall and a top wall made of an insulator; A conductive mounting table provided in the chamber and on which a substrate to be processed is mounted; antenna means provided outside a side wall of the peruger to form an induction electromagnetic field in the peruger; A first high-frequency power supply for supplying high-frequency power to the means, a plasma generation gas which is dissociated by an induction electromagnetic field formed by the antenna means and becomes plasma, and a processing gas for performing plasma processing A gas supply means, a conductive member provided above the ceiling wall so as to face the mounting table, and a second high-frequency power supply for supplying high-frequency power to the mounting table.
- a plasma processing method for performing plasma processing using a plasma processing apparatus comprising: supplying high-frequency power to the mounting table from the second high-frequency power supply; and supplying a high-frequency power to the substrate between the mounting table and the conductive member.
- a plasma is formed by forming an electric field perpendicular to the After that, high-frequency power is supplied to the antenna means from the first high-frequency power source, an induction electromagnetic field is formed in the bell jar to form inductively coupled plasma, and the substrate to be processed is subjected to plasma processing.
- a characteristic plasma processing method is provided.
- high-frequency power is supplied from the second high-frequency power source to the mounting table, and an electric field perpendicular to the substrate to be processed is formed between the mounting table and the conductive member. Then, high-frequency power is supplied from the first high-frequency power source to the antenna means, an inductive electromagnetic field is formed in the perger, an inductive coupling plasma is formed, and the substrate to be processed is subjected to plasma processing. Therefore, prior to the induction electromagnetic field, a plasma can be formed by forming an electric field perpendicular to the substrate to be processed between the mounting table and the conductive member. It is possible to prevent the electric field in the oblique direction immediately after the ignition from adversely affecting the substrate to be processed.
- a champer for accommodating a substrate to be processed, a bell jar provided above the chamber so as to communicate with the chamber one, and having a side wall and a top wall made of an insulator;
- a conductive mounting table provided in the chamber and on which a substrate to be processed is mounted;
- antenna means provided outside a side wall of the bell jar to form an induction electromagnetic field in the perjar; and the antenna means;
- a first high-frequency power supply for supplying high-frequency power to the plasma, and a gas for supplying a plasma generation gas that becomes dissociated by an induction electromagnetic field formed by the antenna means and become a plasma, and a processing gas for performing plasma processing
- a plasma processing method for performing a plasma process using a plasma processing apparatus comprising a conductive member and a second high-frequency power supply for supplying high-frequency power to the mounting table, wherein the second high-frequency power supply Supplying high-frequency power, forming an electric field between the mounting table and the conductive member to ignite plasma, and thereafter supplying high-frequency power from the first high-frequency power supply to the antenna means;
- the present invention provides a plasma processing method characterized by forming an inductively coupled plasma by forming an induction electromagnetic field in the substrate and performing a plasma treatment on the substrate to be processed.
- the high-frequency power is supplied from the second high-frequency power supply to the mounting table. And an electric field is formed between the mounting table and the conductive member to ignite plasma, and then high-frequency power is supplied from the first high-frequency power supply to the antenna means and guided into the peruger. Since an electromagnetic field is formed to form inductively coupled plasma, and the substrate to be processed is subjected to plasma processing, an electric field is formed between the mounting table and the conductive member prior to the induction electromagnetic field, so that plasma ignition is performed. In some cases, a required electric field can be applied by an electric field formed between the mounting table and the conductive member. Therefore, a Faraday shield that prevents an oblique electric field from being formed on the substrate to be processed. Even when the treatment is performed with inductively coupled plasma using, the plasma can be reliably ignited.
- the first high-frequency power supply be configured to start supplying high-frequency power after the second high-frequency power supply starts supplying high-frequency power.
- plasma is ignited by the electric field formed by the high-frequency power from the second high-frequency power supply, and after the plasma is ignited, the plasma processing is performed by the inductively-coupled plasma formed by the high-frequency power from the first high-frequency power supply. It can be performed.
- the second high-frequency power supply be configured to stop supplying high-frequency power after the first high-frequency power supply starts supplying high-frequency power. This can prevent a large bias voltage from being generated on the substrate to be processed.
- the above-described plasma processing method is applied to a process of removing a natural oxide film formed on the substrate to be processed.
- an inert gas such as a neon gas, a helium gas, a xenon gas or the like can be used instead of the argon gas.
- FIG. 1 shows a pre-cleaning apparatus to which the plasma processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention is applied.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a metal film forming system provided with a thinning device.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of the plasma processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a Faraday shield in the pre-cleaning device shown in FIG.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional view of a precleaning device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5A is a schematic sectional view showing an example of a conventional inductively coupled plasma type plasma etching apparatus.
- FIG. 5B is a diagram showing a behavior of an etchant of a conventional inductively coupled plasma type plasma etching apparatus.
- FIG. 5C is a schematic cross-sectional view showing one example of a conventional plasma etching apparatus provided with a Faraday shield.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a metal film forming system including a pre-cleaning device to which a plasma processing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention is applied.
- a transfer chamber 10 is arranged at the center, and two cassette chambers 11 and 12, a degassing chamber 13 and a Ti film forming apparatus 14 are arranged around the transfer chamber 10.
- Pre-cleaning device 15 according to the embodiment, TiN film forming device 16, A1 film forming device 1 7
- tungsten (W) film forming apparatus When a metal layer made of tungsten (W) is formed, a tungsten (W) film forming apparatus is used. In this embodiment, an A1 film forming apparatus will be described as an example.) It is a multi-chamber overnight set up.
- a barrier layer is formed on a semiconductor wafer (hereinafter simply referred to as a wafer W) in which a contact hole or a via hole is formed, and an A1 (aluminum) layer is formed thereon.
- a wafer W semiconductor wafer
- A1 aluminum
- the transfer arm 19 The wafer W is charged into the degassing chamber 113 to degas the wafer W. After that, the wafer W is loaded into the Ti film forming apparatus 14 to form a Ti film, and further, the wafer W is loaded into the Ti N film forming apparatus 16 to form a TiN film to form a barrier. Form a layer. Next, the A1 layer is formed by the A1 film forming apparatus 17. At this point, the predetermined film formation is completed. After that, the wafer W is cooled in the cooling chamber 118 and stored in the cassette chamber 112.
- a barrier layer formed on the impurity diffusion region and the interlayer insulating film A device having a metal layer formed on the layer and conducting with the impurity diffusion region is manufactured.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of the pre-cleaning device 15.
- the pre-cleaning device 15 includes a substantially cylindrical chamber 131, and a substantially cylindrical peruger 13 provided above the chamber 131 so as to be continuous with the chamber 131.
- a susceptor (mounting table) 33 made of a conductive material for horizontally supporting the wafer W to be processed is placed in the chamber 1 3 1 while being supported by a cylindrical support member 35. Have been.
- a conductive member 49 made of a conductive material is provided above the bell jar 32 so as to face the susceptor 33 as in the case of the susceptor 33.
- a second high-frequency power supply 34 is connected to the susceptor 33, and by supplying high-frequency power from the second high-frequency power supply 34 to the susceptor 33, the susceptor 33 is connected.
- An electric field perpendicular to the wafer W is formed between the conductive member 49 and the conductive member 49.
- a susceptor is embedded in the susceptor 33, and the power supply 37 supplies power to the heater 36 to heat the wafer W to a predetermined temperature. .
- the bell jar 32 is formed of, for example, an electrically insulating material such as quartz or a ceramic material, and is provided with a substantially cylindrical slit portion 44 a that is vertically elongated at predetermined intervals as shown in FIG.
- a Faraday shield 44 is arranged, and a coil 42 as an antenna member is wound outside the Faraday shield 44.
- a first high frequency power supply 43 having a frequency of, for example, 450 kHz is connected to the coil 42.
- the Faraday shield 44 has a function of preventing the formation of an oblique electric field from the coil 42 to the susceptor 33.
- a clamp ring 38 which can clamp and hold the outer edge of the wafer W placed on the susceptor 33, and this clamp ring 38 It is configured to be able to move up and down by a lifting mechanism (not shown).
- the clamp ring 38 is raised to a predetermined position when the wafer W is loaded into the chamber 31 and transferred to a support bin (not shown) provided in the susceptor 33, and After the wafer is immersed in the susceptor 33 and the wafer W is placed on the susceptor 33, when the wafer W is clamped and held, the position where the wafer W comes into contact with the outer edge of the wafer W and is clamped. Is lowered to
- the side wall of the chamber 31 has an opening 46, and a gate valve 47 is provided at a position corresponding to the opening 46 on the outside of the chamber 31.
- a gate valve 47 is opened. In this state, the wafer W is transferred between the adjacent load opening chamber (not shown) and the chamber 31.
- a gas supply nozzle 48 is further provided on a side wall of the chamber 31, and gas supplied from a gas supply mechanism 60 described later is supplied from the gas supply nozzle 48 to the chamber 31 and the base. Supplied into Luzier 32.
- Gas supply mechanism 6 0 Yes supplies A r gas as the plasma generation gas A r gas supply sources 61, and the H 2 gas supply source 6 2 supplying H 2 gas as a process gas for etching are doing.
- the Ar gas supply source 61 is connected to a gas line 63, and the gas line 63 is provided with a mass mouth controller 67 and opening and closing valves 65, 69 before and after the controller.
- a gas line 64 is connected to the H 2 gas supply source 62, and the gas line 64 is provided with a mass opening port controller 68 and opening and closing valves 66, 70 before and after it. I have.
- the gas lines 63 and 64 are connected to a gas line 71, and the gas line 71 is connected to a gas supply nozzle 48.
- An exhaust pipe 50 is connected to the bottom wall of the chamber 31.
- An exhaust device 51 including a vacuum pump is connected to 50. By operating the exhaust device 51, the inside of the chamber 31 and the bell jar 32 can be maintained at a predetermined degree of vacuum.
- the gate valve 47 is opened, the wafer W is loaded into the chamber 13 1 by the transfer arm 19 provided in the transfer chamber 10, and the support pin of the susceptor 33 (not shown) Transfer the wafer W to the top.
- the clamp ring 38 is lowered to clamp the outer edge of the wafer W.
- the gate valve 47 is closed, and the inside of the chamber 13 and the peruger 132 is evacuated by the exhaust device 51 to a predetermined reduced pressure state.
- a high-frequency power is supplied from the second high-frequency power supply 34 to the susceptor 33 while introducing Ar gas into the jar 31 and the bell jar 32 at a predetermined flow rate.
- An electric field is formed perpendicularly to the wafer W with the member 49, and the electric field excites Ar gas to ignite the plasma.
- the supply of high-frequency power from the first high-frequency power supply 43 to the coil 42 is started to form an induction electromagnetic field in the bell jar 32, and the susceptor is supplied from the second high-frequency power supply 34.
- supply of high-frequency power to 33 will be stopped, and plasma will be maintained by an induced electromagnetic field thereafter.
- the supply of high-frequency power from the second high-frequency power supply 34 may be maintained after the supply of high-frequency power from the first high-frequency power supply 43 starts. In such a state, the flow rate from the Ar gas supply source 61 was reduced, and the introduction of H 2 gas from the H 2 gas supply source 62 into the chamber 131 was started.
- the Faraday shield 44 prevents the coil 42 from forming an oblique electric field with respect to the surface of the wafer W, whereby ions and electrons are obliquely incident on the surface of the wafer W, and The shape of the surface pattern of W is prevented from being broken, and the charge is prevented from being accumulated on the wafer W.
- inductively coupled plasma is inherently low in bias voltage, so that damage is small.
- a r gas feed rate and the H 2 gas supply source 62 or al of the H 2 gas from the exhaust amount and A r gas supply source 61 exhaust system 51 The supply amount is adjusted so that the inside of the chamber 31 and the bell jar 32 have the same degree of vacuum as the transfer chamber 10, and the support pins protrude from the susceptor 33 to lift the wafer W and open the gate pulp 47. Then, the transfer arm 19 is advanced into the chamber 31 to take out the wafer W, whereby the process in the precleaning apparatus 15 is completed.
- the conditions of such a process include, for example, the power of the first high-frequency power supply 43: 500 to: 1000 W, the frequency: 450 kHz, the power of the second high-frequency power supply 34: 500 to: L 000 W, the frequency: 13 56 MHz, heating temperature of heater 36: 50 to 500 ° C, pressure in chamber 31: 0.133 to 13.3 Pa (0.1 to 10 OmT 0 rr).
- Ar gas flow rate from 0 to 0.050 in the range of L / mi n (0 ⁇ 50 s ccm ), H 2 gas flow rate from 0 to 0.200 in the range of L / mi n (0 ⁇ 200 s ccm ) can be it it appropriate gas supply, and more particularly, ignition time of a r gas flow: 0. 050 L / mi n ( 50 sc cm), at the time of the process a r gas flow rate / H 2 gas flow rate: 0.008 / 0.012 L / min (8/12 sccm).
- a natural oxide film on Si, CoSi, W, WSi, and TiSi can be appropriately removed.
- a conventional inductively-coupled plasma processing apparatus when the oblique electric field from the coil 42 to the susceptor 33 is removed using the Faraday shield 44, the electric field becomes weaker, and the plasma becomes difficult to ignite.
- the pre-cleaning step can be performed by inductively coupled plasma.
- the plasma can be assisted by the magnetic field component, so that the ratio of Ar can be reduced while the ratio of H 2 is increased, and the plasma density and bias voltage are reduced. Can be controlled independently, so that a low bias voltage can be achieved while increasing the plasma density. This As a result, it is possible to remove the natural oxide film very efficiently.
- Ar cannot be reduced because the plasma is not stable, and it is not possible to independently control the plasma density and the bias voltage. The oxide film cannot be removed.
- FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a pre-cleaning device to which the plasma processing device of the present embodiment is applied.
- the pre-cleaning device 15 ′ is configured similarly to the pre-cleaning device 15 of the first embodiment except that the Faraday shield 44 is not provided ′.
- a pre-cleaning device 1 5 similarly to the pre-cleaning device 1 5 of the first embodiment shaped state, by supplying a high frequency power from the second RF power supply 3 4 susceptor evening one 3 3 Plasma Then, high-frequency power is supplied from the first high-frequency power supply 43 to the coil 42 to form an inductively coupled plasma and perform a plasma treatment to remove a natural oxide film formed on the wafer W. be able to.
- high-frequency power is supplied from the second high-frequency power supply 34 to the susceptor 33 before supplying power from the first high-frequency power supply 43 as described above. Since an electric field perpendicular to the wafer W is formed between the evening 33 and the conductive member 49, the electric field in the direction perpendicular to the wafer W can be in a dominant state. As a result, an oblique electric field is not formed immediately after the plasma ignition, which is likely to cause inconveniences such as deterioration of the surface properties of the wafer W and accumulation of charges caused by the oblique electric field. The effects of accumulation can be reduced. After the plasma is ignited in this manner, high-frequency power is supplied from the first high-frequency power supply 43 to the coil 42, thereby achieving high efficiency and high efficiency by inductive coupling plasma as in the first embodiment. Plasma processing can be performed with low damage.
- the present invention can be variously modified without being limited to the above embodiment.
- the present invention is applied to a pre-cleaning apparatus for removing a natural oxide film in a metal film forming system.
- the present invention is applied to another plasma etching apparatus for performing contact etching and the like.
- This plasma processing apparatus can also be configured by placing a conductor plate dropped on the ground above a bell jar of an existing inductively coupled plasma processing apparatus. In this way, when the existing apparatus is configured by simple modification, the apparatus cost of the present invention can be extremely low.
- the substrate to be processed is not limited to a semiconductor wafer, and may be another substrate.
- a conductive member provided outside the insulator wall so as to face the mounting table, and a second high-frequency power supply that supplies high-frequency power to the mounting table
- high-frequency power is supplied from the second high-frequency power source to the mounting table to form an electric field between the mounting table and the conductive member.
- the electric field formed between the mounting table and the conductive member can be in a dominant state, so that adverse effects caused by an electric field formed obliquely to the substrate to be processed are suppressed. Can be. Therefore, a plasma processing apparatus and a plasma processing method capable of performing processing with extremely high processing accuracy and high efficiency are provided.
- a conductive member provided above the ceiling wall so as to face the mounting table, and a second high-frequency power supply for supplying high-frequency power to the mounting table.
- a second high-frequency power supply for supplying high-frequency power to the mounting table.
- a Faraday shield provided between the bell jar and the antenna means, a conductive member provided above the top wall to face the mounting table, And a second high-frequency power supply for supplying high-frequency power to the mounting table during plasma ignition to supply high-frequency power to the mounting table from the second high-frequency power supply to cause a gap between the mounting table and the conductive member.
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