WO2006022133A1 - 無電解めっき装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an electroless plating apparatus for supplying an electroless plating solution onto a substrate to bond a substrate surface, for example, a wiring metal surface of a semiconductor substrate.
- a multilayered structure of a semiconductor device is configured by stacking layers in which wiring is embedded in an interlayer insulating film in multiple stages. Strong against electoric migration, preferably U, for example, copper is used as the wiring material.
- a method of forming the wiring a recess including a groove is formed in the interlayer insulating film, and copper is embedded in the recess. Later, a damascene process was used to polish excess copper by a polishing method called CMP.
- CMP polishing method
- a barrier film called a protective film or a cap metal is formed on the buried copper. It needs to be formed.
- This noria film also has a function as a stagger when etching the next interlayer insulating film, and silicon nitride, silicon carbide, silicon carbonitride, and the like have been conventionally used as the material.
- the present inventor forms an electroless plating film such as CoWP (cono-tungsten phosphorus) on the copper wiring, and forms a barrier film on the electroless plating film so that the adhesion between the copper and the barrier film is improved. We are studying technology to ensure this.
- CoWP cono-tungsten phosphorus
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a structure in which the copper wiring 101 is formed in the interlayer insulating film 100.
- the force electroless plating film 102 grows isotropically and spreads laterally as the film grows.
- dl between adjacent copper wirings 101 becomes extremely small, for example, 65 nm
- d2 approaches between them and there is a concern of leakage.
- Patent Document 1 (FIG. 1, paragraph 0021, paragraph 002 6 and paragraph 0030 of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-107747), as shown in the schematic diagram of FIG.
- a wafer (hereinafter referred to as a wafer) is provided with an upper surface plate 201 and a lower surface plate 202 that are opposed to the upper and lower sides of W, respectively, and the upper surface plate 201 is provided with a heater such as a heating wire and an external force is applied at a predetermined temperature, for example, room temperature to 60 ° C The electroless plating solution heated to a preset temperature until is supplied to the wafer surface via the upper surface plate 201.
- a heater such as a heating wire and an external force is applied at a predetermined temperature, for example, room temperature to 60 ° C
- the electroless plating solution heated to a preset temperature until is supplied to the wafer surface via the upper surface plate 201.
- pure water heated to the above set temperature is supplied onto the lower surface plate 202 so as to perform electroless plating while maintaining the wafer W at a predetermined temperature. Good thing is described.
- the tanks 203 and 204 for the electroless plating solution and pure water are immersed in a common heating tank 205.
- a heater such as a heating wire provided in the upper surface plate 201 while being pressed is subject to a rapid temperature fluctuation and a large amount of the fluctuation.
- the temperature fluctuation of the electrolytic plating solution is also large.
- the temperature fluctuation of pure water is large.
- the thickness of the electroless plating film becomes too large. There is a concern that a part where a sufficient film thickness cannot be secured may occur. When the film thickness becomes too large, this film grows isotropically, so that the distance d2 (see Fig.
- the present invention has been made under such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to prepare an electroless plating film on a substrate and to form it with a high film thickness and high uniformity. It is to provide an electroless plating apparatus.
- the present invention includes a substrate holding unit for holding a substrate;
- An upper temperature adjustment body that faces the surface of the substrate held by the substrate holding section and whose inside forms a flow chamber for the temperature adjustment fluid
- a first supply passage for the temperature adjustment fluid connected to the upper temperature adjustment body and a first discharge passage for the temperature adjustment fluid
- the electroless plating solution is for forming a plating film on the surface of a wiring material formed by being embedded in a recess of an insulating film on a substrate, for example.
- the present invention provides a temperature adjusting fluid reservoir provided between the temperature adjusting fluid first supply path and the temperature adjusting fluid first discharge path, and the temperature adjusting fluid storing section.
- Set the temperature of the conditioning fluid A temperature adjusting means for maintaining the temperature, and a pump for circulatingly supplying the temperature adjusting fluid in the reservoir into the upper temperature adjusting body through the first supply path of the temperature adjusting fluid.
- the pump is preferably provided in the first discharge path of the temperature adjusting fluid.
- the present invention is directed to a lower temperature adjusting body that is opposed to the back surface of the substrate held by the substrate holding portion and whose inside forms a flow chamber for the temperature adjusting fluid, and for supplying the lower temperature adjusting body to the back side of the substrate
- a back side fluid that is provided through the flow chamber to exchange heat between the back side fluid and the temperature regulating fluid in the lower temperature regulating body, and has a discharge port formed on the upper surface of the lower temperature regulating body.
- the second supply path for the temperature adjusting fluid is configured to supply the temperature adjusting fluid in the reservoir, and the second temperature adjusting fluid is supplied to the second temperature adjusting fluid.
- the discharge path can include an embodiment configured to collect the temperature adjusting fluid in the storage section.
- a pump in the second discharge path of the temperature adjustment fluid may also be used as a pump for circulating the temperature adjusting fluid in the upper temperature adjusting body.
- the temperature adjusting fluid is allowed to flow through the upper temperature adjusting body and heat is exchanged with the electroless plating solution, the temperature of the electroless plating solution is adjusted.
- the temperature change of the plating solution becomes gradual, and even if the temperature of the electroless plating solution is set to a high temperature within the allowable processing temperature, it will not be overheated.
- the electroless plating liquid is filled between the upper temperature control body through which the temperature control fluid flows and the surface of the substrate, and therefore, the surface temperature of the substrate is high at a predetermined temperature with high in-plane uniformity.
- the deposition rate of the electroless plating film is stable at each site, so that the film thickness of the electroless plating film is planned to be high and with high in-plane uniformity. Therefore, even between the substrates, the uniformity of the film thickness (uniformity between surfaces) is increased.
- a lower temperature adjusting body is provided on the back side of the substrate, and a temperature adjusting fluid is allowed to flow therethrough.
- heat exchange with the back side fluid is performed to control the temperature of the back side fluid. back
- the temperature of the substrate becomes more stable and the in-plane uniformity becomes higher, so that the electroless plating process can be performed more satisfactorily.
- the temperature adjusting fluid of the upper temperature adjusting body is circulated and the temperature adjusting fluid of the lower temperature adjusting body is also circulated, and a common reservoir is provided in the circulation path, and the temperature of the temperature adjusting fluid is set here.
- FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of an electroless plating apparatus according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing a main part of the electroless plating apparatus.
- FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a main part of the above electroless plating apparatus.
- FIG. 4A, FIG. 4B, and FIG. 4C are explanatory views showing the surface structure of the substrate used for the electroless plating process in order.
- FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 5C are explanatory views showing step by step how the substrate is processed by the electroless plating apparatus, and FIG. FIG. 5B shows the cleaning, and FIG. 5C shows the plating process.
- FIGS. 6A, 6B, and 6C are explanatory views showing in stages the processing when the substrate is processed by the electroless plating apparatus, and FIG. 6B shows post-cleaning and FIG. 6C shows spin drying.
- FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a modification of the upper temperature adjusting body in the apparatus of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view showing the configuration of another aspect of the electroless plating apparatus.
- FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a nozzle portion used in the apparatus of FIG.
- FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for indicating a problem of electroless plating on a copper wiring in a semiconductor wafer.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic perspective view showing a conventional technique of an electroless plating apparatus.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration diagram of an embodiment of an electroless plating apparatus according to the present invention.
- reference numeral 11 denotes a wafer chuck that forms a flat cylindrical substrate holding portion having an open top.
- a step portion 12 that holds the peripheral portion of the wafer as the substrate is formed on the entire peripheral edge of the upper end of the wafer chuck 11.
- a cylindrical rotating shaft 13 is provided at the center of the wafer chuck 11, and this rotating shaft 13 is connected to a rotation drive unit such as a hollow motor 14.
- the wafer chuck 11 is configured to be rotatable around the vertical axis while supporting the wafer W.
- the hollow motor 14 is fixed to a base 15, and this base 15 is attached to a tilt mechanism 16 so that it can tilt.
- a cup body 21 for receiving liquid is provided outside the wafer chuck 11 so as to surround the wafer chuck 11, and the cup body 21 can be moved up and down with respect to the base 15 by a lifting mechanism (not shown). It is configured.
- the upper end portion of the side peripheral surface of the cup body 21 is bent inward so that the liquid sprinkled off when the wafer W is rotated rebounds.
- An opening 22 is formed at the center of the bottom surface of the cup body 21, and the rotating shaft 13 passes through the opening 22, and the portion close to the periphery of the bottom surface spills from the wafer W.
- a drain discharge part 23 is provided for discharging the liquid as a drain.
- a hole that cannot be seen in the figure is formed even on the bottom surface of the wafer chuck 11 where the central force is removed, so that the liquid spilled into the wafer chuck 11 flows down into the cup body 21.
- An upper temperature adjustment body 3 is provided above the wafer chuck 11 so as to face the surface of the wafer W held by the wafer chuck 11.
- the upper temperature adjusting body 3 is moved between a processing position where an electroless plating solution is supplied to the wafer W by a lifting mechanism 30 which is a moving mechanism and a standby position which is located above the processing position. It is configured to move up and down.
- the detailed structure of the upper temperature adjustment body 3 will be described later, and the lower temperature adjustment body 4 will be described first.
- the lower temperature adjustment body 4 is disposed in the wafer chuck 11 so as to face the back surface of the wafer W held by the wafer chuck 11, and has a support shaft 40 penetrating through the rotary shaft 13!
- the elevating mechanism 30 of the upper temperature adjustment body 3 and the elevating mechanism (not shown) of the lower temperature adjustment body 4 are fixed to the base 15, and therefore the upper temperature adjustment body 3, the wafer W and the lower temperature adjustment are adjusted by the tilt mechanism 16.
- Body 4 will tilt physically.
- the purpose of inclining these is to The purpose is to remove the bubbles mixed in the treatment liquid such as the electroless plating solution between the temperature adjustment body 3 and the wafer W by moving them upward.
- the upper temperature adjustment body 3 has a cylindrical shape and is slightly larger than the wafer W and is sized.
- the inside of the upper temperature adjustment body 3 is configured as a flow chamber 31 through which a heat control fluid such as temperature control fluid such as pure water flows. ing. In addition to pure water, it is preferable to use a liquid with a large specific heat as the heating medium.
- a first heat medium supply pipe 32 corresponding to the first supply path of the temperature adjustment fluid is connected to the vicinity of the outer edge portion on the upper surface of the upper temperature adjustment body 3.
- a first heat medium discharge pipe 33 corresponding to the first discharge path for the temperature adjusting fluid is connected to a position symmetrical to the medium supply pipe 32.
- the heating medium is supplied from the upper surface of the upper temperature adjustment body 3 and the upper surface force is also discharged, but one of the heating medium supply pipe 32 and the first heating medium discharge pipe 33 is connected to the upper temperature adjustment body 33. Even if it is inserted near the bottom of the body 3, the layout should be designed according to the height of the flow chamber 31 and the flow rate of the heat medium so that the heat medium can flow efficiently.
- the heat medium supply pipe 32 and the heat medium discharge pipe 33 form a heat medium circulation path, and a heat medium tank 34 as a heat medium storage section is provided in the middle of the circulation path. . That is, one end side of the heat medium supply pipe 32 is inserted to the vicinity of the bottom of the heat medium tank 34, and one end side of the heat medium discharge pipe 33 is positioned above, for example, the liquid level of the heat medium tank 34.
- a heater 35 having a resistance heating linear force as a heating means is disposed at the bottom, and a temperature detection unit 36 is provided so as to be immersed in the heat medium. .
- a control unit 37 has a function of controlling the heat generation of the heater 35 based on the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit 36 and the set temperature.
- the heater 35, the temperature detector 36, and the controller 37 constitute a temperature adjusting means for maintaining the temperature of the heat medium at a set temperature.
- the heat medium discharge pipe 33 is provided with a pump P1. Since the pump P1 is a factor that changes the temperature of the heat medium, it is desirable to install it downstream from the upper temperature adjustment body 3.Also, by installing in this way, the driving force of the heat medium is negative pressure. Therefore, even if leakage occurs in the upper temperature regulator 3 or the heat medium piping (32, 33), only air enters the piping and there is no risk of the heat medium leaking outside. .
- an electroless plating liquid supply pipe 51 which is a supply path for the electroless plating liquid, is inserted in the center of the upper surface of the upper temperature adjusting body 3, and this electroless plating liquid supply pipe 51 is arranged, for example, in the form of a coil so that heat is exchanged between the electroless plating solution and the heat medium in the upper temperature adjusting body 3, that is, in the flow chamber 31.
- an opening 52 is formed on the lower surface of the upper temperature adjusting body 3 to form an electroless plating liquid discharge port 52.
- the material of the electroless plating liquid supply pipe 51 located in the upper temperature adjusting body 3 it is preferable to use a material that is inert to the electroless plating liquid and has a good thermal conductivity. It is possible to use glass or a metal whose inner surface is coated with a coating material that is inert to the non-electrolytic solution.
- the other end of the electroless plating liquid supply pipe 51 is connected to a chemical tank 53 via a valve VI and a pump P2, as shown in FIG.
- the other end of the electroless plating solution supply pipe 51 is branched halfway and connected to a supply path 54 of pure water, which is a cleaning liquid, and pure water in the pure water tank 55 is not supplied via the pump P3 and the valve V2. It is configured to be discharged from the discharge outlet 52 through the electrolytic plating solution supply pipe 51.
- the electroless plating solution a metal salt containing a component that forms an adhesion layer (electroless plating film) between the copper wiring and the barrier layer (in the case of an alloy, the first metal salt).
- the second metal salt a complexing agent for complexing the metal such that the metal ion does not precipitate as a hydroxide under strong alkalinity, and the metal ion is catalytically reduced and deposited. It contains a reducing agent for adjusting the pH of the solution and a pH adjusting agent for adjusting the pH of the solution.
- the metal salt, complexing agent, reducing agent and pH adjuster is selected as the metal salt, complexing agent, reducing agent and pH adjuster, and a solvent such as purely specified Adjust by adding at the ratio of.
- cobalt sulfate, salt-cobalt, nickel sulfate, nickel chloride-nickel, and the second metal salt may be selected from, for example, tungstic acid and ammonium tungstate.
- complexing agents that can be selected include citrate, sodium citrate, and sodium hydroxide and TMAH (tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide) as pH adjusters.
- citrate, sodium citrate, and sodium hydroxide and TMAH (tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide) as pH adjusters.
- the components listed are examples, and these components are not necessarily used.
- it can be treated with an oxidizing agent (acid copper cuprate if the plating film is copper).
- Stabilizers to prevent spontaneous decomposition of the fluid such as bivirdil, cyanide, thiourea, 0-phenantorin, neoproin can be added, and pH change when the substitution reaction proceeds is suppressed
- boric acid, carbonic acid, or oxycarboxylic acid may be added.
- additives such as thiosulfuric acid and 2-MBT may be added for promoting or suppressing precipitation of the plating film and modifying the plating film.
- a surfactant such as polyalkylene glycol or polyethylene glycol may be added to reduce the surface tension of the solution so that the plating solution is uniformly disposed on the surface of the wafer W.
- the lower temperature adjustment body 4 has a structure similar to that of the upper temperature adjustment body 3, that is, a structure in which the upper temperature adjustment body 3 is turned upside down. Similarly, pure water as a back side fluid is contained therein. Supply channel is arranged. That is, the lower temperature adjustment body 4 has a cylindrical outer shape and is slightly larger than the wafer W. The inside of the lower temperature adjustment body 4 is configured as a flow chamber 41 through which a temperature control fluid such as pure water flows. Has been.
- the lower temperature adjustment body 4 includes a second heat medium supply pipe 42 corresponding to the second supply path for the temperature adjustment fluid, and a second heat medium discharge pipe 43 corresponding to the second discharge path for the temperature adjustment fluid. Is connected.
- the heat medium supply pipe 42 and the heat medium discharge pipe 43 form a heat medium circulation path, and the second heat medium supply pipe 42 is branched from the first heat medium supply pipe 32, and The second heat medium discharge pipe 43 is connected to the first heat medium supply pipe 32 on the upstream side of the pump P1.
- the present invention is not limited to sharing a part of the first and second heating medium supply pipes 32 and 42 and sharing a part of the first and second heating medium discharge pipes 33 and 43 as in this example.
- the heating medium of the upper temperature adjustment body 3 and the lower temperature adjustment body 4 may be circulated through independent circulation paths.
- a pure water supply pipe 61 which is a supply path for the back side fluid, for example, pure water, is inserted.
- it is arranged in a coil shape so that heat is exchanged between the pure water and the heat medium in the body 4, that is, in the flow chamber 41, and its tip is at the bottom as shown in FIG.
- a pure water discharge port 62 is formed in the upper surface of the temperature control body 4.
- the pure water supply pipe 61 is connected to the support shaft 40, and the other end is connected to a pure water tank 63 via a valve V3 and a pump P4 as shown in FIG.
- the backside fluid here is a fluid for controlling the temperature of the wafer W from the backside, but is distinguished from the fluid flowing through the lower temperature adjusting body 4 in the upper temperature adjusting body 3. These names are used for convenience.
- pure water which is the back side fluid, also serves as a back side rinse.
- the upper temperature adjustment body 3 and the lower temperature adjustment body 4 are smaller in size than the wafer W and need only be larger than the effective area (integrated circuit formation area) of the wafer W. Because it forms an integrated circuit as close as possible to the edge, it is preferred that it be the same as or larger than the size of the wafer W!
- the electroless plating apparatus includes a plurality of nozzles movable between a fluid supply position and a standby position above the wafer W held by the wafer chuck 11. It has.
- two nozzles 17 and 18 are shown for convenience.
- the nozzle 17 is for supplying a replacement squeezing solution to the surface of the wafer W before the electroless squeezing solution, and is connected to a supply source of the replacement staking solution through a pipe not shown.
- the nozzle 18 is for supplying a drying gas, for example, an inert gas, and is connected to a drying gas supply source through a pipe shown in the figure.
- nozzles 17 and 18 are, for example, provided with a slit-like discharge port having a length equal to or greater than the radius of Ueno, W, and are configured to be movable up and down and laterally movable by a driving mechanism (not shown).
- the upper temperature adjustment body 3 is made to stand by at the standby position and the wafer chuck 11 is lowered, and the surface of the wafer W is sucked and conveyed to the upper side of the wafer chuck 11 by a conveying means (not shown), and the wafer chuck 11 is raised. Then, the wafer W of the transfer means is transferred to the wafer chuck 11 (the state shown in FIG. 1). Further, as shown in FIG. 4A, the surface of the wafer W is in a state where, for example, the copper wiring 302 is embedded in the concave portion of the interlayer insulating film 301.
- Reference numeral 303 denotes a barrier film for preventing copper in the recess from diffusing into the insulating film 301.
- the nozzle 17 is moved onto the wafer W, and the pretreatment liquid is supplied onto the wafer W while rotating the wafer W via the wafer chuck 11.
- This pretreatment liquid is, for example, a substitution liquid for performing palladium substitution, and this substitution liquid dissolves a palladium salt made of palladium sulfate or salty palladium in an acid solution such as sulfuric acid or hydrochloric acid. Can be used.
- This replacement sachet is tempered to a selected temperature within the range of room temperature to 60 ° C, for example. As shown in FIG.
- the nozzle 18 is also retracted from the upward force of the wafer W, the upper temperature adjusting body 3 is lowered, and the distance between the lower surface and the surface of the wafer W is, for example, 0.1 lmn! Set the position to be ⁇ 2mm.
- the lower temperature adjustment body 4 is also raised so that the distance from the back surface of the wafer W is, for example, 0. Set the position to be ⁇ 2mm.
- the heat exchange with the heat medium flowing through the lower temperature adjusting body 4 is performed.
- the heat medium passes through the heat medium tank 34 and is heated there to a set temperature selected from the range of, for example, 60 ° C. to 90 ° C., which is the processing temperature of the electroless plating solution.
- the heated pure water flows into the wafer chuck 11 while being filled in the gap between the lower temperature adjusting body 4 and the back surface of the wafer W, and flows into the cup 21 through the hole, which is not visible in the figure.
- the UE and W are heated from the back surface side and are maintained at the tacking treatment temperature. In this way, after the UENO and W are heated for a predetermined time, for example, 10 seconds, an electroless plating solution that is a chemical solution is sent out by the pump P2.
- the electroless plating solution enters the upper temperature adjustment body 3 and flows into the upper temperature adjustment body 3 while flowing through the coiled flow path (electroless plating supply pipe 51). Heat exchange is performed with the heating medium. Further, since the heat medium in the upper temperature adjustment body 3 is circulated and supplied via the heat medium tank 34 and heated to the set temperature, the electroless plating solution is not discharged until the discharge port 52 is discharged. It will be heated to the set temperature.
- the heated electroless plating solution flows into the cup body 21 while being supplied and filled in the gap between the upper temperature control body 3 and the surface of the wafer W at a flow rate of, for example, 30 to LOOmlZ,
- the lower surface of the temperature adjustment body 3 also tends to be maintained at the set temperature by the heat medium.
- FIG. 5C shows this state.
- the wafer W is subjected to an electroless plating process while the temperature of both front and back surfaces of the wafer W is adjusted.
- the palladium deposited on the surface of the wafer W in the previous step acts as a catalyst to cause a reaction between the electroless plating solution and copper, and selectively occurs on the surface of the copper wiring 302 as shown in FIG. 4C.
- An electroless adhesive film 305 made of an adhesive layer having a thickness of 100 to 200 A, such as NiP, CoWP, NiP, or CoP, made of an alloy containing phosphorus (P) is formed.
- the tilting mechanism 16 is used to tilt the wafer W, the upper temperature adjustment body 3 and the lower temperature adjustment body 4 so as to remove the bubbles that have entered the gaps and remove the electroless adhesion liquid force. It may be. Such treatment is effective when gas is generated by the reaction between the electroless plating solution and copper.
- valves VI and V2 shown in Fig. 1 are switched, and pure water is supplied from the discharge port 52 of the upper temperature adjusting body 3 through the electroless plating liquid supply pipe 51 by the pump P3.
- the electroless plating solution on the surface of the wafer W is replaced with pure water as shown in FIG. 6A.
- the post-cleaning liquid is supplied onto the rotating wafer W, and the surface of the wafer W is post-cleaned. Even at this time, pure water is supplied as a back rinse to the back side of Ueno and W.
- Post-cleaning is performed to reduce the leakage current between lines, and organic acid and hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution are used as the post-cleaning liquid.
- the supply of pure water after the electroless plating process may be performed by the nozzle 18 with the upper temperature adjusting body 3 raised.
- the nozzle of the nozzle group described above (for the sake of convenience, 18) is also used with pure water that is a cleaning liquid.
- Supply to the surface of the rotating wafer W then stop discharging the cleaning liquid, rotate the wafer W at high speed and dry it as shown in Fig. 6C.
- drying may be accelerated by spraying a dry gas such as an inert gas from the nozzles of the nozzle group described above onto the surface of the wafers W and W.
- a dry gas such as an inert gas
- the heating medium is caused to flow through the upper temperature adjusting body 3, and the temperature of the electroless plating solution is adjusted by heat exchange with the electroless plating solution.
- the temperature change of the electroless plating solution becomes gradual and the temperature stabilizes.
- An electroless plating solution is filled between the upper temperature adjustment body 3 through which the heat medium flows and the wafer W surface, and a lower temperature adjustment body 4 is provided on the back side of the wafer W.
- a heating medium is passed through this, heat-exchanged with pure water here to control the temperature of the pure water, and this pure water fills the space between Ueno, W back surface and lower temperature control body 4.
- the temperature of the surface of the wafer W is stabilized at a predetermined temperature with high in-plane uniformity, and as a result, the deposition rate of the electroless plating film is stable at each site. Therefore, the thickness of the electroless plating film can be obtained with a predetermined film thickness and high in-plane uniformity. Therefore, the film thickness uniformity (inter-surface uniformity) between wafers W is also increased. As a result, since the film thickness of the electroless plating film can be controlled with high accuracy even when the distance between the wirings to be electrolessly plated is shortened, the film's wide area due to the isotropic growth of the electroless plating film S It is possible to suppress the occurrence of leaks due to the leakage.
- the heating medium of the upper temperature adjustment body 3 and the heating medium of the lower temperature adjustment body 4 are circulated, and a common heating medium tank 34 is provided in the circulation path to adjust the temperature of the heating medium. Therefore, each temperature control of each heat medium, electroless plating solution and pure water which is the back surface fluid can be managed at one power. For this reason, since the temperature of the heating medium of the upper temperature adjustment body 3 and the temperature of the heating medium of the lower temperature adjustment body 4 are the same, the temperature of the electroless plating process is extremely stable, and the film of the electroless plating film High in-plane uniformity and inter-plane uniformity can be obtained with respect to the thickness.
- a plate-like heater using a heating wire is used as shown in FIG. 11 described in the prior art, for example, without providing the lower temperature adjusting body 4 using a heating medium on the back side of the wafer W. Even if a unit (bottom plate) is provided and pure water that has been temperature-controlled in advance is supplied between the heater unit and the back surface of the wafer W, the upper temperature adjusting body 3 works to achieve electroless plating with high in-plane uniformity. Processing can be performed.
- the discharge port for discharging the electroless plating solution from the upper temperature adjusting body 3 to the wafer W is not limited to being provided at one place as in the above-described example, but for example, as shown in FIG.
- a buffer chamber 56 is formed on the lower side of the body 3, and the lower end of the electroless plating liquid supply pipe 51 is connected to the buffer chamber 56, and a number of discharge ports are formed over the entire lower surface of the notch chamber 56. Try to form 57.
- reference numeral 71 denotes a wafer chuck, which is configured by a cylindrical body that is rotatable about the vertical axis by a rotating mechanism that does not have a force schematically illustrated in the figure, and has a wafer W on its upper edge.
- a supporting step 72 is formed.
- a heater 73 as a heating means and a liquid heating mechanism 74 are provided above and below each other, and the liquid heated by the liquid heating mechanism 74, for example, Pure water is supplied to the gap between the heater 73 and the wafer W through the central portion of the heater 73.
- the liquid heating mechanism 74 is configured like the lower temperature adjustment body 4 in the previous embodiment.
- the pure water introduced into the liquid heating mechanism 74 from the liquid supply pipe 75a and heated there is supplied to the back side of the wafer W through the liquid supply pipe 75b which is a liquid supply path.
- a nozzle portion 8 for supplying an electroless plating solution onto the wafer W is provided, for example, vertically movable and horizontally movable by a moving mechanism (not shown).
- the nozzle unit 8 is configured by providing a base 81 with a liquid heating mechanism 82 and a valve 83.
- the liquid heating mechanism 82 includes a liquid supply pipe 92 that is a liquid supply path in a longitudinal direction of the hollow body 91 in a horizontally long hollow body 91 that forms a heat medium flow chamber.
- a heat medium supply path 93 and a heat medium discharge path 94 are connected to one end and the other end of the flow chamber, respectively.
- the heat medium supply path 93 and the heat medium discharge path 94 form a circulation path, and the heat medium is circulated and supplied to the hollow body 91 via a circulation tank (not shown) as in the previous embodiment. It is composed.
- the nozzle 83 has a liquid blocking function and is connected to the outlet side of the liquid supply pipe 92 in the liquid heating mechanism 82.
- the discharge port 84 which is the tip of the liquid supply pipe 92 on the downstream side of the valve 83, is located in the immediate vicinity of the valve 83!
- the nozzle 83 is located in the vicinity of the discharge port 84 and the liquid is added. Since it is located downstream of the temperature mechanism 82, dripping from the discharge port 84 can be prevented by its suck back function. Further, since the liquid heating mechanism 82 is provided immediately before the discharge port 84, the heated electroless plating liquid is supplied onto the wafer W before the cooling is substantially caused. Thus, electroless plating can be performed, and as a result, high uniformity in the surface can be obtained by the electroless plating film.
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