WO2009144938A1 - プラズマ処理装置および方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a plasma processing apparatus and method for performing plasma processing on a substrate.
- a plasma processing apparatus that performs plasma processing on a wafer, for example, a semiconductor wafer (formed with Si, a compound, etc.), in a state where the wafer is mounted and held on a mounting surface of a wafer holding device provided in a processing container, Plasma processing such as etching is performed on the wafer.
- a wafer holding apparatus an electrostatic chuck generally called ESC is built in the mounting surface, and the electrostatic chucking force generated by the electrostatic chuck and / or the Johnson Rabeck force is generated. The used wafer is held.
- the problem caused by such residual electrostatic attraction force is not limited to the glass bonded substrate.
- a similar problem occurs due to residual electrostatic attraction even in a form in which the substrate is transported and plasma processing is performed in a state where the substrate is held by a tray as disclosed in Patent Document 2. .
- an object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problem, and to remove a substrate from a substrate holding device that holds the substrate by electrostatic adsorption without causing damage or displacement of the substrate. It is an object of the present invention to provide a plasma processing apparatus and method that can perform the above processing.
- maintained at the tray are made into object, for example.
- the present invention is configured as follows.
- a plasma processing container for performing plasma processing on a substrate;
- a substrate holding device having a substrate placement surface provided in the plasma processing container and holding the substrate placed in the substrate placement region of the placement surface by electrostatic adsorption;
- a push-up device that lifts and lowers the plurality of push-up pins so as to lift at least the outer peripheral edge of the substrate disposed on the placement surface directly or indirectly upward from the placement surface; and
- a push-up force detection unit that detects a push-up force generated when the substrate is pushed up by a plurality of push-up pins of the push-up device, and After completion of plasma processing, when electrostatic chucking of the substrate by the substrate holding device is stopped, the push-up pin of the push-up device is lifted to lift the outer peripheral edge of the substrate upward from the substrate placement area on the mounting surface and detect the push-up force When the detection threshold is detected, the lift of the push-up pin is stopped.After that, when the push-up force detected by the push-up force detection unit decreases below
- the substrate accommodation hole penetrating in the thickness direction is provided, and is supported by the tray having the substrate support portion that supports the outer peripheral edge portion of the lower surface of the substrate disposed in the substrate accommodation hole.
- the wafer is placed on the placement surface of the substrate holding device together with the tray so that the tray is placed in the tray placement region located around the placement surface and protrudes from the tray placement region in the placement surface.
- the wafer is directly held in the formed substrate arrangement region, and this wafer is used as the substrate, and plasma processing is performed in a plasma processing container.
- a plurality of push-up pins are arranged in the placement area of the tray on the placement surface so as to protrude from the placement surface,
- the control device pushes up the tray by a plurality of push-up pins, and performs a step-up operation so that the outer peripheral edge of the wafer is lifted from the substrate placement region in the placement surface via the substrate support portion of the tray.
- the plasma processing apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein plasma processing is performed in a plasma processing container using the glass bonded substrate in which a wafer is bonded to a glass plate as the substrate. To do.
- the static elimination plasma generating unit that generates static elimination plasma for removing the residual electrostatic attraction force between the substrate and the mounting surface after the electrostatic attraction by the substrate holding device is released.
- the control device controls the lifting operation of the plurality of push-up pins in a state where the discharge plasma is generated in the plasma processing container by the discharge plasma generation unit, thereby removing the substrate from at least the outer region of the substrate placement region.
- the plasma processing apparatus according to the second aspect or the third aspect, wherein the residual electrostatic attraction force is reduced by performing static electricity removal plasma between the outer peripheral edge portion of the substrate and the outer peripheral region of the substrate arrangement region.
- the push-up device is A first push-up device that integrally moves up and down a plurality of first push-up pins that are arranged in an outer region of the substrate placement region of the placement surface and that can be projected from the placement surface;
- the control device integrally raises the plurality of first push-up pins to separate the substrate from the outer region of the substrate placement region on the placement surface, and then
- the plasma processing apparatus according to the third aspect, which controls the operation timing of the first push-up device and the second push-up device so as to start the step-up operation by integrally raising the second push-up pin.
- the substrate holding device comprises: A mounting member having a mounting surface on which the substrate is mounted; A first bipolar electrode disposed inside the mounting member and formed in an annular and belt-like shape; A second bipolar electrode formed in an annular and belt-like shape disposed inside the mounting member and disposed concentrically with the first bipolar electrode inside the first bipolar electrode; A static electricity is generated by applying a voltage to the first bipolar electrode and the second bipolar electrode to generate an electrostatic adsorption force from the first bipolar electrode and the second bipolar electrode to the substrate placed on the placement surface.
- the electrostatic adsorption force applied to the substrate by the second bipolar electrode is at least relatively lower than the electrostatic adsorption force applied to the substrate by the first bipolar electrode.
- a plasma processing container for performing plasma processing on a glass bonded substrate in which a wafer is bonded to a glass plate;
- a substrate holding device having a substrate mounting surface provided in the plasma processing container and holding the substrate mounted on the mounting surface by electrostatic adsorption;
- a high-frequency voltage applying device that applies a high-frequency voltage to an electrode disposed in the plasma processing container;
- the substrate holding device An electrostatic chuck that generates an electrostatic attraction force by applying a voltage and holds the substrate placed on the placement surface;
- An electrostatic chuck power source for applying a voltage to the electrostatic chuck;
- a voltage controller for controlling the magnitude of the electrostatic attraction force generated by controlling the amount of voltage applied to the electrostatic chuck from the power supply for the electrostatic chuck;
- the voltage control device is generated by applying a voltage to the electrostatic chuck in accordance with an increase in the residual electrostatic attraction force generated on the substrate by the application of the high frequency voltage to the electrode by the high frequency voltage application device during the plasma processing.
- the voltage control device decreases the amount of voltage applied to the electrostatic chuck after the application of the high-frequency voltage to the electrode by the high-frequency voltage application device is started.
- a plasma processing apparatus as described is provided.
- the plurality of push-up pins are moved up and down so that at least the outer peripheral edge of the substrate disposed on the mounting surface is directly or indirectly lifted upward from the mounting surface.
- a push-up device that pushes up A push-up force detection unit for detecting a push-up force generated when the substrate is pushed up by a plurality of push-up pins of the push-up device; After completion of plasma processing, when electrostatic chucking of the substrate by the substrate holding device is stopped, the push-up pin of the push-up device is lifted to lift the outer peripheral edge of the substrate upward from the substrate placement area on the mounting surface and detect the push-up force When the detection threshold is detected, the lift of the push-up pin is stopped.After that, when the push-up force detected by the push-up force detection unit decreases below the detection threshold, the push-up pin is The step-up operation, which is performed by repeatedly raising and stopping the push-up pin to be raised a plurality of times, is started. Detecting the completion of separation
- the thrusting device comprises: A first push-up device that integrally moves up and down a plurality of first push-up pins that are arranged in an outer region of the substrate placement region of the placement surface and that can be projected from the placement surface; A second push-up device for integrally raising and lowering a plurality of second push-up pins arranged in an inner region of the placement surface of the substrate placement region and projectable from the placement surface;
- the control device integrally raises the plurality of first push-up pins to separate the substrate from the outer region of the substrate placement region on the placement surface, and then
- the plasma processing apparatus according to the ninth aspect is provided that controls the operation timing of the first push-up device and the second push-up device so as to start the step-up operation by integrally raising the second push-up pin.
- the substrate holding device includes a first bipolar electrode formed in an annular and belt-like shape, and an annular and concentric arrangement with the first bipolar electrode inside the first bipolar electrode.
- a second bipolar electrode formed in a belt shape as an electrostatic chuck;
- the electrostatic adsorption force applied to the substrate by the second bipolar electrode is at least greater than the electrostatic adsorption force applied to the substrate by the first bipolar electrode.
- the amount of voltage applied from the electrostatic chuck power source to the first bipolar electrode and the second bipolar electrode is controlled so that the substrate is held on the mounting surface in a relatively low state.
- a plasma processing method for performing plasma processing on a substrate While placing the substrate on the placement surface of the substrate holding device, holding the substrate on the placement surface by electrostatic adsorption, Plasma treatment is performed on the substrate held by electrostatic adsorption, After the plasma treatment is completed, electrostatic adsorption is stopped, After that, a plurality of push-up pins are raised from the placement surface of the substrate holding device to lift the outer peripheral edge of the substrate upward from the substrate placement area of the placement surface, and the push-up force is detected to detect the detection threshold.
- the push-up pin is raised and stopped repeatedly by restarting the push-up pin.
- start the step-up operation In the step-up operation, when the lifting operation of the push-up pin is stopped, detection of completion of removal of the substrate from the substrate placement area on the placement surface is detected, and if the removal is not completed, the step-up operation is continued and the placement is continued.
- a plasma processing method for removing a substrate from a substrate arrangement region on a surface is provided.
- a plasma processing method for a glass bonded substrate in which a wafer is bonded to a glass plate, Place the substrate on the mounting surface of the substrate holding device, The substrate is held by electrostatic attraction force generated by applying voltage to the electrostatic chuck built in the mounting surface. Thereafter, application of a high-frequency voltage to the electrode is started, plasma processing is performed on the held substrate, and static electricity is applied according to the increase in residual electrostatic attraction force generated on the substrate by the application of the high-frequency voltage.
- a plasma processing method in which the amount of voltage applied to an electrostatic chuck is reduced and the substrate is continuously held so as to reduce the electrostatic attraction force generated by the voltage application to the electric chuck.
- the control device included in the plasma processing apparatus raises the push-up pin of the push-up device and pushes-up force when the electrostatic holding of the substrate by the substrate holding device is stopped after the plasma processing is completed.
- the detection unit detects the thrust force and stops the lifting of the thrust pin when the detection threshold value is detected. After that, the thrust force detected by the thrust force detection unit falls below the detection threshold value and the substrate is placed on the mounting surface.
- a configuration is adopted in which a step-up operation in which the raising and stopping of the push-up pin are repeated a plurality of times is started.
- the control device detects completion of separation from the substrate mounting surface when stopping after the raising of the push-up pin, and pushes up so as to continue the step-up operation when the separation is not completed.
- a configuration is employed in which the operation timing of the apparatus is controlled. After performing the first push-up operation by the push-up pin in this way, when the substrate is not completely detached from the mounting surface, the step-up operation is performed to repeatedly raise and stop the push-up pin a plurality of times.
- the substrate can be gradually removed from the mounting surface without causing damage or the like to the substrate, and a smooth substrate removal operation can be performed.
- the case where the pushing-up operation of the substrate by the plurality of pushing-up pins is not only directly performed on the substrate but may be indirectly performed on the substrate.
- the substrate can be detached from the inner region of the substrate arrangement region.
- the outer region of the substrate is first placed by making the timing of the pushing operation of the outer region of the substrate by the plurality of first pushing pins different from the timing of the pushing operation of the inner region of the substrate by the plurality of second pushing pins.
- the substrate can be detached gradually and stepwise from the outside to the inside, such as removing the inner region. Therefore, the substrate having a glass pasting structure that tends to have higher residual electrostatic attraction than a simple wafer is removed from the mounting surface without causing damage or misalignment. be able to.
- the electrostatic attraction force generated by voltage application to the electrostatic chuck in accordance with the amount of increase in the residual electrostatic attraction force generated on the substrate during the plasma processing, Since the plasma processing is performed on the substrate by continuing the holding, the magnitude of the residual electrostatic attraction force remaining on the substrate after the plasma processing is completed can be reduced. Therefore, after that, when the substrate is detached from the placement surface, the removal operation can be smoothly performed without damaging the substrate.
- the annular and strip-shaped first bipolar electrode is disposed concentrically with the first bipolar electrode inside the first bipolar electrode.
- a configuration including an annular and belt-like second bipolar electrode is employed.
- the electrostatic adsorption force applied to the substrate by the second bipolar electrode is greater than the electrostatic adsorption force applied to the substrate by the first bipolar electrode.
- the substrate is held on the placement surface at least relatively low.
- the residual electrostatic attraction force in the central region which is the inner peripheral side with respect to the outer peripheral side of the substrate, is reduced as compared with the outer peripheral side (region near the outer edge) of the substrate.
- the substrate is removed by integrally raising a plurality of push-up pins from the substrate mounting surface with respect to the edge of the substrate and / or the region in the vicinity thereof, The detachability from the mounting surface is improved, and plasma processing can be performed by holding the substrate by electrostatic adsorption without causing damage or displacement due to detachment when the substrate is detached from the mounting surface. .
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a plasma processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention, It is a schematic plan view of the mounting surface of the plasma processing apparatus of the first embodiment, It is a schematic explanatory drawing (push-up operation by the first push-up pin) of the substrate detachment operation in the plasma processing apparatus of the first embodiment, FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a substrate detachment operation in the plasma processing apparatus of the first embodiment (a push-up operation by the first and second push-up pins); It is a flowchart of the board
- FIG. 4 is a schematic partial enlarged view around a push-up pin in the push-up operation of FIG. 3;
- FIG. 5 is a schematic partial enlarged view around a push-up pin in the push-up operation of FIG. FIG.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic partial enlarged view around a push-up pin in a push-up operation according to a modification of the first embodiment; It is a schematic cross section which shows arrangement
- (A) is a graph which shows the time change of the ESC application voltage
- (B) is a graph which shows the ON / OFF state of the applied power to an electrode,
- C) is a graph showing the change in electrostatic attraction force of the substrate with respect to the mounting surface, (D) is a graph showing the supply state of He gas, It is a figure for demonstrating the reduction method of the residual electrostatic attraction force in the
- a graph showing the electrostatic attraction force obtained (C) is a graph showing an electrostatic attraction force (residual electrostatic attraction force) generated by charging the substrate, and (D) is a total attraction force ((B) + (C). )
- (A) is a graph showing a change in applied voltage to the ESC
- (B) is a graph showing a change in applied power to the electrode
- (C) shows a supply state of He gas.
- a graph It is a schematic diagram which shows the pushing-up operation
- FIG. 19B is a cross-sectional view of the tray of FIG.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a main configuration of the plasma processing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- a wafer for example, a silicon wafer (a semiconductor wafer formed of Si and its compound) 3 as an example of a semiconductor wafer is pasted on a glass plate 2 that is an insulating material.
- a glass pasting substrate 1 (hereinafter referred to as “substrate 1”) having a glass pasting structure pasted through an agent 4 is handled as an object of plasma processing.
- a silicon wafer 3 having a thickness of, for example, 25 to 400 ⁇ m, particularly 50 to 200 ⁇ m is used.
- the glass substrate 2 for example, a substrate having a thickness of about 300 to 500 ⁇ m, particularly about 400 ⁇ m is used.
- the patch 4 a resist and an adhesive are used, for example.
- a device such as an image sensor is manufactured by subjecting the silicon wafer 3 of the substrate 1 to a predetermined plasma treatment.
- the substrate 1 has a disk shape with a diameter of 200 mm, for example.
- a plasma processing apparatus 10 includes a plasma processing container 11 in which a predetermined plasma processing is performed in an internal space (plasma processing space), and a glass plate of a substrate 1 installed in the plasma processing container 11.
- a substrate holding device 12 having a mounting surface 12a on the second side and holding the substrate 1 mounted on the mounting surface 12a by electrostatic attraction is provided.
- an upper electrode 13 is installed on the inner upper side of the plasma processing chamber 11, and a lower electrode 14 is installed inside the substrate holding device 12.
- the upper electrode 13 is connected to an upper electrode high-frequency power source 15 (which is an example of a high-frequency voltage applying device), and the lower electrode 14 is connected to a lower electrode high-frequency power source 16.
- the mounting surface 12a of the substrate holding device 12 includes an ESC 17 that is an example of an electrostatic chuck for performing electrostatic attraction.
- the ESC 17 includes an ESC power source 18 (an example of an electrostatic chuck power source). Is connected).
- the substrate 1 is mounted on the mounting surface 12 a of the substrate holding apparatus 12, and the substrate 1 is held by electrostatic adsorption of the ESC 17. Is supplied and filled with a predetermined plasma processing gas while maintaining a predetermined pressure. Thereafter, a voltage is applied from the upper electrode high-frequency power source 15 to the upper electrode 13, and a voltage is applied from the lower electrode high-frequency power source 16 to the lower electrode 14 to generate plasma, and the substrate 1 is applied to the silicon wafer 3. Perform plasma treatment. When the plasma processing is completed, voltage application by the respective high frequency power supplies 15 and 16 is stopped, the gas in the plasma processing container 11 is exhausted, and the plasma processing on the substrate 1 is completed. When the plasma processing is completed, the power supply to the ESC 17 by the ESC power source 18 is stopped.
- the substrate 1 that has been subjected to the plasma processing is prepared to be detached from the mounting surface 12 a against the residual electrostatic attraction force existing between the mounting surface 12 a and the substrate 1.
- the structure that has been described will be described.
- a schematic plan view of the mounting surface 12a of the substrate holding device 12 is shown in FIG.
- the substrate holding device 12 has a plurality of first push-up pins 21 arranged in the outer region R1 of the substrate arrangement region R of the placement surface 12a integrated with the placement surface 12a.
- a first push-up device 20 that is moved up and down to project from the mounting surface 12a or to be stored in the mounting surface 12a, and a plurality of devices disposed in the inner region R2 of the substrate arrangement region R of the mounting surface 12a.
- a second push-up device 30 is provided to operate the second push-up pin 31 so that the second push-up pin 31 is moved up and down integrally from the placement surface 12a and protrudes from the placement surface 12a or stored in the placement surface 12a.
- the first push-up device 20 includes a first lifting device 22 that integrally lifts and lowers the first push-up pins 21, and the second push-up device 30 integrally pushes each second push-up pin 31.
- a second lifting / lowering device 32 that moves up and down is provided. The first elevating device 22 and the second elevating device 32 can operate independently from each other.
- the entire placement surface 12 a is the substrate placement region R with respect to the substrate 1. It may be a case where a part of the surface 12a is set as the substrate placement region, or a case where the substrate placement region R is set larger than the placement surface 12a.
- the substrate placement region R is smaller than the placement surface 12a, the uniformity of process characteristics (for example, etching rate) at the peripheral edge of the substrate 1 is improved, but the ESC 17 electrode on the placement surface 12a is connected to the substrate placement region. If it is greater than R, the electrode of the ESC 17 may be exposed to plasma and its life may be shortened.
- the electrode of the ESC 17 is smaller than the peripheral edge of the substrate 1, so that the problem of exposure to plasma does not occur, and the uniformity of the process characteristics is improved.
- the electrode of the ESC 17 is slightly smaller than the peripheral edge of the substrate 1 by about 0.5 mm to 1 mm.
- the electrode of the ESC 17 becomes too smaller than the periphery of the substrate 1, process characteristics at the periphery of the substrate 1 may become non-uniform.
- the outer region R1 of the substrate placement region R is placed on the placement portion 12a and / or in the vicinity of the edge portion of the substrate 1 placed on the placement surface 12a and / or the vicinity thereof.
- the inner region R2 of the substrate arrangement region R is an area located on the outer peripheral side of the substrate 1 having a radius of 1/2 or more of the radius of the substrate 1 than the edge of the outer region R1 of the substrate arrangement region R and the region in the vicinity thereof. Is also a relatively inner region.
- first push-up pins 21 are arranged at equal intervals on a first concentric circle C1 centered on the center of the mounting surface 12a.
- Two push-up pins 31 are arranged at equal intervals on a second concentric circle C2 centered on the center of the placement surface 12a.
- the diameter of the first concentric circle C1 is set larger than the diameter of the second concentric circle C2.
- the first push-up device 20 receives a push-up force (or push-up reaction force) applied to each first push-up pin 21 by the first lifting device 22 when the substrate 1 is pushed up.
- a first load cell 23 that is an example of a push-up force detection unit for detection is provided.
- the second push-up device 30 detects a push-up force (or push-up reaction force) that is applied to each second push-up pin 31 by the second lifting device 32 when the substrate 1 is pushed up.
- a second load cell 33 which is an example of a detection unit, is provided.
- the plasma processing apparatus 10 includes a first lifting device 21 that lifts and lowers the first lifting pin 21, a second lifting device 32 that lifts and lowers the second lifting pin 31, and the first load cell 23. Detection operation of the thrust force by the second load cell 33, voltage application operation by the high-frequency power source 15 for the upper power source, voltage application operation by the high-frequency power source 16 for the lower power source, and power supply operation by the ESC power source 18 In addition, a control device 9 that controls the operations while associating each other is provided. Further, the control device 9 pushes the first push-up pin 21 from the placement surface 12a and the second push-up pin 31 from the placement surface 12a through the first lift device 22 and the second lift device 32. The amount (stroke) can be detected.
- FIGS. 3 and 4 show schematic explanatory views of the operation of the plasma processing apparatus 10
- FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of the procedure of the detachment operation
- FIG. 6 shows the first push-up pin 21 and the second push-up pin 31.
- the graph showing the temporal change of thrust force (reaction force) and thrust stroke is shown.
- 7A and 7B show partial schematic enlarged views of the vicinity of the push-up pin in the push-up state.
- Step S1 of the flowchart For example, in a state where an inert gas (Ar, N 2 , O 2, etc.) that does not proceed with plasma processing (for example, etching) on the silicon wafer 3 is supplied to the internal space of the plasma processing container 11, the upper electrode 13 and / or Alternatively, the neutralizing plasma P is generated by applying a voltage to the lower electrode 14.
- an inert gas Ar, N 2 , O 2, etc.
- the static elimination plasma P can enter between the substrate 1 and the mounting surface 12a in such a state.
- the upper electrode 13, the upper electrode high-frequency power source 15, the lower electrode 14, the lower electrode high-frequency power source 16, and a gas supply device constitute an example of a static elimination plasma generating unit. .
- Step S2 the eight first push-up pins 21 are integrally lifted by the first lifting device 22 of the first push-up device 20, and the placement surface 12a.
- Step S2 the outer peripheral portion of the substrate 1 is pushed up by the respective first push-up pins 21, and the outer region of the substrate placement region R on the placement surface 12a.
- the substrate 1 is partially detached from R1.
- the push-up (lift) operation of the first push-up pin 21 is performed with reference to the push-up force detected by the first load cell 23.
- a detection threshold value that is a reference load for starting the second push-up operation without exceeding F2, which is a limit load that does not cause damage such as cracking or positional deviation such as splashing, with respect to the substrate 1
- the push-up stroke of the first push-up pin 21 is adjusted so as to enter the load range exceeding F1, and a push-up operation is performed.
- the tips of the first push-up pins 21 are positioned at the stroke (or height) H1.
- the edge of the substrate 1 is separated from the placement surface 12a, the static elimination plasma P generated in the internal space of the plasma processing container 11 is caused between the substrate 1 and the placement surface 12a. You can enter in between.
- the residual electrostatic attraction force existing between the substrate 1 and the mounting surface 12a is reduced on the surface in contact with the static elimination plasma P in the time sections T1 to T2, and the substrate from the mounting surface 12a is reduced.
- the separation (peeling) of 1 is promoted so as to spread from the outside to the inside of the substrate 1.
- step S3 detection of the thrust force by the first load cell 23 is continuously performed, and it is detected whether or not the detected thrust force has decreased to the detection threshold value F1 (step S3).
- step S4 the push-up by the first push-up device 20 and / or the second push-up device 30 is performed.
- the operation is started (step S4).
- the four first push-up pins 21 are further raised integrally by the first lifting device 22 of the first push-up device 20.
- the four second push-up pins 31 are integrally raised by the second lifting device 32 of the second push-up device 30 so as to protrude upward from the placement surface 12a.
- the push-up operation by the second push-up pin 31 is further performed, so that the substrate arrangement of the mounting surface 12 a is performed as shown in FIG.
- the substrate 1 can be completely or partially detached from the placement surface 12a in the inner region R2 of the region R.
- the static elimination plasma P can be further advanced between the substrate 1 and the mounting surface 12a to reduce the residual electrostatic attraction force, and the detachment of the substrate 1 is further promoted. Is done.
- a push-up operation by the second push-up pin 31 is performed.
- the substrate 1 is detached from the placement surface 12a.
- the thrust force by the thrust pins 21 and 31 is too close to the limit load F2
- only the second thrust pin 31 is thrust up without further raising the first thrust pin 21, and the tip of the second thrust pin 31 is You may make it the state located in the stroke H1 which is the same thrust height position as the 1st thrust pin 21.
- FIG. As a result, it is possible to further reduce the generation of stress generated in the substrate 1 by the push-up operation from the mounting surface 12a.
- the time division T4 waits for the pushing force by the first pushing pin 21 to decrease to the detection threshold value F1.
- ⁇ T5 the push-up operation by the first push-up pin 21 and / or the second push-up pin 31 is performed again.
- each first push-up pin 21 is in a state where its tip is located at the stroke H3
- each second push-up pin 31 is in a state where its tip is located in the stroke H2.
- the detection threshold for the first push-up pin 21 and the detection threshold for the second push-up pin 31 may be different from each other.
- step S5 the pushing-up operation for removing the substrate 1 from the placement surface 12a is completed.
- the confirmation that the substrate 1 is completely detached from the placement surface 12a is, for example, a load in which the thrust force detected by the first load cell 23 and / or the second load cell 33 corresponds to the weight of the substrate 1 itself. Or that it is below the separation threshold F3 indicating that the substrate 1 is detached from the placement surface 12a, and / or the first push-up pin 21 and the second push-up pin 31 This can be done because the stroke has reached a predetermined stroke.
- the glass pasting substrate 1 is mounted with the glass plate 2 side as the lower surface side.
- Plasma processing is performed on the semiconductor wafer 3.
- the substrate 1 is held by electrostatic adsorption by the ESC 204 built in the placement surface 203. Thereafter, when the plasma processing is completed, electrostatic adsorption by the ESC 204 is stopped.
- the plasma processing apparatus 201 includes a push-up device 206 that moves up and down a plurality of push-up pins 205 arranged concentrically on the edge of the mounting surface 203 of the substrate holding device 202. These push-up pins 205 are stored in the mounting surface 203 when the substrate 1 is mounted.
- each push-up pin 205 is lifted integrally by the push-up device 206, for example, and the substrate 1 placed on the placement surface 203 is pushed up and remains. Only the edge of the substrate 1 is detached from the mounting surface 203 against the electrostatic adsorption force.
- the substrate 1 is not a mere semiconductor wafer but has a glass plate pasting structure, the residual electrostatic attraction force is increased as compared with a case where a single semiconductor wafer is used. Therefore, even when the vicinity of the edge of the substrate 1 is pushed up by the plurality of push-up pins 205, a high residual electrostatic attraction force remains in the vicinity of the center of the substrate 1. As a result, only the portion pushed up by the push-up pin 205, that is, the edge of the substrate 1 is separated from the placement surface 203, and the vicinity of the center of the substrate 1 is not detached from the placement surface 203. In such a state, as shown in FIG. 16, when the substrate 1 is damaged such as a crack, or when the substrate 1 is displaced from the placement surface 203, the substrate 1 is displaced due to bouncing or the like. There is.
- Patent Document 1 it is possible to reduce the residual electrostatic attraction force by using static elimination plasma, but it has a glass pasting structure and has a higher residual electrostatic capacity than a normal semiconductor wafer. In the substrate 1 in which the attracting force is generated, it is considered that the time required for reducing the residual electrostatic attracting force by the static elimination plasma becomes longer, and the productivity of the plasma processing process is lowered.
- the substrate detaching method of the first embodiment places the glass-laminated substrate 1 without causing damage or displacement.
- Stable detachment from the surface 12a can be performed.
- a push-up operation by the first push-up pin 21 is performed to separate the edge portion of the substrate 1 from the placement surface 12a, and then a push-up operation by the second push-up pin 31 is performed.
- the inner portion is separated from the placement surface 12a, and the step-up is gradually increased and stopped from the outside to the inside of the substrate 1, and the thrust is less than the detection threshold when the protrusion is stopped.
- This is the basis of the glass pasting structure, which has a feature that the residual electrostatic attraction force is higher than that of a normal silicon wafer. For one, without causing damage or displacement, it is possible to perform a stable disengaged from the placement surface 12a.
- the substrate 1 may be bent at or near the push-up portion.
- Push-up operation by controlling the push-up stroke (amount) of the first push-up pin 21 and the second push-up pin 31 so as not to exceed a curvature that does not cause damage such as cracks in the substrate 1 according to physical properties and specifications. This can prevent the substrate 1 from being damaged.
- the static elimination plasma when performing these push-up operations, by using the static elimination plasma in combination, the static elimination plasma can be gradually made to enter from the outside to the inside of the substrate 1, and further the detachment of the substrate 1 can be promoted. .
- the push-up force exceeds the limit load F2 at which the substrate 1 is broken or displaced. It is possible to prevent the substrate 1 from being damaged.
- the push-up operation by the second push-up pin 31 is started after the push-up force decreases to the detection threshold value F1.
- the direct detachment effect due to the push-up operation and the indirect detachment effect that is, the effect of expanding the detachment range of the substrate 1
- stepwise push-up operation using the first push-up pin 21 and the second push-up pin 31, that is, the detachment operation of the substrate 1 from the mounting surface 12a is described with reference to FIGS. 6, 7A and 7B. It is not limited to the described method. A modified example of the separation operation will be described with reference to schematic explanatory views shown in FIGS. 7A and 8.
- the first push-up pin 21 is raised to the stroke H1, and the substrate 1 is pushed up. Thereafter, this push-up state is maintained, and the process waits for the push-up force by the first push-up pin 21 to decrease to the detection threshold value F1, for example.
- the detection threshold value F1 the detection threshold value F1
- the respective second push-up pins 31 are raised while the height of each first push-up pin 21 is maintained at the stroke H1. At this time, each second push-up pin 31 is lifted at a speed sufficiently lower than the lift speed of the first push-up pin 21 in the first push-up operation.
- each second push-up pin 31 that is slowly raised in this way is finally raised to a stroke H1, as shown in FIG. 8, for example.
- the step-up can be performed a plurality of times with a stroke smaller than the stroke H1. .
- the push-up force can be increased without stopping the push-up operation of the push-up pin halfway in the detachment operation from the mounting surface 12a of the substrate 1.
- the pushing-up and raising operation may be performed continuously so as not to exceed the detection threshold F1.
- the push-up pin when the detection threshold F1 is less than or equal to the limit load F2, the push-up pin is re-raised, but the detection threshold is set as a detection threshold F1a (F1 ⁇ F1a ⁇ F2) as a target value for raising the push-up pin.
- the detection threshold value F1a is detected, the raising of the push-up pin is stopped. Thereafter, when the push-up force becomes equal to or less than the detection threshold F1a and the substrate 1 is not completely detached from the placement surface 12a, the push-up pin is raised again as the second push-up action.
- the ascending operation again is a step-up operation in which the ascending and stopping are repeated, and a minute step-up operation (for example, the ascending height in one ascending operation is 0.1 to 0.2 mm, and at least in the ascending operation)
- the raising height is smaller than the raising height in the first raising operation of the push-up pin.
- the detection operation of the completion of detachment of the substrate 1 from the placement surface 12a is performed when stopping after the push-up pin is raised, but the detachment operation from the placement surface 12a of the substrate 1 is adversely affected. If there is not, the detection operation of the completion of separation may be performed continuously during the minute step-up operation.
- the mounting surface 12a is formed with a recess for flowing or storing He gas. From the relationship with the concave portion 12b formed on the mounting surface 12a, as shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, the formation positions of the first push-up pin 21 and the second push-up pin 31 are in plan view. It is preferable to be in the groove of the recess 12b.
- the tip height of the push-up pin be equal to or less than the bottom of the recess 12b so that the He gas easily flows in the recess 12b.
- the first push-up pins 21 and the second push-up pins 31 on the placement surface 12a can be adopted as the planar arrangement of the first push-up pins 21 and the second push-up pins 31 on the placement surface 12a.
- the push-up force applied to the substrate 1 is more uniform.
- the first push-up pins 21 are preferably arranged at equal intervals on the first concentric circle C1 centered on the center of the mounting surface 12a.
- the second push-up pins 31 are preferably arranged at equal intervals on the second concentric circle C2 having the center of the placement surface 12a as the center.
- the substrate 1 detached from the placement surface 12a is transported while being held from the lower surface side by the substrate transport arm 41, as shown in FIGS. It is preferable to determine the arrangement of the first push-up pins 21 and the second push-up pins 31 so as to ensure the insertion route of the substrate transport arm 41 between the placement surface 12a.
- first push-up pins 21 and second push-up pins 31 are provided on the mounting surface 12a, and the first push-up pins 21 and the second push-up pins 31 are stepped up stepwise.
- the first embodiment is not limited only to such a case. Instead of such a case, for example, only the plurality of first push-up pins 21 are provided in at least the outer peripheral region of the mounting surface 12a, and the push-up force is detected while raising the plurality of first push-up pins 21 integrally.
- the push-up pin is set to a predetermined constant or variable.
- the detection threshold value F1a is detected, the raising of the push-up pin is stopped, the push-up force becomes equal to or lower than the detection threshold value F1a, and the substrate 1 is not completely detached from the placement surface 12a.
- the push-up pin raising operation may be performed again by a small step-up operation.
- Such a push-up operation using only the first push-up pins 21 is effective, for example, when the substrate 1 has a small diameter or when a certain amount of time can be secured for detachment of the substrate 1.
- the target object was made into the glass bonding board
- the semiconductor and metal insulating film were formed on the wafer which formed the insulating film in the back surface of the silicon wafer 3, and the glass plate which is an insulating material.
- a wafer or glass or silicon wafer 3 itself can also be pushed up.
- the residual electrostatic attraction force tends to be relatively smaller than that of the glass pasting substrate 1, but for the silicon wafer 3 having a diameter of 300 mm or more, the first embodiment described above.
- the method of detaching from the mounting surface 12a by the pushing-up operation can be applied more effectively.
- the thrust force generated by the thrusting operation of the first thrusting pin 21 and the second thrusting pin 31 is detected by the first load cell 23 and the second load cell 33 so that the thrusting stroke and the stepwise thrusting timing are controlled.
- the first embodiment is not limited to such a case. Instead of such a case, for example, a device that detects the motor torque of the first lifting device 22 and the second lifting device 32 may be used.
- the push-up operation of the first embodiment by controlling only the push-up stroke without detecting the push-up force during the push-up operation. For example, based on the physical properties and specifications of the substrate 1 that is the object to be pushed up, a time sequence related to the push-up stroke that can keep the push-up force in an appropriate range is created by experiment, and the push-up stroke is calculated using this time sequence.
- the push-up operation can be performed while controlling.
- the substrate 1 is removed from the mounting surface 12 a without damaging the substrate 1 against the residual electrostatic attraction force.
- the push-up operation of the substrate to be detached was described.
- the substrate 1 is placed on the mounting surface 12a by reducing the residual electrostatic attraction force generated at the time when the plasma processing on the substrate 1 is completed before performing the pushing-up operation. The method of making it detach from will be explained.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a time change such as an electrostatic attraction force with respect to a substrate generated during plasma processing in a conventional plasma processing apparatus as a comparative example with respect to the second embodiment.
- FIG. 11A is a graph showing the time change of the ESC applied voltage
- FIG. 11B shows the presence or absence of power application to the upper electrode and / or the lower electrode (that is, plasma such as etching).
- 11C is a graph showing whether or not the processing is performed
- FIG. 11C shows a time change of the electrostatic adsorption force of the substrate with respect to the mounting surface due to the ESC applied voltage and the charging of the substrate by the electrode applied power.
- FIG. 11D is a graph showing the presence or absence of He gas supply between the mounting surface and the substrate for the purpose of cooling the substrate and the mounting surface.
- FIGS. 11A and 11C when a substrate is placed on the placement surface at a time Ta, a voltage is applied to the ESC to generate an electrostatic attracting force F11. The substrate is sucked and held in the section Ta-Tb. Further, in the time interval Ta-Tb, as shown in FIG. 11D, the He gas is supplied between the substrate and the mounting surface, and the He gas is maintained at the pressure P. After that, at time Tb, as shown in FIG. 11B, power application (for example, application of power W1) to the upper electrode and / or the lower electrode is started, and plasma on the substrate at time interval Tb-Tc. Processing is performed.
- power application for example, application of power W1
- the residual electrostatic attraction force increases with time. For example, at the time Tc when the plasma processing is completed, it is the sum of the electrostatic attraction force F11 by ESC and the residual electrostatic attraction force. The total electrostatic attraction force increases to F12. That is, the substrate is held with an electrostatic attraction force F12 larger than the electrostatic attraction force F11 for securely holding the substrate.
- the hatched portion shown in the figure is the residual electrostatic attraction generated by the residual charge.
- the substrate is likely to warp (for example, the chevron is likely to warp about 600 to 800 ⁇ m).
- a high voltage is required.
- a voltage of about 600 to 900 V is required for adsorption of a general single wafer
- a glass attached substrate requires a voltage of about 3 to 4 times, that is, a voltage of about 2500 V.
- the glass plate tends to generate strong polarization, the residual electrostatic attraction force is extremely strong, and it becomes more difficult to properly remove the substrate from the mounting surface.
- the plasma processing apparatus and method according to the second embodiment reduce the residual amount of the residual electrostatic attraction force so that the substrate can be smoothly detached from the mounting surface after the plasma processing is completed. It is for the purpose.
- FIG. 12A is a graph showing the time change of the ESC applied voltage
- FIG. 12B is a graph showing the time change of the electrostatic adsorption force of the ESC obtained from the ESC applied voltage
- FIG. 12C is a graph showing the electrostatic adsorption force generated by charging of the substrate by the applied voltage of the electrode, that is, the temporal change of the residual electrostatic adsorption force
- FIG. 12D is the electrostatic adsorption of FIG. It is a graph which shows the time change of the total adsorption
- the electrostatic adsorption force F11 is generated in the ESC at the applied voltage V1 at the time Ta, and then the applied voltage is gradually decreased from the time Tb.
- the electrostatic attraction force generated by applying the voltage to the ESC is reduced from F11 to F15. That is, after the application of the high-frequency voltage is started, the amount of voltage applied to the ESC is reduced in accordance with the amount of increase in the residual electrostatic attraction force that accompanies it.
- the total attracting force is kept almost constant, so that the residual electrostatic attracting force remaining when the substrate is detached from the mounting surface can be reduced, and the subsequent separating operation is performed. It can be done smoothly.
- the electrostatic attraction force F15 generated by voltage application to the ESC is, for example, an attraction force that is less than the force required for the reliable holding of the substrate only by the force F15, and for the reliable holding. By compensating for the shortage of the necessary force with the residual electrostatic attraction force, the total attraction force exceeds the force necessary for reliable holding.
- FIG. 13 shows a schematic diagram of a main configuration of the plasma processing apparatus 50 according to the second embodiment.
- the plasma processing apparatus 50 of the second embodiment is different from the plasma processing apparatus 10 of the first embodiment in the configuration of the substrate holding device.
- this different configuration will be mainly described.
- the same components as those of the plasma processing apparatus 10 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 13 the same components as those of the plasma processing apparatus 10 of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
- the substrate holding device of the plasma processing apparatus 50 is an ESC 57 that holds the substrate 1 placed on the placement surface 12 a by electrostatic adsorption force, and a DC voltage (DC voltage) is applied to the ESC 57.
- an ESC power source 58 is provided with a voltage control device 59 that is an example of a voltage control device that controls the magnitude of the voltage applied from the ESC power source 58 to the ESC 57.
- the voltage control device 59 is comprehensively controlled by the control device 9 while being associated with the operation of other components. Specifically, the voltage control device 59 is controlled by the control device 9 in association with the timing of application of power to the upper electrode 13 and / or the lower electrode 14.
- Such association can be performed as a sequential control using a program in which the timing for performing the operation of each constituent member is set in advance.
- a program in which the timing for performing the operation of each constituent member is set in advance.
- it may replace with the case where such a program is used and may be the case where it controls using the timing signal of the operation start / stop of a structural member.
- FIG. 14A to 14C show a method for performing plasma processing on a substrate using the plasma processing apparatus 50 having such a configuration while suppressing an increase in adsorption force applied to the substrate 1. This will be described using the graph shown in FIG. FIG. 14 (A) is a graph showing the time change of the voltage applied to the ESC 57, and FIG. 14 (B) is a graph showing the time change of the power applied to the upper electrode 13 and / or the lower electrode 14.
- FIG. 14C is a graph showing the change over time in the pressure of the He gas.
- the substrate 1 is placed on the placement surface 12 a by the plasma processing apparatus 50. Thereafter, at time Ta, a DC voltage is applied from the ESC power source 58 to the ESC 57.
- the magnitude of the voltage applied at this timing is set by a program or the like in association with the timing, for example.
- the applied voltage is controlled by the voltage controller 59 based on such a program, and a DC voltage of, for example, 2500 V is applied to the ESC 57 as shown in FIG.
- a DC voltage of, for example, 2500 V is applied to the ESC 57 as shown in FIG.
- the applied voltage of 2500 V is set as a voltage that can surely correct the warp (or deflection) in the glass pasting substrate 1 and is generated by the ESC 57.
- the warping of the substrate 1 is corrected by the electrostatic attraction force, and the substrate 1 is attracted and held.
- the applied voltage is lowered to, for example, 2000 V at time Ta1, and an appropriate electrostatic suction force for holding the substrate 1 is maintained.
- the supply of He gas is disclosed between the substrate 1 and the mounting surface 12a, and the predetermined pressure P is maintained.
- plasma processing for the substrate 1 is started. Specifically, plasma is generated by applying electric power W1 to the upper electrode 13 and / or the lower electrode 14 in a state where a predetermined gas is supplied into the plasma processing chamber 11, and etching or the like on the substrate 1 is performed. The plasma treatment is started.
- the voltage control device 59 reduces the applied voltage to the ESC 57 from 2000 V to 400 V, for example, based on the program. As a result, the electrostatic attraction force generated by voltage application at the ESC 57 is reduced, but since the residual electrostatic attraction force corresponding to this reduction amount is generated, the total attraction force should be kept substantially constant. Therefore, the state in which the substrate 1 is held on the mounting surface 12a is maintained, and the plasma processing is continued.
- the residual electrostatic attraction force further increases, so that the voltage applied to the ESC 57 is reduced from 400 V to 100 V, for example, so as to substantially cancel this increase.
- the total attraction force applied to the substrate 1 can be kept substantially constant without increasing.
- the application of power to the upper electrode 13 and / or the lower electrode 14 is stopped, and the plasma treatment for the substrate 1 is completed.
- the supply of He gas is stopped, and the He pressure decreases.
- the ESC power source 58 applies a voltage that is inverted in polarity to the ESC 57, for example, a voltage of ⁇ 3000 V (application of a positive / negative inversion large voltage). Thereby, the residual electrostatic attraction force which remains can be reduced significantly.
- a relatively weak power W2 is applied to the upper electrode 13 and / or the lower electrode 14 to generate static elimination plasma.
- the substrate 1 is moved away from the mounting surface 12a, which performs the stepwise push-up operation of the substrate 1 by the push-up pins 21 and 31 of the first embodiment.
- the applied voltage to the ESC 57 is decreased according to the increase amount of the residual electrostatic attraction force that occurs during the plasma processing and increases with time, and the residual electrostatic attraction force increases. Can be suppressed or offset by a decrease in electrostatic attraction force caused by voltage application to the ESC 57. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the adsorption force (total adsorption force) from increasing while securing the adsorption force for reliably holding the substrate 1 during the plasma treatment, and therefore, the residual static after the plasma treatment is completed. The residual amount of electroadsorption force can be reduced. Therefore, it is possible to smoothly and appropriately perform a push-up operation for separating the substrate 1 from the placement surface 12a thereafter. Such an effect of reducing the residual electrostatic attraction force is particularly effective for a glass bonded substrate in which the residual electrostatic attraction force tends to be larger than that of a single wafer.
- the magnitude of the voltage applied from the ESC power supply 58 to the ESC 57 and the timing of application are controlled in sequence by the voltage control device 59 based on the program.
- the temporal change state of the residual electrostatic attraction force generated on the substrate 1 can be measured and determined based on the measurement result.
- the ESC describes the applied voltage of the unipolar ESC.
- the applied voltage is ⁇ .
- the positive voltage or the negative voltage is used. Is applied.
- FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram showing the main configuration of the plasma processing apparatus 101 according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
- the plasma processing apparatus 101 of the third embodiment has a configuration different from the above-described embodiments in that a plurality of wafers held on a tray are handled as a substrate on which plasma processing is performed, as will be described later. Have.
- the material of the wafer held and handled in the tray here is, for example, a sapphire substrate for LED, GaN / sapphire substrate, GaN / GaN substrate, GaN / SiC substrate, GaN / Si substrate, SiC substrate for power device, and others
- a GaP substrate there are a GaP substrate, a ZnO substrate, a LiGaO 2 substrate, a ⁇ GaO 3 substrate, and the like.
- the plasma processing apparatus 101 includes a chamber (vacuum container or plasma processing container) 103 that constitutes a processing chamber for performing plasma processing on a substrate (for example, a wafer) 102.
- the upper end opening of the chamber 103 is closed in a sealed state by a top plate 104 made of a dielectric material such as quartz.
- An ICP coil (upper electrode) 105 is disposed on the top plate 104.
- a high frequency power source (high frequency power source for upper electrode) 107 is electrically connected to the ICP coil 105 via a matching circuit 106.
- a substrate susceptor (an example of a substrate holding device) 109 having a function as a lower electrode to which a bias voltage is applied and a function as a holding table for the substrate 102 is provided on the bottom side of the chamber 103 facing the top plate 104. It is arranged.
- the chamber 103 is provided with a loading / unloading gate 103a that can be opened and closed and communicates with an adjacent load dock chamber (not shown).
- An etching gas supply source 112 is connected to an etching gas supply port 103 b provided in the chamber 103.
- the etching gas supply source 112 includes an MFC (mass flow controller) or the like, and can supply an etching gas at a desired flow rate from the etching gas supply port 103b.
- a vacuum exhaust device 113 including a vacuum pump or the like is connected to an exhaust port 103 c provided in the chamber 103.
- the tray 115 is loaded into the chamber 103 (processing chamber) from the load dock chamber through the gate 103a. Is done. Note that such loading of the tray 115 is performed by using, for example, a transfer arm that can move in a horizontal direction and rotate in a horizontal plane.
- a plurality of push-up pins 118 that pass through the substrate susceptor 109 and are driven up and down by a drive device (an example of a push-up device) 117 are provided.
- the plurality of push-up pins 118 are, for example, concentrically arranged at equal intervals, and at the upper end thereof, the lower surface of the tray 115 can be pushed up and supported while the tray 115 is pushed up. .
- the transfer arm that supports the tray 115 enters the chamber 103 from the load dock chamber through the gate 103a.
- the push-up pin 118 is in the raised position, and the tray 115 is transferred from the transfer arm 116 that has entered the chamber 3 to the upper end of the push-up pin 118. In this state, the tray 115 is positioned above the substrate susceptor 109 with a gap.
- the push-up pin 118 is lowered to a lowered position indicated by a solid line in FIG. 1, whereby the substrate (wafer) 102 that is held and handled by the tray 115 is placed on the substrate susceptor 109 together with the tray 115.
- the push-up pin 118 rises to the raised position, and then the tray 115 is transferred to the transfer arm that has entered the chamber 103 from the load dock chamber. The operation of detaching the tray 115 and the substrate 102 from the substrate susceptor 109 after the plasma processing is finished will be described later.
- the drive device 117 is an example of a push-up force detection unit for detecting push-up force added to each push-up pin 118 from the drive device 117 when the tray 115 is pushed up.
- a load cell 190 is provided.
- the tray 115 includes a thin disc-shaped tray body 115a.
- the material of the tray 115 include ceramic materials such as alumina (Al 2 O 3 ), aluminum nitride (AlN), zirconia (ZrO), yttria (Y 2 O 3 ), silicon nitride (SiN), and silicon carbide (SiC).
- ceramic materials such as alumina (Al 2 O 3 ), aluminum nitride (AlN), zirconia (ZrO), yttria (Y 2 O 3 ), silicon nitride (SiN), and silicon carbide (SiC).
- metals such as aluminum coated with alumite, aluminum coated with ceramics on the surface, and aluminum coated with a resin material.
- the tray body 115a is provided with, for example, four substrate housing holes 119A to 119D penetrating in the thickness direction from the upper surface 115b to the lower surface 115c.
- the substrate accommodation holes 119A to 119D are arranged at equiangular intervals with respect to the center of the tray main body 115a when viewed from the upper surface 115b and the lower surface 115c.
- a substrate support 121 that protrudes toward the center of the substrate accommodation holes 119A to 119D is provided on the lower surface 115c side of the hole wall 115d of the substrate accommodation holes 119A to 119D.
- the substrate support portion 121 is provided, for example, on the entire circumference of the hole wall 115d and has an annular shape in plan view.
- a single substrate 102 is accommodated in each of the substrate accommodation holes 119A to 119B.
- the outer peripheral edge portion of the lower surface 102 a of the substrate 102 accommodated in the substrate accommodating holes 119 A to 119 B is supported by the upper surface 121 a of the substrate supporting portion 121.
- the substrate receiving holes 119A to 119D are formed so as to penetrate the tray main body 115a in the thickness direction. The lower surface 102a is exposed.
- the tray body 115a is provided with a positioning notch 115e in which the outer peripheral edge is partially cut away.
- the positioning projection of the carrying arm is fitted into the positioning notch 115e.
- the rotational angular position of the tray 115 can be detected by detecting the positioning notch 115e and the positioning protrusion with a sensor or the like provided in the load dock chamber.
- the substrate susceptor 109 is made of a dielectric plate (dielectric member) 123 made of ceramics or the like, aluminum having an alumite coating on the surface, etc., and functions as a pedestal electrode in the third embodiment.
- a metal plate (support member) 124, a spacer plate 125 made of ceramics, a guide cylinder 126 made of ceramics, and a metal earth shield 127 are provided.
- a dielectric plate 123 that constitutes the uppermost portion of the substrate susceptor 109 is fixed to the upper surface of the metal plate 124.
- the metal plate 124 is fixed on the spacer plate 125. Further, the outer periphery of the dielectric plate 123 and the metal plate 124 is covered by the guide tube 126, and the outer periphery thereof and the outer periphery of the spacer plate 125 are covered by the earth shield 127.
- the dielectric plate 123 has a thin disk shape as a whole, and has a circular outer shape in plan view.
- the upper end surface of the dielectric plate 123 constitutes a tray support surface (tray support portion or tray arrangement region) 128 that supports the lower surface 115 c of the tray 115.
- four short columnar substrate mounting portions 129A to 129D corresponding to the substrate receiving holes 119A to 119D of the tray 115 protrude upward from the tray support surface 128, respectively.
- the upper end surfaces of the substrate placement units 129A to 129D constitute a substrate placement surface (substrate placement region R) 131 on which the lower surface 102a of the substrate 102 is directly placed.
- the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D are provided with an annular protrusion 132 that protrudes upward from the outer peripheral edge portion of the substrate placement surface 131 and whose upper end surface supports the lower surface 102a of the substrate 102.
- a plurality of columnar protrusions 133 having a sufficiently smaller diameter than the substrate placement surface 131 are provided in a portion surrounded by the annular projection portion 132 of the substrate placement surface 131 so as to be uniformly distributed. .
- the protruding amount of the cylindrical protrusion 133 and the annular protrusion 132 to the substrate mounting surface 131 is the same, and not only the annular protrusion 132 but also the upper end surface of the cylindrical protrusion 133 supports the lower surface 102 a of the substrate 102.
- the outer diameter D1 of the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D is set smaller than the diameter D2 of the circular opening 136 surrounded by the front end surface 121b of the substrate support portion 121. Accordingly, when the tray 115 is lowered toward the dielectric plate 123 at the time of carrying in, the individual substrate mounting portions 129A to 129D enter the corresponding substrate receiving holes 119A to 119D from the lower surface 115c side of the tray main body 115a, and the tray The lower surface 115 c of 115 is placed on the tray support surface (tray placement region) 128 of the dielectric plate 123.
- the height H11 of the upper surface 121a of the substrate support 121 from the lower surface 115c of the tray body 115a is set lower than the height H12 of the substrate placement surface 131 from the tray support surface 128. Accordingly, in a state where the lower surface 115c of the tray 115 is placed on the tray support surface 128, the tray 115 is pushed up by the substrate placement surface 131 at the upper end of the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D and lifts from the substrate support portion 121 of the tray 115. Yes.
- the substrate (wafer) 102 accommodated in the substrate accommodation holes 119A to 119D of the tray 115 is loaded onto the substrate susceptor 109 together with the tray 115, and the dielectric plate 123 of the substrate susceptor 109 is supported by the tray.
- the substrate placement region R of the substrate placement surface 131 which is the upper end surface of the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D protruding upward from the tray support surface 128 side.
- the substrate 102 is lifted from the substrate support portion 121 of the tray 115 and delivered.
- a plurality of substrate mounting portions 129A to 129D are formed in the upper surface of the dielectric plate 123, and the upper surfaces of the respective substrate mounting portions 129A to 129D are formed on the substrate mounting surface 131, That is, as the substrate placement region R, the placement region of the tray 115 is placed on the upper surface of the dielectric plate 123 around each of the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D.
- connection portion between the outer peripheral surface 138 of the substrate platform 129A to 129D and the substrate platform 131 is chamfered into a round surface. Therefore, on the upper end side of the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D, the outer diameter viewed from the through direction of the substrate accommodation holes 119A to 119D increases from the substrate placement surface 131 side toward the tray support surface 128. On the other hand, on the lower end side of the outer peripheral surface 138 of the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D, the outer diameter viewed from the penetration direction of the substrate accommodation holes 119A to 119D is constant.
- an annular guide plate 267 for positioning the tray 215 with respect to the dielectric plate 123 from the outer peripheral side may be provided as in the plasma processing apparatus 201 of the modification of the third embodiment shown in FIG. good.
- the guide plate 267 is fixed to the upper surface of the guide cylinder 126 and surrounds the four substrate placement portions 129A to 129D of the dielectric plate 123.
- the inner peripheral surface 267a of the guide plate 267 is a tapered surface that extends from the lower surface 267b toward the upper surface 267c.
- the thickness of the guide plate 267 is set to be approximately the same as the thickness of the tray 215.
- the same reference numerals are given to the same constituent members as those of the plasma processing apparatus 101 in FIG.
- the outer peripheral surface 215f of the tray 215 is a tapered surface whose outer diameter increases from the lower surface 215c toward the upper surface 215b.
- the dimensions and shape including the taper degree of the inner peripheral surface 267a of the guide plate 267 and the outer peripheral surface 215f of the tray 215 are such that when the lower surface 215c of the tray 215 is placed on the tray support surface 128, the inner peripheral surface 167a of the guide plate 167. Accordingly, the outer peripheral surface 215f of the tray 215 is set so as to be positioned and guided.
- the outer peripheral surface 215f of the tray 215 is guided to the inner peripheral surface 267a of the guide plate 267.
- the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D are inserted into the substrate accommodation holes 119A to 119F of the tray 215, whereby the substrate 102 in the substrate accommodation holes 119A to 119D is positioned with respect to the substrate placement surface 131 of the dielectric plate 123.
- the tray 215 itself holding the substrate 102 is positioned with respect to the dielectric plate 123 by the guide plate 267. As a result, the positioning accuracy of the substrate 102 with respect to the substrate mounting surface 131 of the dielectric member 123 can be further improved.
- a monopolar electrostatic attraction electrode is provided near the substrate placement surfaces 131 of the individual substrate placement portions 129A to 129D of the dielectric plate 123.
- 140 (which is an example of an electrostatic chuck) is incorporated. These electrostatic chucking electrodes 140 are electrically insulated from each other, and a DC voltage for electrostatic chucking is applied from a common DC voltage application mechanism 143 including a DC power supply 141 and an adjusting resistor 142.
- the substrate placement surface 131 of each of the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D is provided with a supply hole 144 for heat transfer gas (helium in the third embodiment). These supply holes 144 are connected to a common heat transfer gas supply mechanism 145 (shown in FIG. 17).
- the heat transfer gas supply mechanism 145 includes a heat transfer gas source (helium gas source in the third embodiment) 146, a supply channel 147 from the heat transfer gas source 146 to the supply hole 144, and a heat transfer gas in the supply channel 147.
- a flow meter 148, a flow control valve 149, and a pressure gauge 150 are provided in this order from the source 146 side.
- the heat transfer gas supply mechanism 145 includes a discharge flow channel 151 branched from the supply flow channel 147 and a cutoff valve 152 provided in the discharge flow channel 151. Furthermore, the heat transfer gas supply mechanism 145 includes a bypass channel 153 that connects the supply hole 144 side to the discharge channel 151 with respect to the pressure gauge 150 of the supply channel 147. Between the substrate placement surfaces 131 of the individual substrate placement portions 129A to 129D and the lower surface 102a of the substrate 102 placed thereon, in detail, the lower surface 102a of the substrate 102 and the annular protrusion 132 are surrounded. Heat transfer gas is supplied to the closed space by the heat transfer gas supply mechanism 145.
- the cutoff valve 152 When supplying the heat transfer gas, the cutoff valve 152 is closed, and the heat transfer gas is sent from the heat transfer gas supply source 146 to the supply hole 144 through the supply path 147. Based on the flow rate and pressure of the supply flow path 147 detected by the flow meter 148 and the pressure gauge 150, the controller 163 described later controls the flow rate control valve 149. On the other hand, when the heat transfer gas is discharged, the cut-off valve 152 is opened, and the heat transfer gas between the lower surface 102a of the substrate 102 and the substrate placement surface 131 passes through the supply hole 144, the supply flow path 147, and the discharge flow path 151. Then, the air is exhausted from the exhaust port 154.
- the metal plate (lower electrode) 124 is electrically connected to a high frequency application mechanism 156 that applies a high frequency as a bias voltage.
- the high frequency applying mechanism 156 includes a high frequency power source (lower electrode high frequency power source) 157 and a matching variable capacitor 158.
- the cooling mechanism 159 includes a refrigerant channel 160 formed in the metal plate 124 and a refrigerant circulation device 161 that circulates the temperature-controlled refrigerant in the refrigerant channel 160.
- a controller (control device) 163 schematically shown only in FIG. 17 is based on various sensors and operation inputs including a flow meter 148 and a pressure gauge 150, and a high-frequency power source 107, an etching gas supply source 112, a transfer arm, and vacuum exhaust.
- the operation of the entire plasma processing apparatus 101 including the device 113, the driving device 117, the DC voltage application mechanism 143, the heat transfer gas supply mechanism 145, the high frequency voltage application mechanism 156, and the cooling mechanism 159 is controlled.
- the controller 163 can control the push-up force detection operation for detecting the push-up force generated by the push-up operation of the push-up pin 118 with respect to the tray 115 by the driving device 117 through the load cell 190.
- the controller 163 can control the driving device 117 to drive the push-up pin 118 by a desired drive amount, that is, raise the push-up pin 118 to a desired height.
- the substrates 102 are accommodated in the substrate accommodation holes 119A to 119D of the tray 115, respectively.
- the substrate 102 supported by the substrate support portion 121a of the tray 115 is exposed from the lower surface 115c of the tray main body 115a through the substrate accommodation holes 119A to 119D when viewed from the lower surface side of the tray main body 115a.
- the tray 115 in which the substrate 102 is accommodated in each of the substrate accommodation holes 119A to 119D is supported by the transfer arm, and is carried into the chamber 103 from the load dock chamber through the gate 103a. As indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG.
- the push-up pin 118 driven by the driving device 107 is raised, and the tray 115 is transferred from the transfer arm to the upper end of the push-up pin 118. After the transfer of the tray 115, the transfer arm retracts in the load lock chamber, and the gate 103a is closed.
- the push-up pins 118 in a state where the trays 115 are supported at the respective upper ends are lowered toward the substrate susceptor 109 from the raised position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 20A and 20B, the lower surface 115c of the tray 115 is lowered to the tray support surface 128 of the dielectric plate 123 of the substrate susceptor 109, and the tray 115 is supported by the tray support surface 128 of the dielectric plate 123.
- the substrate mounting portions 129A to 129D that protrude upward from the tray support surface 128 side of the dielectric plate 123 correspond to the corresponding substrate accommodation holes 119A to 119D of the tray 115.
- the tray 115 enters from the lower surface 115c side of the tray 115.
- the substrate mounting surface 131 at the tip of the substrate mounting portions 129A to 129D advances in the substrate receiving holes 119A to 119D toward the upper surface 115b of the tray 115.
- FIG. 20B when the lower surface 115c of the tray 115 is placed on the tray support surface 128 of the dielectric plate 123, the substrates 102 in the individual substrate accommodation holes 119A to 119D are moved by the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D. The substrate is lifted from the upper surface 121a of the substrate support 121.
- the lower surface 102a of the substrate 102 is placed on the substrate placement surface 131 of the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D, and is disposed above the upper surface 121a of the substrate support portion 121 of the tray 115 with a space therebetween.
- the substrate mounting portions 129A to 129D enter the substrate receiving holes 119A to 119D of the tray 115, they are upper end surfaces of the substrate mounting portions 129A to 129D protruding upward from the tray support surface 128 side.
- the substrate 102 is lifted and transferred from the substrate support portion 121 of the tray 115 to the substrate placement surface 131, and the substrate 102 is directly placed on the substrate placement surface 131. Accordingly, the four substrates 102 accommodated in the tray 115 are all placed on the substrate placement surfaces 131 of the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D with high positioning accuracy.
- connection portion between the outer peripheral surface 138 of the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D and the substrate placement surface 131 is chamfered into a round surface, so that the substrate accommodation holes 119A to 119D and the substrate placement portion 129A are provisionally provided.
- the chamfered portions of the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D are in contact with the front end surface 121b of the substrate support portion 121.
- the substrate platforms 129A to 129D are smoothly and surely inserted into the substrate accommodation holes 119A to 119D.
- the substrate 102 is placed with high positioning accuracy with respect to the substrate placement surface 131.
- a DC voltage is applied from the DC voltage application mechanism 143 to the electrostatic chucking electrodes 140 respectively built in the plurality of substrate mounting portions 129A to 129D protruding upward from the tray support surface 128 side of the dielectric plate 123. Is applied to generate an electrostatic attraction force, and the substrates 102 delivered to the substrate placement region R of the substrate placement surface 131 of each of the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D are electrostatically attracted and held. The lower surface 102 a of the substrate 102 is directly placed on the substrate placement surface 131 without using the tray 115. Therefore, the substrate 102 is held with a high degree of adhesion to the substrate placement surface 131.
- the heat transfer gas is supplied from the heat transfer gas supply device 145 through the supply hole 144 into the space surrounded by the annular protrusions 132 of the individual substrate placement portions 129A to 129D and the lower surface 102a of the substrate 102.
- the space is filled with a heat transfer gas such as He gas.
- an etching gas is supplied from the etching gas supply source 112 into the chamber 103, and the inside of the chamber 103 is maintained at a predetermined pressure by the vacuum exhaust device 113.
- a high frequency voltage is applied from the high frequency power source 107 to the ICP coil 105, and a bias voltage is applied to the metal plate 124 of the substrate susceptor 109 by the high frequency application mechanism 156 to generate plasma in the chamber 103.
- the substrate 102 is etched by this plasma.
- since four substrates 102 can be placed on the substrate susceptor 109 with one tray 115, batch processing is possible.
- the refrigerant circulating device 161 circulates the refrigerant in the refrigerant flow path 160 to cool the metal plate 124, thereby the dielectric plate 123 and the substrate 102 held on the substrate mounting surface 131 of the dielectric plate 123. Cool down.
- the lower surface 102a of the substrate 102 is directly mounted on the substrate mounting surface 131 without the tray 115, and is held with high adhesion. Accordingly, the space enclosed by the heat transfer gas surrounded by the annular protrusion 132 and the lower surface 102a of the substrate 102 is highly sealed, and the substrate 102 and the substrate mounting surface 131 through the heat transfer gas of He gas are used. The thermal conductivity during is good.
- the substrate 102 held on the substrate placement surfaces 131 of the individual substrate placement units 129A to 129D can be cooled with high cooling efficiency, and the temperature of the substrate 102 can be controlled with high accuracy.
- a space surrounded by the annular protrusion 132 of the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D and the lower surface 102a is filled with the heat transfer gas.
- the space filled with the heat transfer gas is different for each substrate 102.
- the thermal conductivity between the individual substrates 102 and the substrate mounting surface 131 of the dielectric plate 123 is good, and high cooling efficiency and high-precision temperature control can be realized.
- each substrate 102 is directly placed on the substrate placement surface 131 of each of the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D formed so as to protrude, and is electrostatically adsorbed. High adhesion to 131. Therefore, a member such as a clamp ring for mechanically heating the outer peripheral edge portion of the upper surface of the substrate 102 with respect to the dielectric plate 123 is unnecessary. In other words, there is no member on the upper surface of the substrate 102 that causes the plasma state to become unstable not only in the central portion but also in the vicinity of the outer periphery. Therefore, uniform plasma processing can be realized in the entire region of the surface of the substrate 102 including the vicinity of the outer periphery.
- a blue or white LED or LD is a substrate obtained by epitaxially growing GaN on a sapphire substrate (GaN / sapphire substrate), or a GaN / GaN substrate.
- GaN / SiC substrate, a GaN / Si substrate, a sapphire substrate, or the like is used. These substrates are mainly small in size of about 2 to 3 inches.
- the GaN / sapphire substrate uses a sapphire substrate which is an insulator for the substrate 102.
- An electrostatic adsorption electrode (ESC electrode) 140 having a strong adsorption force is required.
- Electroadsorption For reliably electrostatically adsorbing the GaN / sapphire substrate (ESC adsorption) and cooling the substrate 102 between the wide area of the lower surface 102a of the substrate 102 and the substrate placement surface 131 of the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D.
- He gas which is a heat transfer gas
- a low resistance type volume resistivity (25 ° C.) 10 10 to 10 11 ⁇ ⁇ cm) monopolar (single pole type)
- Is applied at a high voltage to generate a weak leakage current of several tens to several hundreds of ⁇ A, and the substrate can be staticated with a stronger Coulomb force and / or Johnson Thebeck force.
- Electroadsorption is preferred. Specifically, it is preferable to perform electrostatic adsorption as follows.
- a space surrounded by the annular protrusions 132 of the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D and the lower surface 102a of the substrate 102 is filled with He gas, which is a heat transfer gas for cooling the substrate 102.
- He gas which is a heat transfer gas for cooling the substrate 102.
- a plurality of columnar protrusions 133 having a sufficiently smaller diameter than the substrate mounting surface 131 are provided in a portion surrounded by the annular protrusion 132 of the substrate mounting surface 131 so as to be uniformly distributed.
- the protrusions of the cylindrical protrusion 133 and the annular protrusion 132 on the substrate mounting surface 131 are substantially the same, and not only the annular protrusion 132 but also the upper end surface of the cylindrical protrusion 133 supports the lower surface 102a of the substrate 102.
- the ratio of the contact area of each of the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D with respect to the lower surface 102a of the substrate 102 is 5 to 30%, preferably 10 to 20%.
- the area of the space filled with the heat transfer gas is reduced, and the cooling capacity of the substrate 102 is reduced. .
- a plurality of island-shaped columnar protrusions 133 having a small contact area are provided in a portion surrounded by the annular protrusion 132 of the substrate mounting surface 131.
- a monopolar electrostatic adsorption electrode is placed in the substrate mounting portion made of a low resistance ceramic material. It is desirable to use and apply a high voltage.
- the substrate placement surface 131 is provided in the space of the portion surrounded by the annular protrusion 132 configured such that the ratio of the contact area contacting the lower surface 102a of the substrate 102 is 10 to 20%. It is preferable to use a plurality of island-shaped columnar protrusions 133 with small contact areas.
- the distance between the electrostatic chucking electrode 140 incorporated in the substrate mounting portions 129A to 129D and the substrate mounting surface 131 for mounting and supporting the lower surface 102a of the substrate 102 is 0.2 mm to 1.0 mm, preferably 0. 3 to 0.8 mm.
- the applied voltage is set to a maximum of 3.0 KV, and in order to ensure a dielectric breakdown voltage of about 26.0 KV, the electrostatic attraction electrode 140 and the lower surface 102a of the substrate 102 are placed and supported.
- the distance from the substrate mounting surface 131 is preferably 0.3 to 0.8 mm.
- the substrate mounting surface 131 has an annular shape when corresponding to a wafer-like substrate.
- the annular projecting portion 132 when it corresponds to a quadrangular substrate, it may be a square or polygonal projecting portion.
- the residual adsorption force becomes stronger, but the GaN / sapphire substrate is removed by performing the separation operation of the substrate 102 from the substrate placement region R of the substrate placement surface 131 described later. Can be removed.
- the outer peripheral edge of the substrate 102 and the substrate accommodation hole of the tray 115 are used.
- the gap ⁇ 1 between the hole walls 115d of 119A to 119D is about 0.1 to 0.2 mm
- the gap ⁇ 2 between the lower surface 102a of the substrate 102 and the upper surface 121a of the substrate support 121 of the tray 115 is 0.2 to 0.2 mm. It is preferable that the gap ⁇ 3 between the side walls of the substrate placement portions 129A to 129D and the tip of the substrate support portion 121 is about 0.5 mm.
- the application of the high frequency voltage from the high frequency power source 107 to the ICP coil 105 and the application of the bias voltage from the high frequency application mechanism 156 to the metal plate 124 are stopped. Subsequently, the etching gas is exhausted from the chamber 103 by the vacuum exhaust device 113. Further, the heat transfer gas is exhausted from the substrate mounting surface 131 and the lower surface 102 a of the substrate 102 by the heat transfer gas supply mechanism 145. Further, the application of the DC voltage from the DC voltage application mechanism 143 to the electrostatic chucking electrode 140 is stopped to release the electrostatic chucking of the substrate 102.
- the substrate 102 is detached from the substrate placement region R of each of the projected substrate placement surfaces 131. Details of the separation operation will be described later.
- the tray 115 holding each substrate 102 is supported at the upper end of each push-up pin 118 raised to the raised position by the driving device 117. Thereafter, the tray 115 is transferred to the transfer arm that has entered the chamber 103 from the load dock chamber through the gate 103a. The tray 115 is carried out to the load dock chamber by the transfer arm. Thereby, the plasma treatment for each substrate 102 held by the tray 115 is completed.
- FIGS. 21A to 21E show schematic explanatory diagrams of the operation of the plasma processing apparatus 101
- FIG. 22 shows a flowchart of the procedure of the detachment operation
- FIG. 23 shows the push-up force (reaction force) and push-up of the push-up pin 118.
- the application of the DC voltage from the DC voltage application mechanism 143 to the electrostatic chucking electrode 140 is stopped to stop the electrostatic chucking of the substrate 102 by the electrostatic chucking force.
- the static elimination plasma which is a comparatively weak plasma for removing the residual electrostatic attraction force existing between the substrate 102 and the substrate mounting surface 131 is generated (step S11 in the flowchart of FIG. 22).
- each substrate 102 is held in the substrate placement region R of the substrate placement surface 131 by the residual electrostatic attraction force. In such a state, the generated neutralization plasma is generated. Cannot enter between the substrate 102 and the substrate mounting surface 131.
- the drive pins 117 integrally raise the respective push-up pins 118 so as to protrude above the tray support surface 128 (step S12).
- the tray 115 is pushed up by the push-up pins 118, and the tray 115 is raised from the tray support surface 128.
- the upper surface 121a of the substrate support portion 121 of the tray 115 is in contact with the outer peripheral edge portion of the lower surface of the substrate 102 held by each substrate placement surface 131.
- the entire tray 115 is further lifted by the push-up pins 118 as shown in FIG. Are lifted by the respective substrate support portions 121 of the tray 115.
- the substrate 102 is partially detached from the outer region R1 of the substrate placement region R of each substrate placement surface 131.
- each of the push-up pins 118 by the driving device 117 is shown.
- the push-up (lift) operation is performed with reference to the push-up force detected by the load cell 190.
- the push-up force indirectly applied to the substrate 102 does not exceed F2, which is a limit load that does not cause damage such as cracking or positional displacement such as splashing, and the like.
- the push-up stroke is adjusted by adjusting the push-up stroke of the push-up pin 118 so that the load range exceeds the detection threshold value F1, which is the reference load for starting the second push-up action.
- F1 the detection threshold value
- the entire tray 115 is lifted above the tray support surface 128 and the outer peripheral edge of each substrate 102 is separated from the protruding substrate mounting surface 131, so that the inside of the chamber 103 is
- the static elimination plasma P generated in the space enters between the tray 115 and the tray support surface 128, and further the static elimination plasma that has entered may enter between the respective substrates 102 and the substrate mounting surface 131. it can.
- the residual electrostatic attraction force existing between each substrate 102 and the substrate mounting surface 131 is reduced on the surface in contact with the static elimination plasma P in the time sections T1 to T2, and the substrate mounting surface is reduced.
- the separation (peeling) of the substrate 102 from 131 is promoted to spread from the outside to the inside of the substrate 102.
- step S14 the substrate 102 is not completely detached from the substrate placement surface 131 (step S14). )
- the pushing-up operation by the driving device 117 is started again (step S12). Specifically, for example, in the time segments T2 to T3 shown in FIG. 23A, the driving pins 118 are further raised integrally by the driving device. By this push-up operation, each push-up pin 118 is brought into a state where its tip is positioned at the stroke H2.
- the entire tray 115 is further lifted by the push-up pins 118, and the outer peripheral edges of the respective substrates 102 are lifted.
- the substrate 102 can be completely or partially detached from the substrate placement surface 131 protruding in the inner region R2 of the substrate placement region R of each substrate placement surface 131.
- the static elimination plasma P that has entered the gap between the tray 115 and the tray support surface 128 is caused to further enter between the substrate 102 and the substrate mounting surface 131, thereby remaining residual static.
- the electroadsorption force can be reduced, and the separation of the substrate 102 is further promoted.
- each push-up pin 118 is in a state where its tip is positioned at the stroke H3.
- each substrate 102 has not yet been completely detached from the substrate placement surface 131 by the third push-up operation, for example, wait for the push-up force of the push-up pin 118 to decrease to the detection threshold value F1. After the time section T6, the pushing operation by the pushing pins 118 is performed. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 21E, when it is confirmed that the substrates 102 are completely detached from the respective substrate placement surfaces 131 (step S14), the respective substrates 102 are detached from the substrate placement surface 131. The push-up operation for is completed.
- the confirmation that the substrate 102 is completely detached from the respective substrate placement surfaces 131 is, for example, a load in which the pushing-up force detected by the load cell 190 corresponds to the total weight of each substrate 102 and the tray 115. That it is less than the separation threshold F3 indicating that the substrate 102 is detached from the substrate mounting surface 131, and the stroke of the push-up pin 118 has reached a predetermined stroke. Any one or a combination of these can be used.
- the tray 115 is entirely supported by the tray using the plurality of push-up pins 118 arranged concentrically.
- the outer peripheral edge portion of the substrate 102 can be lifted by the substrate support portions 121 of the tray 115 lifted from the surface 128. That is, the plurality of substrates 102 having relatively small diameters held on the tray 115 can be pushed up (lifted) indirectly through the tray 115 without being pushed up directly by the push-up pins 118. Therefore, the separation operation from the substrate placement surface 131 with respect to the plurality of substrates 102 can be performed without complicating the apparatus configuration.
- the pushing-up operation of the tray 115 by each pushing-up pin 118 is a step operation in which the raising operation of the pushing-up pin 118 is repeated while detecting the pushing force, so even if the residual electrostatic attraction force is high, The substrate 102 can be stably detached from the substrate mounting surface 131 without causing damage or misalignment of the substrate 102.
- the discharge plasma is caused to enter between the raised tray 115 and the tray support surface 128.
- the entered static elimination plasma can be gradually made to enter from the outside to the inside of the substrate 102, and the separation of each substrate 102 can be promoted.
- Plasma treatment can be performed on each substrate 102. That is, during the plasma processing, after each substrate 102 is securely attracted and held on the substrate mounting surface 131 by the electrostatic attraction force, for example, it is applied from the DC voltage application mechanism 143 to the electrostatic attraction electrode 140. By reducing the applied voltage stepwise, it is possible to reduce the residual electrostatic attraction force that exists when each substrate 102 is detached. Note that the plasma processing apparatus 101 of the third embodiment is not limited to the case where stepwise control of the voltage applied to the electrostatic adsorption electrode 140 is performed.
- the step of detaching the substrate by the step-up of each push-up pin 118 without performing step-by-step control of the voltage applied to the electrostatic adsorption electrode 140. Even in the case where only the process is performed, the substrate can be detached while suppressing the occurrence of damage to the respective substrates 102.
- each substrate 102 is indirectly lifted by pushing up the tray 115 formed of a material that is not attracted and held by the electrostatic support force on the tray support surface 128 (it is difficult to be attracted and held). Such a withdrawal method is adopted.
- the tray 115 itself is formed of a material and a shape that are less likely to bend than the substrate 102. Therefore, each push-up pin 118 only needs to be disposed so that a substantially uniform push-up force is applied to the tray 115.
- each push-up pin 118 is disposed so as to push up near the center of the tray 115. You can also.
- the diameter of the tray 115 is relatively large (for example, when it has a diameter of 300 mm or more), in order to perform a stable push-up operation, in addition to the push-up pins that push up the outer peripheral edge side A push-up pin that pushes up the inner region may be disposed.
- the discharge plasma is generated before the start of the pushing operation of the substrate 102 or the tray 115.
- the pushing operation is started. Then, the static elimination plasma may be generated.
- a plasma processing apparatus that performs plasma processing on a wafer, for example, a semiconductor wafer (formed with Si, a compound, etc.), in a state where the wafer is mounted and held on a mounting surface of a wafer holding device provided in a processing container, Plasma processing such as etching is performed on the wafer.
- a wafer holding apparatus an electrostatic chuck called ESC (Electrostatic Chuck) is generally built in the mounting surface, and a static force generated by the Coulomb force and / or Johnson Rabeck force generated by the electrostatic chuck is used. Wafers are held using electroadsorption force.
- an ESC 501 is built in the mounting surface of the wafer holding device.
- the ESC 501 includes a first electrode 502 formed in a generally comb shape by a plurality of strip-like electrodes extending from one side to the other in a plane, and a plurality of ESCs 501 extending from the other side to one side. And a second electrode 503 formed in a generally comb shape by a band-shaped electrode.
- the first and second electrodes 502 and 503 are combined with each other without being in contact with each other so that the end of one band-like electrode is disposed between the other band-like electrodes. Has been placed.
- the wafer when the wafer is not a simple semiconductor wafer alone but a substrate having a glass plate pasting structure, the residual electrostatic attraction force becomes larger than when the wafer alone is handled. Therefore, when a substrate having a glass plate pasting structure is handled, it is more difficult to remove the substrate from the placement surface.
- a method is often adopted in which, for example, a plurality of push-up pins are integrally lifted from the mounting surface after the electrostatic adsorption by the ESC is released. Has been.
- a push-up operation of the substrate or the like by such a push-up pin is performed in a state where a large residual electrostatic attraction force remains, damage such as a crack occurs in the substrate or the substrate is detached from the mounting surface. In some cases, the substrate may be displaced due to the substrate jumping.
- the plasma processing apparatus of the fourth embodiment solves such a problem by the structural and functional characteristics adopted in the ESC.
- FIG. 25 is a schematic diagram showing the main configuration of the plasma processing apparatus 310 according to the fourth embodiment.
- a wafer for example, a silicon wafer (semiconductor wafer formed of Si and a compound thereof) 303 as an example of a semiconductor wafer is attached on a glass plate 302 that is an insulating material.
- a glass pasting substrate 301 (hereinafter referred to as “substrate 301”) having a glass pasting structure pasted through the substrate is handled as an object of plasma processing.
- the silicon wafer 303 for example, a wafer having a thickness of 25 to 400 ⁇ m, particularly 50 to 200 ⁇ m is used.
- the glass substrate 302 for example, a substrate having a thickness of about 300 to 500 ⁇ m, particularly about 400 ⁇ m is used.
- the adhesive material 304 for example, a resist, an adhesive, or an adhesive sheet is used.
- a device such as an image sensor is manufactured by subjecting the silicon wafer 303 of the substrate 301 to a predetermined plasma treatment.
- the substrate 301 has a disk shape with a diameter of 200 mm, for example.
- the plasma processing apparatus 310 is installed in a plasma processing container 311 in which a predetermined plasma processing is performed in its internal space (plasma processing space), and a glass plate of a substrate 301.
- a substrate holding apparatus that includes a mounting table 305 that is an example of a mounting member having a mounting surface 305a on the 302 side, and holds the substrate 301 mounted on the mounting surface 305a by electrostatic adsorption. 312.
- an upper electrode 313 is installed on the inner upper side of the plasma processing vessel 311, and a lower electrode 314 is installed inside the substrate holding device 312.
- An upper electrode high frequency power source 315 is connected to the upper electrode 313, and a lower electrode high frequency power source 316 is connected to the lower electrode 314.
- an ESC 330 which is an example of an electrostatic chuck for performing electrostatic adsorption is built in the mounting table 305 of the substrate holding device 312, that is, in the mounting surface 305 a, and the ESC 330 has an ESC power source. (It is an example of a power supply for electrostatic chuck.) Is connected. Details of the ESC 330 and the ESC power supply will be described later.
- the substrate 301 is mounted on the mounting surface 305 a of the substrate holding apparatus 312, and the substrate 301 is held by electrostatic adsorption of the ESC 330, and then the inside of the plasma processing container 311. Is supplied and filled with a predetermined plasma processing gas while maintaining a predetermined pressure. Thereafter, a voltage is applied to the upper electrode 313 from the upper electrode high frequency power supply 315 and a voltage is applied to the lower electrode 314 from the lower electrode high frequency power supply 316 to generate plasma, and the substrate 301 is applied to the silicon wafer 303. Perform plasma treatment.
- the substrate 301 that has been subjected to the plasma processing is prepared to be separated from the mounting surface 305a against the residual electrostatic attraction force existing between the mounting surface 305a and the substrate 301.
- the configuration that is provided will be described.
- a schematic plan view of the mounting surface 305a of the substrate holding device 312 is shown in FIG.
- the substrate holding device 312 is mounted with a plurality of push-up pins 321 placed in the vicinity of the outer edge of the substrate placement region R of the placement surface 305a and these push-up pins 321.
- a lifting device 320 having a lifting device 322 that is moved up and down integrally from the surface 305a and protrudes from the mounting surface 305a or is operated to be stored in the mounting surface 305a is provided.
- the four push-up pins 321 are arranged, for example, at equal intervals on the circumference of a concentric circle C1, which is a circle centered on the center of the substrate placement region R of the placement surface 305a. Has been.
- the concentric circles C1 on which the respective push-up pins 321 are arranged are placed on the edge portion of the substrate 301 placed on the placement surface 305a in the substrate placement region R and on the placement surface 305a.
- the substrate 301 is located in a region located on the outer peripheral side of the substrate 301 that is 1 ⁇ 2 or more of the radius of the substrate 301.
- the entire placement surface 305a is the substrate placement region R with respect to the substrate 301. It may be a case where a part of the placement surface is set as the substrate placement region, or a case where the substrate placement region R is set larger than the placement surface 305a.
- the substrate placement region R is smaller than the placement surface 305a, the uniformity of process characteristics (eg, etching rate) at the peripheral edge of the substrate 301 is improved, but the electrode of the ESC 330 provided on the placement surface 305a is the substrate. If it is larger than the arrangement region R, the electrode of the ESC 330 may be exposed to plasma, and its lifetime may be shortened.
- the electrode of the ESC 330 provided on the placement surface 305a is smaller than the peripheral edge of the substrate 301, so that the problem of exposure to plasma does not occur.
- the process characteristics at the peripheral edge of the substrate 301 may be non-uniform.
- the plasma processing apparatus 310 includes an elevating / lowering operation of the push-up pin 321 by the elevating apparatus 322, a voltage applying operation by the upper power supply high frequency power supply 315, a voltage applying operation by the lower power supply high frequency power supply 316, and A control device 309 is provided that controls the voltage application operation to the ESC 330 by the ESC power supply while correlating the operations. Further, the control device 309 can detect the push-up amount (stroke) of the push-up pin 321 from the placement surface 305a through the lifting device 322.
- the ESC 330 includes a plurality of bipolar electrodes arranged inside (downward) the mounting surface 305a of the mounting table 305. Specifically, a first bipolar electrode 331 having a pair of a first positive electrode portion 331a to which a positive voltage is applied and a first negative electrode portion 331b to which a negative voltage is applied, and a first voltage electrode to which a positive voltage is applied. A second bipolar electrode 332 having a pair of two positive electrode portions 332 a and a second negative electrode portion 332 b to which a negative voltage is applied is provided as an electrode of the ESC 330.
- the first positive electrode portion 331a has a configuration in which strip-shaped electrodes are formed in an annular shape, and is placed so that the annular center coincides with the placement surface 305a and / or the center m of the substrate placement region R. It is arranged near the outer edge of the surface 305a.
- the first negative electrode portion 331b also has a configuration in which a strip-shaped electrode is formed in an annular shape, and the first positive electrode portion 331a is arranged so that the center of the annular shape coincides with the center m.
- the first positive electrode portion 331a is disposed inside the first positive electrode portion 331a with a predetermined distance from the inner edge.
- the second positive electrode portion 332a having a configuration in which a strip-shaped electrode is formed in an annular shape has the center aligned with the center m, and the first positive electrode portion 332a is separated from the inner edge of the first negative electrode portion 331b by a predetermined distance. It arrange
- each band-like electrode (first positive electrode portion 331a and the like) is formed to have a certain optimum width for each electrode.
- the band width may be formed in the same dimension in all the strip electrodes.
- the predetermined separation distance between adjacent strip electrodes is set to an optimum dimension between the individual electrodes.
- a plurality of electrodes formed in a strip-shaped partial arc shape are arranged in an annular shape. It may be such a case.
- the first bipolar electrode power source 333 is electrically connected to the first bipolar electrode 331 constituted by the first positive electrode portion 331a and the first negative electrode portion 331b.
- the first bipolar electrode power source 333 is connected so that a positive voltage can be applied to the first positive electrode portion 331a and a negative voltage can be applied to the first negative electrode portion 331b.
- a second bipolar electrode power source 334 is electrically connected to the second bipolar electrode 332 constituted by the second positive electrode portion 332a and the second negative electrode portion 332b.
- the second bipolar electrode power source 334 is connected so that a positive voltage can be applied to the second positive electrode portion 332a and a negative voltage can be applied to the second negative electrode portion 332b.
- the first bipolar electrode power source 333 and the second bipolar electrode power source 334 constitute an example of an ESC power source, that is, an electrostatic adsorption power source.
- the principle of holding the substrate 301 by generating an electrostatic attraction force by applying a voltage to the bipolar electrode will be described with reference to the schematic diagram of FIG. As shown in FIG. 28, in the first bipolar electrode 331, when a positive voltage is applied to the first positive electrode portion 331a and a negative voltage is applied to the first negative electrode portion 331b, the substrate placed on the placement surface 305a. Dielectric polarization occurs on the front and back surfaces of 301.
- the surface of the substrate 301 facing the first positive electrode portion 331a is charged with a positive charge
- the first negative electrode portion 331b and The surface of the opposing substrate 301 is charged with a negative charge
- the back surface of the substrate 301 which is the opposite surface is charged with the opposite charge.
- a Coulomb force F called Johnson Becker force F is generated between the first positive electrode portion 331a and the first negative electrode portion 331b.
- 301 is held on the mounting surface 305a.
- a Johnson Becker force F is generated, and the substrate 301 is held on the mounting surface 305a.
- the plasma processing apparatus 310 controls the magnitude and timing of the voltage applied from the first bipolar electrode power source 333 to the first bipolar electrode 331, and also supplies the second bipolar electrode power source.
- a voltage controller 308 for ESC that controls the magnitude and timing of the voltage applied from 334 to the second bipolar electrode 332 is provided.
- the voltage control device 308 can control the magnitude and timing of the voltage applied by the first bipolar electrode power source 333 and the magnitude and timing of the voltage applied by the second bipolar electrode power source 334 to be different from each other. It is possible.
- the voltage control device 308 is centrally controlled by the control device 309 in the same manner as other component devices.
- FIG. 29 shows a flowchart of a specific procedure
- FIGS. 30A and 30B are graphs showing magnitudes of application voltages to the first bipolar electrode 331 and the second bipolar electrode 332 and application timings.
- Shown in FIG. 30C is a graph showing the timing of application of power to the upper electrode 313 and / or the lower electrode 314 in order to perform plasma treatment.
- Graphs showing changes in the magnitude of the adsorption force are shown in FIGS. 30 (D) and 30 (E).
- movement in each procedure demonstrated below is performed when each control apparatus with which the plasma processing apparatus 310 is provided is controlled by the control apparatus 309.
- FIG. 29 shows a flowchart of a specific procedure
- FIGS. 30A and 30B are graphs showing magnitudes of application voltages to the first bipolar electrode 331 and the second bipolar electrode 332 and application timings.
- Shown in FIG. 30C is a graph showing the timing of application of power to the upper electrode 313 and / or the lower electrode 314 in
- step S21 of the flowchart of FIG. 29 the substrate 301 is loaded into the plasma processing container 311 of the plasma processing apparatus 310, and the substrate 301 is mounted on the mounting surface 305a. Thereafter, the voltage controller 308 controls the first bipolar electrode power source 333 and the second bipolar electrode power source 334 for the ESC 330, and the first bipolar electrode power source 333 applies a voltage to the first bipolar electrode 331. Then, a voltage is applied to the second bipolar electrode 332 by the second bipolar electrode power source 334 (step S22).
- voltage application is started at time T1, and a voltage of, for example, 2500 V ( ⁇ 2500 V) is applied to the first bipolar electrode 331 positioned on the outer peripheral side of the mounting surface 305a. Is applied, and a voltage of, for example, 2500 V ( ⁇ 2500 V) is applied to the second bipolar electrode 332 positioned on the inner peripheral side of the placement surface 305a.
- the applied voltage of 2500 V is applied as a relatively larger voltage than the voltage that is continuously applied during the plasma processing described later. By applying this voltage, an electrostatic attracting force is generated on the mounting surface 305a.
- the substrate 301 when the substrate 301 is simply placed and warps or bends, the warping or deflection is caused by the electrostatic attracting force. With the deflection corrected, the substrate 301 is electrostatically held by the mounting surface 305a (step S23).
- step S24 voltage application to the upper electrode 313 and the lower electrode 314 is started at time T2, and plasma treatment is performed on the substrate 301 held on the placement surface 305a. Performed (step S24).
- the residual electrostatic adsorption force remains strongly as the electrostatic adsorption force even after the plasma processing is completed.
- the separation of the substrate 301 from the mounting surface 305a integrally raises the plurality of push-up pins and pushes up the region near the outer edge of the substrate 301.
- the region near the center has a large residual static area between the substrate 301 and the mounting surface 305a as compared to the region near the outer edge of the substrate 301 that is starting to be separated from the mounting surface 305a of the substrate 301 by a plurality of push-up pins. Since the electroadsorption force remains, it is difficult to separate from the mounting surface 305a. On the other hand, when the electrostatic attraction force by the ESC 330 of the entire substrate 301 is lowered, especially when the back surface of the substrate 301 is cooled by He gas from the mounting surface 305 a side, He gas leaks from the outer edge of the substrate 301. The amount increases, and the plasma processing quality of the substrate decreases.
- the residual adsorbing force is relatively reduced to improve the detachability from the mounting surface 305a with respect to the region near the center where the detachability of the substrate 301 from the mounting surface 305a is lower than the region near the outer edge of the substrate. It is preferable to do so. That is, the electrostatic adsorption force in the region near the center of the substrate 301 is set to be relatively lower than the electrostatic adsorption force applied to the region near the outer edge, and the substrate 301 on the placement surface 305a is set. It is preferable to perform electrostatic adsorption holding.
- the voltage control device 308 controls the bipolar electrode power supplies 333 and 334 for the respective ESC 330 to reduce the applied voltage.
- Step S25 the voltage applied to the first bipolar electrode 331 from the first bipolar electrode power source 333 is reduced from 2500 V to 2000 V, and from the second bipolar electrode power source 334 to the second bipolar electrode 332.
- the voltage applied to is reduced from 2500V to 1500V. That is, the applied voltage to the second bipolar electrode 332 located in the vicinity of the center of the placement surface 305a and / or the substrate placement region R is located on the outer peripheral side of the placement surface 305a and / or the substrate placement region R.
- Each applied voltage is controlled so as to be smaller than the applied voltage to the first bipolar electrode 331.
- the electrostatic adsorption force F22 of the ESC 330 to the substrate 301 in the region near the center of the placement surface 305a and / or the substrate placement region R is the electrostatic suction force on the outer periphery side of the placement surface 305a and / or the substrate placement region R. It is made lower than F21.
- the “region near the outer edge” of the substrate 301 includes at least the substrate placement region R of the substrate 301 with respect to the placement surface 305a, and the edge of the substrate 301 placed on the placement surface 305a and / or the vicinity thereof.
- the region near the outer edge of the substrate 301 is defined as a region located on the center side of the substrate 301.
- the placement surface 305a is set so that the electrostatic attraction force in the region near the center of the substrate 301 is set at least relatively lower than the electrostatic attraction force applied to the region near the outer edge during the plasma processing.
- the electrostatic adsorption holding of the substrate 301 is performed above, if there is no problem with the warpage or temperature of the substrate 301 in the plasma processing quality even before the plasma processing, the electrostatic in the region near the center of the substrate 301
- the attracting force may be set or switched relatively lower than the electrostatic attracting force applied to the region near the outer edge. Note that the detailed procedure for performing the plasma treatment has been described above, and is omitted here.
- step S26 the application of voltage from the respective bipolar electrode power sources 333 and 334 to the bipolar electrodes 331 and 332 of the ESC 330 is stopped. Even when the voltage application is stopped in this way, at the time T4 in the graphs of FIGS. 30D and 30E, the residual adsorption force existing between the substrate 301 and the placement surface 305a is determined as the center of the substrate 301.
- the nearby region has a residual electrostatic attraction force F24 that is reduced compared to the residual attraction force F23 in the region near the outer edge.
- static elimination plasma which is a relatively weak plasma for removing the residual electrostatic attraction forces F23 and F24 existing between the substrate 301 and the mounting surface 305a, is generated (Ste S27).
- an inert gas Ar, N 2 , O 2, etc.
- the neutralizing plasma P is generated by applying a voltage to the lower electrode 314.
- the static elimination plasma P can enter between the substrate 301 and the mounting surface 312a in such a state.
- the upper electrode 313, the upper electrode high-frequency power source 315, the lower electrode 314, the lower electrode high-frequency power source 316, and a gas supply device constitute an example of the static elimination plasma generating unit.
- Step S28 the four push-up pins 321 are integrally raised by the lifting device 322 of the push-up device 320 and protrude upward from the placement surface 305a.
- the outer peripheral portion of the substrate 301 is pushed up by the respective push-up pins 321, and the substrate 301 is partially detached in the region near the outer edge of the substrate placement region R of the placement surface 305a. Is done. That is, the edge of the substrate 301 is separated from the placement surface 305a.
- the edge of the substrate 301 is separated from the placement surface 305 a, the static elimination plasma P generated in the internal space of the plasma processing container 311 is separated from the substrate 301 from the outer peripheral side of the substrate 301. It can approach between the mounting surface 305a.
- the residual electrostatic attraction force existing between the substrate 301 and the mounting surface 305a is reduced on the surface in contact with the static elimination plasma P, and the mounting is performed.
- the separation (peeling) region of the substrate 301 from the surface 305 a is promoted to expand from the outside to the inside of the substrate 301.
- the static elimination plasma P is relatively reduced in the residual adsorption force by the second bipolar electrode of the ESC 330 in advance.
- the region near the center between 301 and the mounting surface 305a is reached, the residual electrostatic attraction near the center is also removed, and the substrate 301 is detached from the mounting surface 305a (step S29, time T5).
- the ESC 330 built in the mounting surface 305a of the mounting table 305 of the substrate holding apparatus 312 has a plurality of annular and strip-shaped bipolar electrodes 331 and 332 arranged concentrically. With this configuration, it is possible to generate a non-biased electrostatic adsorption force with the center of the substrate 301 as a reference, and to perform stable electrostatic adsorption holding of the substrate.
- the voltage applied from the second bipolar electrode power source 334 to the second bipolar electrode 332 disposed on the center side of the concentric circle is applied to the first bipolar electrode 331 disposed on the outer peripheral side.
- the electrostatic attraction force generated in the region near the center of the substrate 301 is The electrostatic attraction force generated in the region near the outer edge of the substrate 301 can be made smaller.
- the region near the outer edge of the substrate 301 is relatively easily localized from the placement surface 305a. A withdrawal can be made. Further, since the static elimination plasma P can be guided in a contact manner between the substrate 301 and the mounting surface 305 a with respect to the substrate 301 that is locally separated in the region near the outer edge, The separation range of the substrate 301 can be expanded toward the region near the center. In particular, as in the present embodiment, by controlling the electrostatic attraction force in the region near the center of the substrate 301 to be relatively small, such a separation effect due to the introduction of the static elimination plasma P can be effectively obtained. . At the same time, the range in which the substrate 301 is detached by the push-up operation of the region near the outer edge of the substrate 301 by the respective push-up pins 321 can be expanded toward the region near the center of the substrate 301.
- the substrate 301 since the substrate 301 has a glass pasting structure, there may be a case where warpage or deflection occurs. Therefore, when the substrate 301 is placed on the placement surface 305a and an electrostatic adsorption force is applied, a relatively high voltage (a voltage higher than the voltage applied during plasma processing) is applied to each bipolar electrode. By applying to 331 and 332, a relatively high electrostatic attraction force can be generated to correct and remove the warp and deflection of the substrate 301. After correcting such warpage and deflection, the applied voltage is lowered to a level necessary for holding the substrate 301 and the electrostatic attraction force applied in the region near the center and the region near the outer edge of the substrate 301.
- a relatively high voltage a voltage higher than the voltage applied during plasma processing
- the substrate 301 By individually controlling the position of the substrate 301, the substrate 301 can be securely held on the mounting surface 305a (holding in a state in which warpage and deflection are corrected) while reducing the residual electrostatic attraction force.
- the substrate can be stably detached from the surface.
- the mounting surface 305a is formed with a recess 305b for flowing or retaining He gas. From the relationship with the concave portion 305b formed on the mounting surface 305a, it is preferable to dispose the push-up pin 321 in the groove portion of the concave portion 305b in a plan view as shown in FIG.
- the tip height of the push-up pin 321 be equal to or less than the bottom of the recess 305b so that the He gas easily flows in the recess 305b.
- the recess 305b is formed with a depth d of 100 ⁇ m, for example.
- the first positive electrode portion 331a of the first bipolar electrode 331 is disposed on the outermost periphery of the placement surface 305a. Since the substrate 301 is negatively charged during the plasma processing, the potential difference between the substrate 301 and the ESC electrode is larger in the positive electrode portion. Therefore, the electrostatic adsorption force generated in the positive electrode portion is the electrostatic adsorption force generated in the negative electrode portion. Therefore, the outer edge of the substrate 301 can be more reliably held by disposing the first positive electrode portion 331a on the outer periphery side of the first negative electrode portion 331b in the first bipolar electrode 331.
- a voltage is applied by the first bipolar electrode power source 333 to the first bipolar electrode 331 disposed on the outer peripheral side of the mounting surface 305a, and the second bipolar electrode disposed on the center side.
- the present embodiment is such a case. It is not limited only about. Instead of such a case, for example, using a common bipolar electrode power supply, the voltage from this common power supply is branched, and the voltage is applied to each bipolar electrode to change the branching ratio. Thus, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which the applied voltage is variable.
- the means for controlling the magnitude of the electrostatic attraction force generated in the region near the outer edge and the region near the center of the mounting surface 305 a is applied to the first bipolar electrode 331 and the second bipolar electrode 332. It is not limited only to means for varying the magnitude of the applied voltage. Instead of such means, for example, by increasing the area of the first bipolar electrode arranged on the outer peripheral side of the mounting surface 305a and reducing the area of the second bipolar electrode arranged on the center side, The electrostatic attracting force on the side can be made smaller than the electrostatic attracting force on the outer peripheral side. Moreover, the magnitude
- the electrostatic adsorption force on the center side is reduced to the static electricity on the outer circumference side. It can be made smaller than the electroadsorption force.
- the means for changing the magnitude of the applied voltage has an advantage in that the electrostatic attraction force inside and outside can be varied to a desired magnitude.
- the push-up device 320 is provided with a load cell that detects a load generated when the substrate 301 is pushed up by the push-up pin 321, and the push-up stroke and the number of operations by the push-up pin 321 are based on the magnitude of the load detected by the load cell. Can also be controlled. Further, it is possible to detect that the substrate 301 is detached from the placement surface 305a based on the load detected by such a load cell. Further, the arrangement of the push-up pins is not limited to the case where the push-up pins are arranged on one concentric circle, and a configuration in which the push-up pins are arranged separately on a plurality of concentric circles can also be adopted.
- each bipolar electrode is an annular or circular electrode arranged concentrically on the assumption of a circular substrate.
- shape of the bipolar electrode Various other forms can be adopted.
- a polygonal shape such as a triangular shape or a quadrangular shape may be adopted as the shape of the hyperbolic electrode if there is no problem with the holding and detachment of the substrate on the mounting surface and the plasma processing quality. There may be.
- the configuration of the ESC of the fourth embodiment can be adopted in combination with the configuration of the plasma processing apparatus of the first to third embodiments.
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なお、本発明の基板としては、例えば、ガラス板にウェハが貼り合わせられたガラス貼り合わせ基板や、トレイに保持されたウェハを対象とする。
プラズマ処理容器内に設けられた基板の載置面を有し、載置面の基板配置領域に載置された基板に対して静電吸着により保持を行う基板保持装置と、
載置面に配置された基板の少なくとも外周縁部を、載置面から上方に直接的または間接的に持ち上げるように、複数の突き上げピンを昇降させて基板を突き上げる突き上げ装置と、
突き上げ装置の複数の突き上げピンによる基板の突き上げの際に生じる突き上げ力を検出する突き上げ力検出部と、を備え、
プラズマ処理の完了後、基板保持装置による基板の静電吸着停止時に、突き上げ装置の突き上げピンを上昇させて、基板の外周縁部を載置面の基板配置領域から上方に持ち上げるとともに、突き上げ力検出部により突き上げ力の検出を行わせて、検出閾値が検出されたら突き上げピンの上昇を停止させ、その後、突き上げ力検出部により検出される突き上げ力が検知閾値よりも減少した場合は、突き上げピンを上昇させるという突上げピンの上昇と停止とを複数回繰り返して実施するステップ上昇動作を開始し、ステップ上昇動作において、突き上げピンの上昇後の停止時に、載置面の基板配置領域からの基板の離脱完了の検知を行い、離脱完了していない場合にはステップ上昇動作を継続させるように、突き上げ装置の動作タイミングの制御を行う制御装置とを備える、プラズマ処理装置を提供する。
突き上げ装置において、載置面のトレイの配置領域に、複数の突き上げピンが、載置面より突出可能に配置されており、
制御装置は、複数の突き上げピンにより、トレイを突き上げて、トレイの基板支持部を介して、ウェハの外周縁部が載置面内の基板配置領域より持ち上げられるように、ステップ上昇動作を実施する、第1態様に記載のプラズマ処理装置を提供する。
制御装置は、除電プラズマ発生部によりプラズマ処理容器内に除電プラズマを発生させた状態にて、複数の突き上げピンの上昇動作を制御することにより基板配置領域の少なくとも外側領域からの基板の離脱動作を行い、基板の外周縁部と基板配置領域の外周領域との間に除電プラズマを進入させることにより、残留静電吸着力を低減させる、第2態様または第3態様に記載のプラズマ処理装置を提供する。
載置面の基板配置領域の外側領域に配置され、かつ載置面より突出可能に配置された複数の第1突き上げピンを、一体的に昇降させる第1突き上げ装置と、
載置面の基板配置領域の内側領域に配置され、かつ載置面より突出可能に配置された複数の第2突き上げピンを、一体的に昇降させる第2突き上げ装置と、を備え、
制御装置は、基板保持装置による基板の静電吸着停止時に、複数の第1突き上げピンを一体的に上昇させて、載置面の基板配置領域の外側領域より基板を離脱させた後、複数の第2突き上げピンの一体的な上昇によるステップ上昇動作を開始させるように、第1突き上げ装置および第2突き上げ装置の動作タイミングの制御を行う、第3態様に記載のプラズマ処理装置を提供する。
基板が載置される載置面を有する載置部材と、
載置部材の内部に配置され、環状かつ帯状に形成された第1双極電極と、
載置部材の内部に配置され、第1双極電極よりも内側にて第1双極電極と同心円状に配置された環状かつ帯状に形成された第2双極電極と、
第1双極電極および第2双極電極に対して電圧を印加して、第1双極電極および第2双極電極から、載置面上に載置された基板に対して静電吸着力を発生させる静電吸着用電源とを備え、
基板に対するプラズマ処理中において、第2双極電極により基板に対して付与される静電吸着力が、第1双極電極により基板に対して付与される静電吸着力よりも、少なくとも相対的に低い状態にて、載置面上での基板の保持が行われる、第3態様に記載のプラズマ処理装置を提供する。
プラズマ処理容器内に設けられた基板の載置面を有し、載置面に載置された基板に対して静電吸着により保持を行う基板保持装置と、
プラズマ処理容器内に配置された電極に対して高周波電圧を印加する高周波電圧印加装置と、
を備え、
基板保持装置は、
電圧印加により静電吸着力を発生させて、載置面に載置された基板を保持する静電チャックと、
静電チャックへ電圧を印加する静電チャック用電源と、
静電チャック用電源からの静電チャックへの電圧の印加量を制御して、発生される静電吸着力の大きさを制御する電圧制御装置とを備え、
電圧制御装置は、プラズマ処理中に高周波電圧印加装置による電極への高周波電圧の印加により基板に対して生じる残留静電吸着力の増加量に応じて、静電チャックへの電圧印加により発生される静電吸着力を減少させるように、静電チャック用電源からの静電チャックへの電圧の印加量を制御する、プラズマ処理装置を提供する。
突き上げ装置の複数の突き上げピンによる基板の突き上げの際に生じる突き上げ力を検出する突き上げ力検出部と、
プラズマ処理の完了後、基板保持装置による基板の静電吸着停止時に、突き上げ装置の突き上げピンを上昇させて、基板の外周縁部を載置面の基板配置領域から上方に持ち上げるとともに、突き上げ力検出部により突き上げ力の検出を行わせて、検出閾値が検出されたら突き上げピンの上昇を停止させ、その後、突き上げ力検出部により検出される突き上げ力が検知閾値よりも減少した場合は、突き上げピンを上昇させるという突上げピンの上昇と停止とを複数回繰り返して実施するステップ上昇動作を開始し、ステップ上昇動作において、突き上げピンの上昇後の停止時に、載置面の基板配置領域からの基板の離脱完了の検知を行い、離脱完了していない場合にはステップ上昇動作を継続させるように、突き上げ装置の動作タイミングの制御を行う制御装置とをさらに備える、第7態様に記載のプラズマ処理装置を提供する。
載置面の基板配置領域の外側領域に配置され、かつ載置面より突出可能に配置された複数の第1突き上げピンを、一体的に昇降させる第1突き上げ装置と、
載置面の基板配置領域の内側領域に配置され、かつ載置面より突出可能に配置された複数の第2突き上げピンを、一体的に昇降させる第2突き上げ装置と、を備え、
制御装置は、基板保持装置による基板の静電吸着停止時に、複数の第1突き上げピンを一体的に上昇させて、載置面の基板配置領域の外側領域より基板を離脱させた後、複数の第2突き上げピンの一体的な上昇によるステップ上昇動作を開始させるように、第1突き上げ装置および第2突き上げ装置の動作タイミングの制御を行う、第9態様に記載のプラズマ処理装置を提供する。
電圧制御装置は、基板に対するプラズマ処理中において、第2双極電極により基板に対して付与される静電吸着力が、第1双極電極により基板に対して付与される静電吸着力よりも、少なくとも相対的に低い状態にて、載置面上での基板の保持が行われるように、静電チャック用電源より第1双極電極および第2双極電極への電圧の印加量を制御する、第9態様に記載のプラズマ処理装置を提供する。
基板保持装置の載置面に基板を載置するとともに、静電吸着により載置面に基板を保持し、
静電吸着によって保持された基板に対してプラズマ処理を行い、
プラズマ処理の完了後、静電吸着を停止し、
その後、基板保持装置の載置面より複数の突き上げピンを上昇させて、基板の外周縁部を載置面の基板配置領域から上方に持ち上げるとともに、突き上げ力の検出を行い、検出閾値が検出されたら突き上げピンの上昇動作を停止し、その後、検出される突き上げ力が検知閾値よりも減少した場合は、突き上げピンの上昇動作を再開するという突上げピンの上昇と停止とを複数回繰り返して実施するステップ上昇動作を開始し、
ステップ上昇動作において、突き上げピンの上昇動作の停止時に、載置面の基板配置領域からの基板の離脱完了の検知を行い、離脱完了していない場合にはステップ上昇動作を継続して、載置面の基板配置領域より基板を離脱させる、プラズマ処理方法を提供する。
基板保持装置の載置面に基板を載置し、
載置面内に内蔵された静電チャックへの電圧印加により生じる静電吸着力により基板を保持し、
その後、電極への高周波電圧の印加を開始して、保持された基板に対してプラズマ処理を行うとともに、高周波電圧の印加により基板に対して生じる残留静電吸着力の増加量に応じて、静電チャックへの電圧印加により生じる静電吸着力を減少させるように、静電チャックへの電圧の印加量を減少させて、基板の保持を継続する、プラズマ処理方法を提供する。
本発明の第1の実施形態にかかるプラズマ処理装置10の主要な構成を示す模式図を図1に示す。本第1実施形態のプラズマ処理装置10には、絶縁材料であるガラス板2上に、ウェハ、例えば半導体ウェハの一例であるシリコンウェハ(Siおよびその化合物等により形成された半導体ウェハ)3が貼付剤4を介して貼り付けられたガラス貼り付け構造を有するガラス貼り付け基板1(以降、「基板1」とする。)が、プラズマ処理の対象物として取り扱われる。ここで、シリコンウェハ3としては、例えば25~400μm、特に50~200μmの厚さを有するものが用いられる。ガラス基板2としては、例えば300~500μm、特に400μm程度の厚さを有するものが用いられる。また、貼付剤4としては、例えばレジストや粘着剤が用いられる。このような基板1のシリコンウェハ3に対して、所定のプラズマ処理を施すことにより、イメージセンサ等のデバイスが製造される。また、基板1は、例えば直径200mmの円盤形状を有している。
次に、本発明の第2実施形態について説明する。上記第1実施形態のプラズマ処理装置10では、基板1に対するプラズマ処理が行われた後に、残留静電吸着力に抗して、基板1に損傷が生じることなく、載置面12aから基板1を離脱させる基板の突き上げ動作について説明を行った。本第2実施形態では、この突き上げ動作を行う前に、すなわち基板1に対するプラズマ処理を完了させた時点にて発生している残留静電吸着力を低減させることで、基板1を載置面12aから離脱させる方法について説明する。
次に、本発明の第3の実施形態にかかるプラズマ処理装置101の主要な構成を示す模式図を図17に示す。本第3実施形態のプラズマ処理装置101では、プラズマ処理が施される基板として、後述するようにトレイに保持された複数枚のウェハが取り扱われる点において、上記それぞれの実施形態とは異なる構成を有している。ここでトレイに保持されて取り扱われるウェハの材質としては、例えばLED用としてサファイヤ基板、GaN/サフィヤ基板、GaN/GaN基板、GaN/SiC基板、GaN/Si基板、パワーデバイス用としてSiC基板、その他にGaP基板、ZnO基板、LiGaO2基板、βGaO3基板等がある。まず、本第3実施形態のプラズマ処理装置101の構成について、図面を用いて説明する。なお、本第3実施形態のプラズマ処理装置101は、ICP(誘導結合プラズマ)型のドライエッチング装置である。
次に、本発明の第4実施形態にかかるプラズマ処理装置について説明する。本第4実施形態のプラズマ処理装置の構成を説明するに先立って、静電吸着によりウェハの保持を行う従来のウェハ保持装置の構成について説明する。
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- 基板に対してプラズマ処理を行うプラズマ処理容器と、
プラズマ処理容器内に設けられた基板の載置面を有し、載置面の基板配置領域に載置された基板に対して静電吸着により保持を行う基板保持装置と、
載置面に配置された基板の少なくとも外周縁部を、載置面から上方に直接的または間接的に持ち上げるように、複数の突き上げピンを昇降させて基板を突き上げる突き上げ装置と、
突き上げ装置の複数の突き上げピンによる基板の突き上げの際に生じる突き上げ力を検出する突き上げ力検出部と、を備え、
プラズマ処理の完了後、基板保持装置による基板の静電吸着停止時に、突き上げ装置の突き上げピンを上昇させて、基板の外周縁部を載置面の基板配置領域から上方に持ち上げるとともに、突き上げ力検出部により突き上げ力の検出を行わせて、検出閾値が検出されたら突き上げピンの上昇を停止させ、その後、突き上げ力検出部により検出される突き上げ力が検知閾値よりも減少した場合は、突き上げピンを上昇させるという突上げピンの上昇と停止とを複数回繰り返して実施するステップ上昇動作を開始し、ステップ上昇動作において、突き上げピンの上昇後の停止時に、載置面の基板配置領域からの基板の離脱完了の検知を行い、離脱完了していない場合にはステップ上昇動作を継続させるように、突き上げ装置の動作タイミングの制御を行う制御装置とを備える、プラズマ処理装置。 - 厚み方向に貫通する基板収容孔が設けられ、基板収容孔内に配置された基板の下面の外周縁部を支持する基板支持部を有するトレイに支持されたウェハを、トレイとともに基板保持装置の載置面に配置して、載置面の周囲に位置するトレイの配置領域にトレイを配置させるとともに、載置面内にてトレイの配置領域よりも突出して形成された基板配置領域にウェハを直接保持させ、このウェハを上記基板として、プラズマ処理容器にてプラズマ処理が行われ、
突き上げ装置において、載置面のトレイの配置領域に、複数の突き上げピンが、載置面より突出可能に配置されており、
制御装置は、複数の突き上げピンにより、トレイを突き上げて、トレイの基板支持部を介して、ウェハの外周縁部が載置面内の基板配置領域より持ち上げられるように、ステップ上昇動作を実施する、請求項1に記載のプラズマ処理装置。 - ガラス板にウェハが貼り合わせられたガラス貼り合わせ基板を上記基板として、プラズマ処理容器にてプラズマ処理が行われる、請求項1に記載のプラズマ処理装置。
- 基板保持装置による静電吸着を解除した後の基板と載置面との間の残留静電吸着力を除去するための除電プラズマを発生する除電プラズマ発生部をさらに備え、
制御装置は、除電プラズマ発生部によりプラズマ処理容器内に除電プラズマを発生させた状態にて、複数の突き上げピンの上昇動作を制御することにより基板配置領域の少なくとも外側領域からの基板の離脱動作を行い、基板の外周縁部と基板配置領域の外周領域との間に除電プラズマを進入させることにより、残留静電吸着力を低減させる、請求項2または3に記載のプラズマ処理装置。 - 突き上げ装置は、
載置面の基板配置領域の外側領域に配置され、かつ載置面より突出可能に配置された複数の第1突き上げピンを、一体的に昇降させる第1突き上げ装置と、
載置面の基板配置領域の内側領域に配置され、かつ載置面より突出可能に配置された複数の第2突き上げピンを、一体的に昇降させる第2突き上げ装置と、を備え、
制御装置は、基板保持装置による基板の静電吸着停止時に、複数の第1突き上げピンを一体的に上昇させて、載置面の基板配置領域の外側領域より基板を離脱させた後、複数の第2突き上げピンの一体的な上昇によるステップ上昇動作を開始させるように、第1突き上げ装置および第2突き上げ装置の動作タイミングの制御を行う、請求項3に記載のプラズマ処理装置。 - 基板保持装置は、
基板が載置される載置面を有する載置部材と、
載置部材の内部に配置され、環状かつ帯状に形成された第1双極電極と、
載置部材の内部に配置され、第1双極電極よりも内側にて第1双極電極と同心円状に配置された環状かつ帯状に形成された第2双極電極と、
第1双極電極および第2双極電極に対して電圧を印加して、第1双極電極および第2双極電極から、載置面上に載置された基板に対して静電吸着力を発生させる静電吸着用電源とを備え、
基板に対するプラズマ処理中において、第2双極電極により基板に対して付与される静電吸着力が、第1双極電極により基板に対して付与される静電吸着力よりも、少なくとも相対的に低い状態にて、載置面上での基板の保持が行われる、請求項3に記載のプラズマ処理装置。 - ガラス板にウェハが貼り合わせられたガラス貼り合わせ基板に対してプラズマ処理を行うプラズマ処理容器と、
プラズマ処理容器内に設けられた基板の載置面を有し、載置面に載置された基板に対して静電吸着により保持を行う基板保持装置と、
プラズマ処理容器内に配置された電極に対して高周波電圧を印加する高周波電圧印加装置と、
を備え、
基板保持装置は、
電圧印加により静電吸着力を発生させて、載置面に載置された基板を保持する静電チャックと、
静電チャックへ電圧を印加する静電チャック用電源と、
静電チャック用電源からの静電チャックへの電圧の印加量を制御して、発生される静電吸着力の大きさを制御する電圧制御装置とを備え、
電圧制御装置は、プラズマ処理中に高周波電圧印加装置による電極への高周波電圧の印加により基板に対して生じる残留静電吸着力の増加量に応じて、静電チャックへの電圧印加により発生される静電吸着力を減少させるように、静電チャック用電源からの静電チャックへの電圧の印加量を制御する、プラズマ処理装置。 - 電圧制御装置は、高周波電圧印加装置による電極への高周波電圧の印加が開始された後、静電チャックへの電圧の印加量を減少させる、請求項7に記載のプラズマ処理装置。
- 載置面に配置された基板の少なくとも外周縁部を、載置面から上方に直接的または間接的に持ち上げるように、複数の突き上げピンを昇降させて基板を突き上げる突き上げ装置と、
突き上げ装置の複数の突き上げピンによる基板の突き上げの際に生じる突き上げ力を検出する突き上げ力検出部と、
プラズマ処理の完了後、基板保持装置による基板の静電吸着停止時に、突き上げ装置の突き上げピンを上昇させて、基板の外周縁部を載置面の基板配置領域から上方に持ち上げるとともに、突き上げ力検出部により突き上げ力の検出を行わせて、検出閾値が検出されたら突き上げピンの上昇を停止させ、その後、突き上げ力検出部により検出される突き上げ力が検知閾値よりも減少した場合は、突き上げピンを上昇させるという突上げピンの上昇と停止とを複数回繰り返して実施するステップ上昇動作を開始し、ステップ上昇動作において、突き上げピンの上昇後の停止時に、載置面の基板配置領域からの基板の離脱完了の検知を行い、離脱完了していない場合にはステップ上昇動作を継続させるように、突き上げ装置の動作タイミングの制御を行う制御装置とをさらに備える、請求項7に記載のプラズマ処理装置。 - 突き上げ装置は、
載置面の基板配置領域の外側領域に配置され、かつ載置面より突出可能に配置された複数の第1突き上げピンを、一体的に昇降させる第1突き上げ装置と、
載置面の基板配置領域の内側領域に配置され、かつ載置面より突出可能に配置された複数の第2突き上げピンを、一体的に昇降させる第2突き上げ装置と、を備え、
制御装置は、基板保持装置による基板の静電吸着停止時に、複数の第1突き上げピンを一体的に上昇させて、載置面の基板配置領域の外側領域より基板を離脱させた後、複数の第2突き上げピンの一体的な上昇によるステップ上昇動作を開始させるように、第1突き上げ装置および第2突き上げ装置の動作タイミングの制御を行う、請求項9に記載のプラズマ処理装置。 - 基板保持装置は、環状かつ帯状に形成された第1双極電極と、第1双極電極よりも内側にて第1双極電極と同心円状に配置された環状かつ帯状に形成された第2双極電極とを静電チャックとして備え、
電圧制御装置は、基板に対するプラズマ処理中において、第2双極電極により基板に対して付与される静電吸着力が、第1双極電極により基板に対して付与される静電吸着力よりも、少なくとも相対的に低い状態にて、載置面上での基板の保持が行われるように、静電チャック用電源より第1双極電極および第2双極電極への電圧の印加量を制御する、請求項9に記載のプラズマ処理装置。 - 基板に対してプラズマ処理を行うプラズマ処理方法であって、
基板保持装置の載置面に基板を載置するとともに、静電吸着により載置面に基板を保持し、
静電吸着によって保持された基板に対してプラズマ処理を行い、
プラズマ処理の完了後、静電吸着を停止し、
その後、基板保持装置の載置面より複数の突き上げピンを上昇させて、基板の外周縁部を載置面の基板配置領域から上方に持ち上げるとともに、突き上げ力の検出を行い、検出閾値が検出されたら突き上げピンの上昇動作を停止し、その後、検出される突き上げ力が検知閾値よりも減少した場合は、突き上げピンの上昇動作を再開するという突上げピンの上昇と停止とを複数回繰り返して実施するステップ上昇動作を開始し、
ステップ上昇動作において、突き上げピンの上昇動作の停止時に、載置面の基板配置領域からの基板の離脱完了の検知を行い、離脱完了していない場合にはステップ上昇動作を継続して、載置面の基板配置領域より基板を離脱させる、プラズマ処理方法。 - ガラス板にウェハが貼り合わせられたガラス貼り合わせ基板に対するプラズマ処理方法であって、
基板保持装置の載置面に基板を載置し、
載置面内に内蔵された静電チャックへの電圧印加により生じる静電吸着力により基板を保持し、
その後、電極への高周波電圧の印加を開始して、保持された基板に対してプラズマ処理を行うとともに、高周波電圧の印加により基板に対して生じる残留静電吸着力の増加量に応じて、静電チャックへの電圧印加により生じる静電吸着力を減少させるように、静電チャックへの電圧の印加量を減少させて、基板の保持を継続する、プラズマ処理方法。
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