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- the present invention relates to a particle monitoring method and a particle monitoring apparatus.
- various film forming processes including insulating films and etching processes of these insulating films are performed in a vacuum processing vessel provided in a substrate processing apparatus such as a plasma processing apparatus.
- a substrate processing apparatus such as a plasma processing apparatus.
- a reduced pressure processing container for example, sputter due to plasma generated in the processing container or fine particles (particles) resulting from the product of reactive gas adhere, but these particles adhere to the substrate. If this happens, the product yield will decrease. Therefore, high cleanliness is required for the substrate processing apparatus.
- Patent Document 1 As a method for cleaning the inside of the processing container, for example, in Patent Document 1, the shock wave of the gas generated when gas is introduced into the processing container, the electromagnetic stress when a high voltage is applied, or the like is used. It has been proposed to scatter particles.
- a purge gas is supplied into the processing container, and particles released from the processing container due to the supply of the purge gas are counted by a particle monitor (patent).
- a particle monitor (patent). Reference 2).
- the particle distribution is not easy to analyze and its characteristics are very difficult to determine compared to the particle components and number, so it is difficult to determine whether or not it is abnormal. For this reason, no method has been established to properly determine the conditions of the gas to be supplied when cleaning the processing container and when to disassemble and inspect the processing container, and the cleaning of the processing container has not been optimized. Currently.
- the present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object thereof is to appropriately monitor particles in a decompression processing container for processing a substrate.
- the present invention is to supply a purge gas into a decompression processing vessel for processing a substrate to give a shock wave, and then intermittently apply a high voltage to give electromagnetic stress to scatter particles.
- the particles included in the exhaust gas are counted by the counting means, and a histogram of the number of particles with respect to time is created from the counting result of the particles, and the correlation between the mode value of the number of particles and the particle counting period is expressed from the histogram.
- a first feature amount is extracted, and further, a particle counting period and the count are calculated from the histogram. It is characterized by extracting a second feature value representing the correlation between the distribution tendency of the particles between.
- the first feature value extracted from the relationship between the mode value of the number of particles and the particle counting period, and the second feature value extracted from the relationship between the distribution tendency of the particle number and the particle counting period are compared. Therefore, by comparing the first feature amount and the second feature amount, the tendency of particles during the cleaning of the decompression processing container, more specifically, the cause of particle scattering As a result, it is possible to quantitatively grasp which of the shock wave and electromagnetic stress of the purge gas is dominant. Thereby, it becomes possible to appropriately monitor the particles in the decompression processing container.
- the depressurization treatment is performed by supplying a purge gas into a depressurization processing vessel for processing a substrate to give a shock wave, and then intermittently applying a high voltage to give electromagnetic stress to scatter particles.
- a counting means counts the contained particles, creates a histogram of the number of particles with respect to time from the counting result of the particles, and from the histogram, the first representing the correlation between the mode value of the number of particles and the counting period of the particles
- the feature amount is extracted, and the parities counted in the particle counting period from the histogram are further displayed.
- a second feature value representing a correlation between the total number of particles and the number of particles in the mode value is extracted, and the first feature value and the second feature value are extracted from the substrate in the decompression processing container.
- a principal component analysis is performed for each process, and the principal features of the first feature amount and the second feature amount are obtained by performing principal component analysis using the plurality of extracted first feature amounts and the plurality of second feature amounts as variables.
- a component load amount is obtained, a principal component score is obtained for each of the first feature amount and the second feature amount based on each of the principal component load amounts, a cluster analysis is performed on each of the principal component scores, and the cluster is obtained. Based on the result of the analysis, the adhesion state of the particles in the decompression processing container is estimated.
- a purge gas is supplied into a vacuum processing vessel for processing a substrate to give a shock wave, and then a high voltage is intermittently applied to apply electromagnetic stress to scatter particles.
- a particle monitoring system for monitoring particles contained in exhaust from the decompression processing container when the inside of the decompression processing container is cleaned, and while the decompression processing container is being cleaned,
- a counting means for counting particles contained in the exhaust a computing means for creating a histogram of the number of particles with respect to time from the particle counting result, and a correlation between the mode of the number of particles and the particle counting period from the histogram Is extracted, and the particle counting period is further extracted from the histogram. It is characterized by having an extraction means for extracting a second feature value representing the correlation between the distribution tendency of the particles in the counting period.
- a purge gas is supplied into a reduced pressure processing container for processing a substrate to give a shock wave, and then a high voltage is intermittently applied to apply electromagnetic stress to scatter particles.
- a particle monitoring system for monitoring particles contained in exhaust from the decompression processing container when the inside of the decompression processing container is cleaned, and while the decompression processing container is being cleaned,
- a counting means for counting particles contained in the exhaust a computing means for creating a histogram of the number of particles with respect to time from the particle counting result, and a correlation between the mode of the number of particles and the particle counting period from the histogram Is extracted from the histogram, and the particle count period is extracted from the histogram.
- the second feature amount representing the correlation between the total number of particles counted and the number of particles in the mode value is extracted and extracted, and the plurality of the first features extracted for each substrate processing in the decompression processing container.
- estimating means for estimating the state of adhesion of particles in the decompression processing container.
- the vacuum processing container can be cleaned under appropriate conditions.
- FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a substrate processing system 10 provided with a particle monitor system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the substrate processing system 10 in the present embodiment is a plasma processing system that performs plasma processing on the wafer W by, for example, converting the processing gas supplied into the apparatus into plasma using microwaves.
- the substrate processing system 10 includes a decompression processing container 12 provided with a susceptor 11 as a holding table for holding the wafer W.
- the decompression processing container 12 closes the opening of the main body portion 13 corresponding to the wafer W on the susceptor 11 and the opening of the main body portion 13 and is generated by the microwave generation source 14 in the decompression processing container 12, for example, 2 And a microwave supply unit 15 for supplying 45 GHz microwaves.
- the susceptor 11 includes an electrode 11a, and a power supply 11b for applying a voltage for attracting and holding the wafer W is connected to the electrode 11a.
- the power source 11b is configured to be able to alternately apply a high voltage of, for example, ⁇ 1 kV to the electrodes 11a. Therefore, particles attached to the reduced pressure processing container 12 can be scattered by intermittently applying a high voltage from the power source 11 b and generating electromagnetic stress in the reduced pressure processing container 12.
- An exhaust chamber 13 a is provided at the bottom of the main body 13 of the decompression vessel 12.
- An exhaust pipe 17 communicating with the exhaust device 16 is connected to the exhaust chamber 13a.
- the exhaust device 16 includes a dry pump 16a for roughly evacuating the inside of the decompression processing vessel 12 to a low vacuum, and a turbo pump 16b for obtaining a high vacuum when the wafer W is subjected to plasma processing.
- the turbo pump 16b includes an exhaust pipe 17 Is disposed upstream of the dry pump 16a.
- Control valves 17a for controlling and shutting off the exhaust amount in the exhaust pipe 17 are provided on the upstream side and the downstream side of the turbo pump 16b, respectively.
- the exhaust pipe 17 is connected with a bypass pipe 17b provided so as to bypass the turbo pump 16b together with the control valve 17a.
- the bypass pipe 17b is provided with a particle monitor 18 as a counting means for counting particles contained in the exhaust from the decompression processing container 12.
- a bypass valve 17c is provided on the upstream side and the downstream side of the particle monitor 18 in the bypass pipe 17b. For this reason, the exhaust system from the decompression processing container 12 can be switched between the exhaust pipe 17 and the bypass pipe 17b by operating the control valve 17a and the bypass valve 17c.
- the particle monitor 18 has a light source (not shown) that irradiates laser light into the bypass tube 17b and a light receiving element (not shown) that receives the laser light scattered by particles flowing in the bypass tube 17b and converts it into an electrical signal. )).
- the electrical signal converted by the light receiving element is input to the control device 50 described later.
- the microwave supply unit 15 is, for example, a microwave that is supported on a support member 20 provided so as to protrude inside the main body unit 13 via a seal material (not shown) such as an O-ring for ensuring airtightness.
- a metal plate 24 is disposed on the upper surface of the plate 23.
- a coaxial waveguide 25 is connected to the center of the microwave supply unit 14, and the microwave generator 14 is connected to the coaxial waveguide 25.
- the microwave transmission plate 21 and the dielectric plate 23 are made of a dielectric material such as quartz, alumina, or aluminum nitride.
- the slot plate 22 is a so-called radial line slot antenna having a plurality of slots 22a formed concentrically on the surface, made of a conductive material, for example, a thin disc of copper, aluminum, nickel or the like. Inside the plate 24, a refrigerant path 24a through which the refrigerant flows is provided.
- a gas baffle plate 26 made of, for example, quartz is disposed around the susceptor 11 in the decompression processing container 12.
- an aluminum support member 27 that supports the gas baffle plate 26 is provided.
- a gas supply port 30 for supplying gas into the reduced pressure processing container is formed on the upper inner peripheral surface of the main body 13 of the reduced pressure processing container 12.
- the gas supply ports 30 are formed at a plurality of locations along the inner peripheral surface of the decompression processing container 12.
- a gas supply pipe 32 communicating with a gas supply unit 31 installed outside the decompression processing container 12 is connected to the gas supply port 30.
- the gas supply unit 31 in the present embodiment has a rare gas supply unit 33 that supplies a rare gas for plasma generation, and a purge gas supply unit 34 that purges the inside of the decompression processing container 12 after the wafer W is processed.
- the gas supply unit 31 includes valves 33 a and 34 a and mass flow controllers 33 b and 34 b provided between the gas supply units 33 and 34 and the gas supply port 30, respectively.
- the flow rate of the gas supplied from the gas supply port 30 is controlled by the mass flow controllers 33b and 34b.
- the purge gas supply unit 34 can supply the purge gas to the decompression processing vessel 12 at a flow rate higher than the conventional purge after wafer processing, for example, a large flow rate of 70 L / min (70000 SCCM). For this reason, the purge gas is supplied at a large flow rate, the purge gas is rapidly caused to flow into the reduced pressure processing container 12, and the shock wave is applied to the reduced pressure processing container 12, whereby particles adhering to the reduced pressure processing container 12 can be scattered.
- the above-described electrode 11a, the power source 11b, and the gas supply unit 31 built in the susceptor 11 constitute the cleaning means 40 that cleans the inside of the decompression processing container 12.
- the above substrate processing system 10 is provided with a control device 50.
- the control device 50 includes a calculation unit 100 that creates a histogram based on the particle count result of the particle monitor 18, an extraction unit 101 that extracts a predetermined feature amount from the histogram, and an extraction unit 101. It has condition changing means 102 for changing the condition of cleaning by the cleaning means 40 based on the extracted feature amount.
- the particle monitor system 1 according to the present embodiment includes the above-described units 100, 101, 102 and the particle monitor 18.
- control apparatus 50 is comprised by the computer provided with CPU, memory, etc., for example, executes the program memorize
- the inside can be cleaned.
- Various programs for realizing substrate processing and substrate transport in the substrate processing system 10 are, for example, a computer-readable hard disk (HD), flexible disk (FD), compact disk (CD), magnet optical desk (MO), What is stored in the storage medium H such as a memory card and installed in the control device 50 from the storage medium H is used.
- HD computer-readable hard disk
- FD flexible disk
- CD compact disk
- MO magnet optical desk
- the number of particles per unit time counted by the particle monitor 18 is input to the calculation means 100 as an electrical signal via the control device 50.
- the computing unit 100 creates a histogram relating to the number of particles and time as shown in FIG. 3, for example, based on the input electrical signal.
- the horizontal axis represents time and the vertical axis represents the number of particles.
- the extracting unit 101 analyzes the distribution tendency of the number of particles in the histogram obtained by the calculating unit 100, and extracts a first feature amount X that represents the correlation between the mode value of the number of particles and the particle counting period.
- the first feature amount X is expressed by the following equation (1), for example.
- T is the particle counting period
- t is the time of measurement
- P t is the number of particles at the time of measurement.
- the first feature amount X is a measurement time t, that is, a time when particles are observed, and is a weighted average of the number of particles observed at each measurement time t.
- the mode value shows the tendency about which time zone is distributed in the cleaning sequence described later. Note that the time obtained from the first feature amount X does not necessarily coincide with the mode value. For example, in the histogram of FIG. 3, the mode value is “20 seconds”. The obtained first feature amount X is, for example, “21.1 seconds”. Further, the discrepancy between the first feature amount X and the mode value tends to increase as the number of particles in the mode value decreases, for example. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, for example, in the histogram in which only the number of particles in the mode value is smaller than that in FIG. 3 and the other number of particles is the same, the value of the first feature amount X is Compared to the case shown in FIG.
- the extraction unit 101 extracts a second feature amount Y representing the correlation between the particle counting period and the particle distribution tendency in the counting period from the histogram.
- the second feature amount Y is expressed by the following equation (2).
- P t in equation (2) is the number of particles at the time of measurement, and the value of D (t) is “1” when P t is zero or more, and when particles are counted at the time of measurement t, and P t is zero. In this case, it is “0”.
- the second feature amount Y obtained from the equation (2) is a simple average of the time when the particles are observed, and in which time zone of the cleaning sequence described later, regardless of the number of particles. It shows the tendency about. Therefore, the second feature value Y obtained from the histogram shown in FIG. 3 and the histogram shown in FIG. 4 has the same value.
- the second feature amount Y obtained from FIGS. 3 and 4 is, for example, “27.3 seconds”.
- the condition changing means 102 is preliminarily inputted with a cleaning sequence in the decompression processing container 12 by the cleaning means 40 as shown in FIG.
- the cleaning sequence of FIG. 5 shows how the voltage V and the flow rate F change with the start of particle measurement by the particle monitor 18 with the horizontal axis representing time and the vertical axis representing the voltage and purge gas flow rate.
- the purge gas is first supplied into the decompression container 12 15 seconds after the particle counting start by the particle monitor 18, and after 7 seconds, the power supply 11b changes the polarity to the electrode 11a in a cycle of 1 second, for example.
- a high voltage of ⁇ 1 kV is intermittently applied for 18 seconds while being inverted.
- the condition changing means 102 changes the condition of this cleaning sequence based on the first feature amount X and the second feature amount Y. The change of the cleaning sequence by the condition changing unit 102 will be described.
- the first feature amount X As described above, from the first feature amount X, a time zone in which a large amount of particles are generated can be grasped as a tendency.
- the first feature amount X is not only in the time zone when a large amount of particles are observed, but also when the number of particles in the vicinity of the mode value fluctuates as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, for example. The value increases or decreases. Therefore, the tendency of particles scattered from the decompression processing container 12 cannot be accurately grasped only by the first feature amount X.
- the second feature amount Y the particle distribution tendency during the counting period by the particle monitor 18 can be known regardless of the number of particles.
- the first feature value X is larger than the second feature value Y, for example, particles are counted after the time period when the number of particles shows a peak value, while the first feature value X is the second feature value, for example. If it is smaller than the feature amount Y, it can be determined that particles are counted even before the time period when the number of particles shows the peak value. In addition, the larger the difference between the first feature value X and the second feature value Y, the more dominant the number of particles in the vicinity of the mode value, and vice versa. It can be determined that the ratio of the number of particles to the total is small.
- the condition changing unit 102 first obtains a difference between the first feature value X and the second feature value Y, and determines whether or not the absolute value of the difference exceeds a predetermined threshold value. It is also determined whether the value of the first feature amount X belongs to the time zone for cleaning with purge gas or the time zone for cleaning with high voltage application. As a result, the tendency of particles adhering to the inside of the decompression processing container 12, that is, the physical adsorption that is scattered by the shock wave of the purge gas is dominant, or the dust is not scattered by the purge gas because it adheres by electrostatic force. In other words, it is possible to grasp the tendency of what is scattered by electromagnetic stress to be dominant.
- the condition changing means 102 stores in advance each feature amount X, Y and the change contents of the cleaning sequence corresponding thereto. Based on the feature amounts X and Y, the supply amount of the purge gas and the number of times of applying the high voltage are changed.
- the “feature value X small” shown in FIG. 6 indicates a case where the value of the first feature value X belongs to the time zone before the start of application of the high voltage, and the “feature value X large” indicates the first feature value X. In the case where the value belongs to a time zone after the start of application of the high voltage. “Feature amount Y small” and “Feature amount Y large” are the same as in the case of feature amount X.
- the change contents of the cleaning sequence are determined as follows.
- the absolute value of the difference between each feature amount X and Y is equal to or greater than the threshold value and ⁇ feature amount X is small '', particles scattered by the purge gas are dominant, but the particles are observed other than the mode value. Both the flow rate of the purge gas and the number of times of applying the high voltage are increased from the standard time (the state of the cleaning sequence shown in FIG. 5).
- the absolute value of the difference between each feature quantity X and Y is greater than or equal to the threshold value and ⁇ feature quantity X is large '', particles scattered by the application of a high voltage are dominant. increase.
- the flow rate of the purge gas is not increased because, in general, the number of particles scattered by application of a high voltage is smaller than the number of particles scattered by the purge gas, and even if the purge gas flow rate is increased This is because it does not contribute to conversion. Therefore, in this case, the purge gas flow rate may be decreased, or the purge gas supply time may be shortened to shorten the time of the cleaning sequence itself.
- the difference between the feature amounts X and Y is smaller than the threshold value, and when the feature amount X is small and the feature amount Y is small, particles scattered by the purge gas are dominant, and particles caused by application of a high voltage Since this means that it is hardly observed, only the flow rate of the purge gas is increased from the standard time. Also in this case, the number of times of applying the high voltage may be reduced.
- the difference between each feature amount X and Y is smaller than the threshold value and “large feature amount X” and “large feature amount Y”, the particles scattered by the application of high voltage are dominant, and the particles due to the purge gas are almost observed. This means that only the high voltage is applied more than the standard time. Also in this case, the flow rate of the purge gas may be decreased or the supply time may be shortened.
- the condition of the cleaning sequence is not changed, but the conditions shown in FIG. 6 can be arbitrarily determined and are not limited to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 6 for example, eight cases are divided based on the relationship between the first feature amount X and the second feature amount Y. However, the number of cases and the contents of changes in the cleaning sequence are also arbitrarily determined. Setting is possible.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of main steps of the particle monitoring method.
- step S1 in FIG. 7 when the processing of the wafer W is completed and the wafer W is unloaded from the decompression processing container 12 (step S1 in FIG. 7), the control valve 17a is closed by the control device 50 and the bypass valve 17c. Is opened. Thereby, the exhaust of the decompression processing container 12 is switched to that by the bypass pipe 17b, and particle counting by the particle monitor 18 is started (step S2 in FIG. 7).
- the valve 34a provided on the downstream side of the purge gas supply unit 34 is opened 15 seconds after the start of particle counting by the particle monitor 18, and the flow rate is, for example, 70 L / min (70000 SCCM).
- Supply of the purge gas into the decompression processing container 12 is started (step S3 in FIG. 7). Due to the introduction of the purge gas, a shock wave is generated in the decompression processing container 12, and the particles physically attached in the decompression processing container 12 are scattered. The scattered particles are exhausted from the bypass pipe 17 b and counted by the particle monitor 18. The counted particles are input to the calculation means 100 via the control device 50.
- bypass valve 17c is closed and the counting by the particle monitor 18 is finished.
- control valve 17a is opened to switch the exhaust system, and the turbo pump 16b exhausts the decompression processing container 12 again (step S6 in FIG. 7).
- the particle monitoring method by the particle monitoring system 1 is executed. The particle monitoring method in the particle monitoring system 1 will be described in detail later.
- a new wafer W is carried into the decompression processing container 12 and plasma processing is performed (step S7 in FIG. 7).
- the wafer W is unloaded from the decompression processing container 12 (step S8 in FIG. 7).
- counting of particles by the particle monitor 18 is started again by switching the vacuum system (step S9 in FIG. 7), and then the inside of the decompression processing container is cleaned, and this series of steps is repeated.
- the extraction unit 101 obtains the first feature value X and the second feature value Y based on this histogram (step T2 in FIG. 7).
- condition changing means 102 changes the condition of the cleaning sequence by the cleaning means 40 based on the correlation between the first feature quantity X and the second feature quantity Y (step T3 in FIG. 7). .
- the particle monitor 18 again counts particles by switching the vacuum system. The process is started (step S9 in FIG. 7), and then the vacuum processing container is cleaned by the cleaning sequence after the change.
- the particles discharged from the decompression processing container 12 are counted and histogramd while the decompression processing container 12 is being cleaned, and the first feature amount X and the first feature amount are calculated based on the histogram. Since the characteristic amount Y of 2 is obtained, the tendency of the particles during the cleaning of the decompression processing container, that is, the particles that are scattered from the shock wave of the purge gas as the particles discharged from the decompression processing container 12 is dominant. Alternatively, it is possible to quantitatively grasp the tendency of what is scattered by electromagnetic stress. Thereby, it becomes possible to appropriately monitor the particles in the decompression processing container 12.
- condition changing means 102 can optimize the cleaning sequence, so that the inside of the decompression processing container 12 can be cleaned efficiently.
- the condition of the cleaning sequence is changed by the condition changing unit 102.
- the display means 103 for performing an input operation is provided, and the feature quantities X and Y are compared and displayed on the display means 103.
- the display unit 103 is a so-called graphical user interface including a touch panel, a monitor, a liquid crystal display, or the like.
- the conditions for applying the purge gas and the high voltage are changed with respect to the reference cleaning sequence shown in FIG. 5.
- the changed cleaning sequence is stored in the condition changing means 102.
- the change of the condition is further performed on the changed cleaning sequence, in other words, the changed cleaning sequence may be used as a reference sequence, and the cleaning sequence used as a reference may be arbitrarily set. Setting is possible.
- the third feature amount Z indicates the ratio of the number of particles in the mode value to the total amount of particles counted during the particle counting period, and by taking this value into consideration, the feature amounts X and Y It can be determined whether or not the cause of the difference in the difference is that particles are concentrated in the vicinity of the mode value. When it is determined that particles are concentrated in the vicinity of the mode value, the condition of the cleaning means 40 may be set based on the determined concentration.
- the number of particles in the mode value itself for example, if it is determined that the particles are concentrated in the vicinity of the mode value but the number of particles is small compared to the conventional case, for example, the flow rate of the purge gas And the number of times of application of high voltage may be reduced.
- the control device 110 includes a storage unit 111 that stores the feature amount obtained by the extraction unit, a storage unit, in addition to the calculation unit 100 and the extraction unit 101 described above.
- An analysis unit 112 that performs principal component analysis on the feature quantity stored in 111
- a calculation unit 113 that obtains a principal component score from the analysis result in the analysis unit 112 and the feature quantity stored in the storage unit 111
- An estimation unit 114 that estimates the adhesion state of particles in the decompression processing container 12 based on the result of cluster analysis regarding the score is provided.
- the particle monitor system includes each means 100, 101, 111, 112, 113, 114 and a particle monitor 18. Note that the control device 110 may include the display unit 103 described above.
- the extraction unit 101 in the control device 110 obtains a third feature amount Z represented by the following equation (3) instead of the above-described second feature amount Y.
- MAX (P t ) in Expression (3) is the number of particles in the mode value of the histogram.
- the third feature amount Z indicates a so-called peak ratio, which is a ratio of the number of particles in the mode value to the total amount of particles counted during the particle counting period. It is.
- the extraction unit 101 obtains the feature amounts X and Z each time the wafer processing in steps S1 to S7 shown in FIG. 7 is repeatedly executed, and the feature amounts X and Z are stored in the storage unit 111.
- the analysis unit 112 performs principal component analysis using the plurality of feature amounts X and Z accumulated in the accumulation unit 111 as variables, and obtains the principal component load amount for each of the first feature amount X and the third feature amount Z. It is done.
- the calculation means 113 obtains a principal component score for each of the feature quantities X and Z based on the principal component load quantity obtained by the analysis means 112, the first feature quantity X, and the third feature quantity Z.
- the estimation unit 114 performs cluster analysis on each principal component score obtained by the calculation unit 113 and stratifies each principal component score into a plurality of clusters. Then, the characteristics of each cluster are confirmed, and the adhesion state of the particles in the decompression processing container 12 is estimated for each cluster.
- Each means 112, 113, 114 can be configured using, for example, general-purpose numerical analysis software.
- the calculation unit 113, and the estimation unit 114 for example, in the storage unit 111, as shown in the table of FIG. A case where the respective feature amounts X and Z are stored will be described.
- the cleaning is performed in chronological order from the smallest sample number to the largest sample number, between sample numbers 12 and 13 in FIG. 9, between sample numbers 32 and 33, and between sample numbers 48 and 49. In each case, open inspection of the decompression container 12 is performed. Further, between the samples 12 and 13, some parts in the decompression processing container 12 are exchanged.
- the analysis unit 112 obtains the principal component load amount from the feature amounts X and Z of the storage unit 111.
- the first principal component load amount of the first feature amount X is “0.7342”
- the second principal component load amount is “ ⁇ 0.6790”.
- the principal component load amount of the third feature amount Z is obtained as the slope of a straight line orthogonal to the straight line obtained from each principal component load amount of the first feature amount X.
- the principal component load amounts of “0.7342” and “0.6790” are, respectively.
- the calculation unit 113 calculates the first principal component score (“PCS1” in FIG. 9) for each sample 1 to 89 from each principal component load amount and each feature amount X, Z obtained by the analysis unit 112, and Second principal component scores (“PCS2” in FIG. 9) are obtained. Then, in the calculation means 113, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, data in which the main component scores of the sample numbers 1 to 89 are plotted is created. The numbers shown in the plot of FIG. 10 correspond to the sample numbers shown in FIG.
- the estimation unit 114 performs cluster analysis on the plot data obtained by the calculation unit 113 and stratifies into a plurality of clusters as shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, it is classified into four clusters. As a result, sample numbers 1 to 12 are the first cluster, sample numbers 13 to 32 are the second cluster, sample numbers 33 to 48 are the third cluster, Sample numbers 49-89 each form a fourth cluster. In FIG. 11, “ ⁇ ” represents the first cluster, “ ⁇ ” represents the second cluster, “ ⁇ ” represents the third cluster, and “ ⁇ ” represents the fourth cluster.
- the estimation unit 114 confirms the characteristics of each cluster, and estimates the adhesion state of particles in the decompression processing container 12 for each cluster. Specifically, since both the first feature value and the third feature value Z are very large in the first cluster, particles scattered by applying a high voltage in the latter half of the cleaning sequence, or the process of FIG. It is determined that most of the particles discharged in the process of exhausting the decompression processing container 12 in S5 occupy. Thereby, it is presumed that the sample particles belonging to the first cluster are caused by, for example, dirt on the exhaust pipe 17 or each valve.
- the first feature amount X is very small, in other words, coincides with that immediately after the purge gas supply in the cleaning sequence, and the third feature amount Z is very large. It is determined that most of the particles scattered by the purge gas in the first half are occupied. Accordingly, it is presumed that the sample particles belonging to the second cluster are predominantly particles that are physically adsorbed in the decompression processing container 12. The reason why the particles tend to be different from the first cluster is presumed to be that dust was brought in from the outside of the decompression processing container due to the replacement of the parts of the decompression processing container 12 between the samples 12 and 13.
- the first feature amount X is larger than that of the second cluster, and the third feature amount Z is decreased as compared to the second cluster. Therefore, it is determined that the particles due to the high voltage application are slightly counted although the particles due to the purge gas are dominant as compared with the particles due to the high voltage application.
- the first feature amount X is larger than that of the third cluster, and the third feature amount Z is further decreased as compared with the third cluster.
- the particles are counted over the entire particle counting period, and it is determined that the particles due to the purge gas are slightly counted although the particles due to the application of the high voltage are dominant as compared with the particles due to the purge gas.
- the particles of the sample belonging to the fourth cluster are predominantly particles scattered by the application of the high voltage, and are mainly caused by the contamination of the exhaust system.
- the principal component score is obtained based on the plurality of feature amounts X and Z obtained by the extraction means 101, and the particles in the decompression processing container 12 are further obtained based on the cluster analysis regarding each principal component score. Therefore, it is possible to grasp the long-term tendency of the particles in the decompression processing container 12. Thereby, for example, each time the wafer W process is repeated a predetermined number of times, it is possible to change the sequence conditions such as increasing the number of times of high voltage application in the cleaning sequence and decreasing the purge gas supply time.
- wafer processing is performed using a dummy wafer, for example, about once a day.
- the number of particles adhering to the dummy wafer may become extremely large due to some reason.
- To determine whether it is irregular it is necessary to check the particles using the dummy wafer again. There is.
- the wafer W to be commercialized cannot be processed during that period, the throughput of the wafer W processing is reduced. In such a case, if the long-term tendency is grasped by the particle monitoring method according to the present embodiment, it is possible to determine whether or not the abnormality of the dummy wafer is irregular.
- condition change means 102 may be provided in the control device 110, and the cleaning sequence may be automatically changed based on the estimation result by the estimation means 114.
- the purge gas and high voltage application conditions are changed corresponding to the dominant particles estimated by the cluster analysis.
- the display unit 103 is provided in the control device 110 to display each principal component score after the cluster analysis, that is, the content shown in FIG. 11 on the display unit 103, and the operator can set the conditions of the cleaning sequence based on the displayed content. May be changed.
- the particle monitor 18 is provided in the bypass pipe 17b.
- the particle monitor 18 is not necessarily provided in the bypass pipe 17b as long as the number of particles from the decompression processing container 12 can be counted. It may be provided.
- the first feature amount X is obtained by the equation (1).
- the mode value itself of the histogram may be used as the first feature amount.
- the number of particles is integrated in the left-right direction of the mode value, and the ratio between the integrated value and the total number of particles measured during the counting period reaches a predetermined value. It is also possible to grasp the tendency of the particle distribution by obtaining the time until and change the condition based on the distribution tendency and the mode value.
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式(1)のTはパーティクルの計数期間、tは測定時、Ptは測定時におけるパーティクル数である。
式(2)のPtは、測定時におけるパーティクル数であり、D(t)の値は、Ptがゼロ以上、測定時tにおいてパーティクルが計数されると「1」となり、Ptがゼロの場合は「0」となる。
式(3)のMAX(Pt)は、ヒストグラムの最頻値におけるパーティクル数である。
10 基板処理装置
11 サセプタ
12 減圧処理容器
13 本体部
13a 排気室
14 マイクロ波発生源
15 マイクロ波供給部
16 排気装置
17 排気管
18 パーティクルモニタ
20 支持部材
21 マイクロ波透過板
22 スロット板
23 誘電体板
24 プレート
25 同軸導波管
26 ガスバッフル板
27 支持部材
30 ガス供給口
31 ガス供給部
32 ガス供給管
33 希ガス供給部
34 パージガス供給部
50 制御装置
100 演算手段
101 抽出手段
102 条件変更手段
103 表示手段
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113 算出手段
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- 基板を処理する減圧処理容器内にパージガスを供給して衝撃波を与え、次いで高電圧を断続的に印加して電磁応力を与えることによりパーティクルを飛散させて前記減圧処理容器内を清浄化する際に、当該減圧処理容器からの排気に含まれるパーティクルをモニタするパーティクルモニタ方法であって、
前記減圧処理容器を清浄化している間に、前記減圧処理容器からの排気に含まれるパーティクルを計数手段により計数し、
前記パーティクルの計数結果から、時間に関するパーティクル数のヒストグラムを作成し、
前記ヒストグラムから、パーティクル数の最頻値とパーティクルの計数期間との相関を表す第1の特徴量を抽出し、
さらに、前記ヒストグラムから、パーティクルの計数期間と当該計数期間におけるパーティクルの分布傾向との相関を表す第2の特徴量を抽出することを特徴とする、パーティクルモニタ方法。 - 前記第1の特徴量と前記第2の特徴量との差分を求め、当該差分と予め定められた閾値との関係と、前記第1の特徴量と、前記第2の特徴量との相関関係に基づいて、前記減圧処理容器内の清浄化の条件を変更することを特徴とする、請求項1または2のいずれかに記載のパーティクルモニタ方法。
- 前記処理容器内の清浄化の条件は、少なくとも前記パージガスの供給条件又は前記断続的な高電圧印加の条件であることを特徴とする、請求項3に記載のパーティクルモニタ方法。
- 前記抽出された第1の特徴量と第2の特徴量を、表示手段に比較して表示することを特徴とする、請求項1~4のいずれかに記載のパーティクルモニタ方法。
- 基板を処理する減圧処理容器内にパージガスを供給して衝撃波を与え、次いで高電圧を断続的に印加して電磁応力を与えることによりパーティクルを飛散させて前記減圧処理容器内を清浄化する際に、当該減圧処理容器からの排気に含まれるパーティクルをモニタするパーティクルモニタ方法であって、
前記減圧処理容器を清浄化している間に、前記減圧処理容器からの排気に含まれるパーティクルを計数手段により計数し、
前記パーティクルの計数結果から、時間に関するパーティクル数のヒストグラムを作成し、
前記ヒストグラムから、パーティクル数の最頻値とパーティクルの計数期間との相関を表す第1の特徴量を抽出し、
さらに、前記ヒストグラムから、パーティクル計数期間において計数されたパーティクルの総数と最頻値におけるパーティクル数と相関を表す第2の特徴量を抽出し、
前記第1の特徴量の抽出と前記第2の特徴量の抽出を、前記減圧処理容器内での基板処理ごとに行い、
前記抽出された複数の第1の特徴量と複数の第2の特徴量を変数とする主成分分析を行って、前記第1の特徴量と前記第2の特徴量の主成分負荷量をそれぞれ求め、
前記各主成分負荷量に基づいて前記第1の特徴量と前記第2の特徴量について主成分得点をそれぞれ求め、
前記各主成分得点に関するクラスター分析を行い、当該クラスター分析の結果に基づいて、前記減圧処理容器内のパーティクルの付着状況を推定することを特徴とする、パーティクルモニタ方法。 - 前記クラスター分析後の主成分得点を、表示手段にプロットして表示することを特徴とする、請求項6又は7のいずれかに記載のパーティクルモニタ方法。
- 基板を処理する減圧処理容器内にパージガスを供給して衝撃波を与え、次いで高電圧を断続的に印加して電磁応力を与えることによりパーティクルを飛散させて前記減圧処理容器内を清浄化する際に、当該減圧処理容器からの排気に含まれるパーティクルをモニタするパーティクルモニタシステムであって、
前記減圧処理容器を清浄化している間に、前記減圧処理容器からの排気に含まれるパーティクルを計数する計数手段と、
前記パーティクルの計数結果から、時間に関するパーティクル数のヒストグラムを作成する演算手段と、
前記ヒストグラムから、パーティクル数の最頻値とパーティクルの計数期間との相関を表す第1の特徴量を抽出し、さらに、前記ヒストグラムから、パーティクルの計数期間と当該計数期間におけるパーティクルの分布傾向との相関を表す第2の特徴量を抽出する抽出手段と、を有することを特徴とする、パーティクルモニタシステム。 - 前記第1の特徴量と前記第2の特徴量との差分を求め、当該差分と予め定められた閾値との関係と、前記第1の特徴量と、前記第2の特徴量との相関関係に基づいて、前記減圧処理容器内の清浄化の条件を変更する条件変更手段を有することを特徴とする、請求項9または10のいずれかに記載のパーティクルモニタシステム。
- 前記処理容器内の清浄化の条件は、少なくとも前記パージガスの供給条件又は前記断続的な高電圧印加の条件であることを特徴とする、請求項11に記載のパーティクルモニタシステム。
- 前記抽出された第1の特徴量と第2の特徴量を、比較して表示する表示手段を有することを特徴とする、請求項9~12のいずれかに記載のパーティクルモニタシステム。
- 基板を処理する減圧処理容器内にパージガスを供給して衝撃波を与え、次いで高電圧を断続的に印加して電磁応力を与えることによりパーティクルを飛散させて前記減圧処理容器内を清浄化する際に、当該減圧処理容器からの排気に含まれるパーティクルをモニタするパーティクルモニタシステムであって、
前記減圧処理容器を清浄化している間に、前記減圧処理容器からの排気に含まれるパーティクルを計数する計数手段と、
前記パーティクルの計数結果から、時間に関するパーティクル数のヒストグラムを作成する演算手段と、
前記ヒストグラムから、パーティクル数の最頻値とパーティクルの計数期間との相関を表す第1の特徴量を抽出し、さらに、前記ヒストグラムから、パーティクル計数期間において計数されたパーティクルの総数と最頻値におけるパーティクル数と相関を表す第2の特徴量を抽出し抽出手段と、
前記減圧処理容器内での基板処理ごとに抽出した複数の前記第1の特徴量と複数の前記第2の特徴量を変数とする主成分分析を行って、前記第1の特徴量と前記第2の特徴量の主成分負荷量をそれぞれ求める分析手段と、
前記各主成分負荷量に基づいて前記第1の特徴量と前記第2の特徴量について主成分得点をそれぞれ算出する算出手段と、
前記各主成分得点に関するクラスター分析を行い、当該クラスター分析の結果に基づいて、前記減圧処理容器内のパーティクルの付着状況を推定する推定手段と、を有することを特徴とする、パーティクルモニタシステム。 - 前記クラスター分析後の主成分得点をプロットして表示する表示手段を有することを特徴とする、請求項14又は15のいずれかに記載のパーティクルモニタシステム。
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