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  • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
  • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
  • C23C16/00—Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition [CVD] processes
  • C23C16/44—Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition [CVD] processes characterised by the method of coating
  • C23C16/4401—Means for minimising impurities, e.g. dust, moisture or residual gas, in the reaction chamber
  • C23C16/4405—Cleaning of reactor or parts inside the reactor by using reactive gases
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  • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
  • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
  • F04C25/00—Adaptations of pumps for special use of pumps for elastic fluids
  • F04C25/02—Adaptations of pumps for special use of pumps for elastic fluids for producing high vacuum
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
  • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
  • C23C16/00—Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition [CVD] processes
  • C23C16/44—Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition [CVD] processes characterised by the method of coating
  • C23C16/4412—Details relating to the exhausts, e.g. pumps, filters, scrubbers, particle traps
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
  • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
  • F04C23/00—Combinations of two or more pumps, each being of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type, specially adapted for elastic fluids; Pumping installations specially adapted for elastic fluids; Multi-stage pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids
  • F04C23/001—Combinations of two or more pumps, each being of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type, specially adapted for elastic fluids; Pumping installations specially adapted for elastic fluids; Multi-stage pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of similar working principle
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
  • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
  • F04C23/00—Combinations of two or more pumps, each being of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type, specially adapted for elastic fluids; Pumping installations specially adapted for elastic fluids; Multi-stage pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids
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• • H—ELECTRICITY
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  • H01L21/67011—Apparatus for manufacture or treatment
  • H01L21/67155—Apparatus for manufacturing or treating in a plurality of work-stations
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
  • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
  • F04C2220/00—Application
  • F04C2220/30—Use in a chemical vapor deposition [CVD] process or in a similar process
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Definitions

• the present invention relates to a vacuum exhaust system which exhausts gas from a chamber such as a process chamber used in semiconductor production plants; in particular, it relates to a system which is designed to provide a simpler structure for the overall vacuum exhaust system and also to reduce its cost.
• the gas produced by the reaction with the process gas (the reaction product gas) in the said chamber and the residuum of the process gas in the said chamber are exhausted to the exterior of the said chamber by a vacuum exhaust system.
• FIG 2 is a block diagram of an alternative vacuum exhaust system.
• the vacuum exhaust system S2 shown in Figure 2 has a structure comprising a plurality of chambers 1 (1A, IB, ... In).
• the vacuum exhaust system which exhausts the gases from the plurality of chambers is described in, for example, Patent Reference 1 and Patent Reference 2.
• the vacuum exhaust system S2 shown in Figure 2 has a first channel 50A and second channel 50B as the channels through which gas is exhausted from the chamber 1 (1A).
• a turbomolecular pump 51 which functions as a gas exhaust means for the gas molecular flow region is fitted into the upstream end of the first channel 50A.
• This first channel 50A is split into a first branch channel 50A- 1 and second branch channel 50A-2 at a position downstream from the turbomolecular pump 51.
• a combination dry pump 52 is fitted to the downstream end of the first branch channel 50A-1 to exhaust the gas produced by the reaction with the process gas (the reaction product gas) in the first chamber 1 and the residuum of the process gas in the first chamber 1.
• a combination ⁇ dry pump 53 is fitted to the downstream end of the second branch channel 50B-2 to exhaust the gas used for the cleaning of the interior of the chamber 1.
• a dry pump 54 is fitted to the downstream end of the first channel 50A as the rough pump used when gas is initially exhausted from the chamber 1.
• the said combination dry pumps 52, 53 comprise a pump body PI such as a known screw pump, which functions as a gas exhaust means in the viscous flow region of the gas, and a so-called mechanical booster pump P2 which functions as a means of increasing the exhaustion rate in the pressure region in which the exhaustion rate of the pump body PI is lower.
• a pump body PI such as a known screw pump, which functions as a gas exhaust means in the viscous flow region of the gas
• a so-called mechanical booster pump P2 which functions as a means of increasing the exhaustion rate in the pressure region in which the exhaustion rate of the pump body PI is lower.
• valve 4 in the second channel 50B and valve V3 of the second branch channel 50A-2 are closed, and the valve VI of the first channel 50A and valve V2 of the first branch channel 50A-1 are open, so that exhaustion of gas through second channel 50B and through second branch channel 50A-2 is disabled and exhaustion of gas through the first branch channel 50A-1 is enabled.
• the gas (reaction product gas and residuum process gas) in chamber 1 is exhausted through the first channel 50A (using the first branch channel 50A-1) by the exhausting action of turbomolecular pump 51 and dry pump 52.
• valve 4 in the second channel 50B and valve 2 of the first branch channel 50A-1 are closed, and the valve 1 of the first channel 50A and valve 3 of the second branch channel 50A-2 are open, so that exhaustion of gas through second channel 50B and through first branch channel 50A-1 is disabled and exhaustion of gas through the second branch channel 50A-2 is enabled.
• cleaning gas in chamber 1 and the turbomolecular pump 52 is exhausted through the first channel 50A (using the second branch channel 50A-2) by the exhausting action of the dry pump 53.
• valve V2 and V3 are located immediately before, respectively, dry pump 52 and dry pump 53, the first channel 50A and second channel 52B coexist from the beginning to the end of the exhaust system as the exhaust system from the chambers 1 to dry pumps 52, 53 and 54 etc, there are the problems that the overall structure of the vacuum exhaust system S is complex and the cost is higher as a consequence.
• the present invention which was made in order to solve the said problems, has the aim of providing an appropriate vacuum exhaust system intended as a simpler structure of the overall vacuum exhaust system and also to reduce its cost.
• the present invention is characterised in that it is a vacuum exhaust system which exhausts gas from chambers and which comprises a plurality of branch channels for the exhaustion of said gas from the said chambers, a main pipeline in the form of a confluence of the said plurality of branch channels, channel on-off valves fitted to correspond with each of the said plurality of branch channels, a channel- switching valve connecting the said main pipeline and a plurality of selection channels and allowing flow between any one of this plurality of selection channels and the said main pipeline, a first pump which functions as a gas exhaust means in the molecular flow region of the said gas, and second pumps which function as gas exhaust means in the viscous flow region of the said gas; and in that the said first pump is fitted to any of the said plurality of branch channels and the said second pumps are fitted to the said plurality of selection channels.
• the present invention is also preferably characterised in that it has a third pump which functions as a means of increasing the exhaust rate in the pressure region in which the exhaust rate of the said second pump is lower, and in that the said third pump is fitted to any of the said plurality of branch channels [0020]
• the said second pump may be fitted to each of the said selection channels and a said second pump fitted to any one of the said selection channels may be used during rough pumping when gas is exhausted from the said chamber and, apart from rough pumping, the said second pumps fitted to the other two said selection channels may be used as backup pumps in an immediately-usable standby state.
• the present invention may also be characterised in that when the said third pumps are fitted in the vicinity of the said first pumps, for the said plurality branch channels, the length of pipe for the short distance from the said first pumps to the said third pumps may be larger in diameter than the rest of the pipes of the said plurality of branch channels.
• the present invention is also the said channel switching-valve used in the said vacuum exhaust system.
• the specific structure of the vacuum exhaust system is such that, as described above, the structure used for the channels is one in which the main channel is formed from a confluence of a plurality of branch channels and this main channel is connected to a plurality of selection channels by a channel- switching valve and any one of the said plurality of selection channels is caused to communicate with the main channel by the said channel-switching valve.
• FIG. 1 A block drawing of one embodiment of the vacuum exhaust system according to the invention.
• FIG. 1 is a block drawing of one embodiment of the vacuum exhaust system according to the invention
• the vacuum exhaust system SI shown in this figure has a structure of a system which exhausts gas from a plurality of chambers 1 (1A, IB, ... In).
• the vacuum exhaust system SI shown in Figure 1 is furnished with an exhaust system component which exhausts gas from the first chamber (1A) and which, as shown in the figure, comprises 2 branch channels 2 (2A, 2B) which exhaust gas from the chamber 1 (1A), a main channel 3 in the form of a confluence of the 2 branch channels 2, channel on-off valves 4 fitted one for each of the 2 branch channels 2, a channel-switching valve 6 which connects main channel 2 and 3 selection channels 5 (5 A, 5B, 5C) and which allows any one of the selection channels 5 to communicate with the main channel 3, a first pump 7 which functions as a gas exhaustion means in the molecular flow region of the gas, second pumps 8 (8 A, 8B, 8C) which function as gas exhaustion means in the viscous flow region of the gas, and a third pump 9 which functions as a means of increasing the exhaustion rate in the pressure region where the exhaustion rate of the second pumps 8 is lower.
• the third pump 9 may be omitted.
• a first pump 7 and third pump 9 are fitted to a single branch channel 2 (2A) and one second pump 8 is fitted to each of the selection channels 5 (5 A, 5B, 5C).
• Chamber 1 (1A) is a vessel which may be evacuated, such as the process chambers used in semiconductor production plants and the like, and specific processes using process gas and the like are performed in chamber 1 (1A). This also true of the other chambers 1 (IB, ... In).
• Each of the 2 branch channels 2 (2A, 2B) and main channel 3 are formed from pipes and, in particular, the size (diameter) of the structural pipes of branch channel 2 (2A) to which the first pump 7 and third pump 9 are fitted vary according to location.
• the branch channel 2 (2A) in the short length from the first pump 7 to the third pump 9 is formed from large-diameter pipes with low pipe resistance and the rest of the said branch channel 2 (2A) and main channel 3, apart from this length, is formed from small- diameter pipes.
• the pipes in the short length from the first pump 7 to the third pump 9 are formed from pipes of larger diameter than the rest of the piping of the plurality of branch channels 2.
• the gas that flows along branch channel 2 (2A) in particular is principally the residuum of the process gas used in chamber 1 and gas produced by reactions of the process gas (reaction product gas) in chamber 1.
• a wire heater is wound around the outer periphery of the pipes forming the branch channel 2 (2A) and main channel 3 and the heater thus wound heats these pipes, as a means of preventing the accumulation of such gases in the branch channel 2 (2A) and main channel 3 as pressure falls.
• Both of the channel on-off valves 4 fitted to the 2 branch channels 2 (2A, 2B) are structured so that they open and close the corresponding branch channel 2, on the basis of open-close control signals Fl from a control device D according to the specific timing.
• the channel open-close valve 4 of the branch channel 2 (2B) When for example, gas is exhausted through the branch channel 2 (2A), in order to disable exhaustion of gas through branch channel 2 (2B) the channel open-close valve 4 of the branch channel 2 (2B) is closed, setting the branch channel 2 (2B) to a closed state, due to the output of open-close control signals Fl from the control device D to the channel open-close valve 4 of the branch channel 2 (2B), and in order to enable exhaustion of gas through branch channels 2 (2A), the channel open-close valve 4 of the branch channel 2 (2A) is opened, setting the branch channel 2 (2A) to an open state, due to the output of open-close control signals Fl from the control device D to the channel open-close valve 4 of the branch channel 2 (2A).
• the channel open- close valve 4 of the branch channel 2 (2A) is closed setting the branch channel 2 (2A) to a closed state, due to the output of open-close control signals Fl from the control device D to the channel open-close valve 4 of the branch channel 2 (2A), and in order to enable exhaustion of gas through branch channels 2 (2B), the channel open-close valve 4 of the branch channel 2 (2B) is opened, setting the branch channel 2 (2B) to an open state, due to the output of open-close control signals Fl from the control device D to the channel open-close valve 4 of the branch channel 2 (2B).
• each of the three selection channels 5 (5 A, 5B, 5C) is connected to the outlet ports of the channel- switching valves 6 described below and downstream from this they merge with the selection channels 5 (5 A, 5B, 5C) from the channel- switching valves 6 of the chambers 1 (1A, IB, ... In) and are connected to the inlet ports of the second pumps 8 (8 A, 8B, 8C).
• the structure of the channel- switching valves 6 of each of the chambers 1 (1A, IB, ... In) is, as described above, such that they have inlet ports for connection to the downstream end of the main channels 3 described above and outlet ports for connection with each of the upstream ends of the 3 selection channels 5 (5 A, 5B, 5C) and the flow from the main channels 3 is diverted into one of the selection channels 5 (5A, 5B, 5C) by a switching operation within the channel-switching valves 6.
• the switching operation within the channel-switching valves 6 is performed at a specified timing, based on channel- switching signals F2 from the control device D.
• the structure of the first pump 7 has a gas inlet port and this gas inlet port is connected to the opening of chamber 1, so that gas may be fed into the chamber 1 through the said opening and inlet port.
• the structure of the first pump 7 has a gas exhaust port and this exhaust port 7B is connected to the upstream end of the branch channel 2 (2A), so that gas can be exhausted from the exhaust port through the branch channel 2 (2A), towards the downstream third pump 9.
• a controller C is fitted to the first pump 7 as a means of controlling and detecting the starting, stopping and rotational speed of the pump and other aspects of the state of the pump.
• a diagnostic circuit or diagnostic program is provided in the controller C which diagnoses whether there is any fault in the pump from the pump state detected and these diagnosis results R are sent from controller C to the control device D.
• a previously known turbomolecular pump can be used as this type of first pump 7 but it is not thus limited.
• a combination pump which has a structure comprising multiple stages of a first exhaust part functioning like a turbomolecular pump as a gas exhaustion means in the molecular flow region of the gas, and a second exhaust part functioning like a screw channel pump as a gas exhaustion means in the viscous flow region of the gas, and this combination pump may be used as the first pump 7.
• the third pump 9 has a structure such that it has a gas inlet port and outlet port and, since the inlet port and outlet port are connected downstream from the first pump 7 to the same branch channel 2 (2A) as the first pump 7, the gas fed through the branch channel 2 (2A) from the first pump 7 is exhausted again towards the downstream main channel 3.
• a controller C similar to that previously described for the first pump 7 may also be fitted to this third pump 9.
• a known mechanical booster pump can also be used as this third pump 9.
• a mechanical booster pump has a structure such that two peritrochoidal rotors rotate synchronously in opposite directions in a casing to exhaust gas and this can be used as a means of increasing exhaustion rate in pressure regions in which the exhaustion rate of the second pumps 8 (8 A, 8B, 8C) is lower.
• All of the second pumps 8 (8 A, 8B, 8C) have a gas inlet port and outlet port and the inlet port is connected to the downstream ends of the selection channels 5 (5 A, 5B, 5C), so gas is fed in through the said downstream ends and inlet ports and the gas thus fed in can be exhausted from the outlet ports.
• a controller C similar to that previously described for the first pump 7 may also be fitted to each of the plurality of second pumps 8 (8 A, 8B, 8C).
• a dry pump such as a known screw pump in which lubricating oil is used, may be used as these second pumps 8 functioning a means of exhausting gas in regions of gas viscosity .
• a second pump 8 (8 A) fitted to one selection channel 5 (5A) is used as a rough pumping pump when gas is rough pumped from the chamber 1 and, other than during rough pumping, is in an immediately-usable standby state as backup pump for the second pumps 8 (8B, 8C) fitted to the other two said selection channels 5 (5B, 5C).
• one second pump 8 (8B) is used as a pump for the exhaustion of the process gas and gas produced by process gas reaction (reaction product gas) in the main chamber 1.
• the second pump 8 (8C) is used a pump for the exhaustion of gas used for the cleaning of the interior of chamber 1 and first pump 7 (cleaning gas).
• the control device D comprises, for example, a personal computer furnished with system programs and hardware resources for the performance of at least the functions shown as 1 to 5 below.
• Function 1 outputs control signals for the control of the pump state, such as starting, stopping, rotational speed and the like, to the controllers C of the first pump 7, second pumps 8 (8A, 8B, 8C) and third pump 9.
• Function 2 outputs open-close control signals Fl, to perform opening and closing, to the channel open-close valves 4.
• Function 3 outputs channel- switching signals F2 to the channel-switching valves 6, to perform switching within the channel- switching valves 6 as described above.
• Function 4 receives the diagnosis results R (whether the pump is normal or not) made by the diagnostic circuit and diagnostic program in the controllers C in each of the first pump 7, second pumps 8 (8A, 8B, 8C) and third pump 9.
• Function 5 reviews the diagnosis results R received by function 4 and checks if a pump is faulty if diagnosed as abnormal.
• a process is carried out to output a channel-switching signal F2 (see 'Function 3' above) to the channel- switching valve 6 to cause the selection channel 5 (5A), which is fitted with the second pump 8 (8A) which is in standby status, as described above, to communicate with the main channel 2, and a process is carried out to output to the controller C of the second pump 8 (8A) a backup start signal F3 to switch the second pump 8(8A) from its standby state to a backup operational status.
• the second pump 8 (8C) be diagnosed as unusual.
• the said 'backup operational status' here means the second pump 8 (8 A) is used as a backup pump in the place of the second pump 8 (8B or 8C) in which a fault has been diagnosed.
• the gas in the chamber 1 (reaction product gas and residuum of the process gas) are exhausted through the branch channel 2 (2A) and main channel 3.
• the first pump 7 functions as a gas exhaust means in the molecular flow region of the gas and the second pump 8 (8A) functions as a gas exhaust means in the viscous flow region of the gas.
• the third pump 9 functions as a means of increasing the exhaustion rate in the pressure region in which the exhaustion rate of the second pump 8 is lower.
• the channel open-close valve 4 of the branch channel 2 (2A) is opened and the channel open-close valve 4 of the other branch channel 2 (2B) is closed and also due to the switching operations in the channel-switching valve 6, the selection channel 5 (5C) communicates with the main channel 3. It follows that, due to the exhausting operation of the second pump 8 (8C), the cleaning gas in the chamber 1 and in the first pump 7 are exhausted through the branch channel 2 (2A), main channel 3 and selection channel 5 (5C).
• the system structure is such that, as described above, 2 branch channels 2 (2A, 2B) converge to form the main channel 3 and as this main channel 3 and three selection channels 5 (5 A, 5B, 5C) are connected to channel- switching valve 6, one of the three selection channels 5 (5A, 5B, 5C) can be connected with the main channel 3 by this channel- switching valve 6.
• 2 branch channels 2 (2A, 2B) become joined in the confluence channel 3 and in that the valves of the previous art (valve 2 and valve 3 in Figure 2)
• the description is of two branch channels 2 and three selection channels 5 but the present invention may also apply to a structure may also be one in which there are 3 or more branch channels 2 and/or a structure in which there are 3 or more selection channels 5.

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