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- the present invention relates to a gas analyzer.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2017-107816 describes a technique for providing a filament for thermionic emission that can guarantee a long life and for improving the analysis accuracy of a mass spectrometer using the filament for thermionic emission. It is disclosed. Therefore, it is a thermoelectron emission filament including a core material through which an electric current flows and an electron emission layer formed so as to cover the surface of the core material, and the electron emission layer is densely blocking gas substantially. It is disclosed that it is characterized by having a gas.
- the sample holder in a glow discharge emission analyzer (GD-OES, Glow discharge optical emission spectrum), has an electrode (second electrode) having a sample fixing surface and a sample fixing surface.
- the outer cylinder portion and the inner cylinder portion (contact portion) are provided. With the sample separated from the opening of the glow discharge tube, the open end of the inner cylinder is brought into contact with the peripheral edge of the opening. The inside of the communicated glow discharge tube and the outer cylinder portion and the inner cylinder portion is depressurized, and argon gas is supplied.
- the inner cylinder portion is moved with respect to the outer cylinder portion to bring the sample closer to the tip of the cylindrical portion (end portion) of the anode (first electrode) of the glow discharge tube, and the refrigerant is allowed to flow through the flow path (cooling portion). It is described that the sample is cooled and a voltage is applied to the electrodes to perform glow discharge emission analysis.
- One aspect of the present invention includes a sample chamber having a dielectric wall structure into which only the sample gas to be measured flows in, and a sample chamber decompressed by an electric field and / or a magnetic field through the dielectric wall structure. It is a gas analyzer having a plasma generation mechanism for generating plasma inside and an analysis unit for analyzing sample gas through the generated plasma.
- a gas other than the sample gas such as argon gas for glow discharge or argon gas for generating a plasma torch is used. Plasma can be generated without using it. Therefore, by analyzing the sample gas through the generated plasma by the analysis unit, it is possible to measure the components contained in the sample gas more accurately and quantitatively.
- the gas analyzer may be provided with a gas input unit configured so that only the sample gas from the process flows into the sample chamber.
- Sample gases from processes especially processes involving plasma processes such as etching and film formation, tend to generate plasma without assistance such as argon gas and are one of the applications to which this gas analyzer is applied.
- the dielectric wall structure may include at least one of quartz, aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ) and silicon nitride (SiN 3 ).
- Plasma generation mechanisms include mechanisms that generate plasma by at least one of inductively coupled plasma (ICP), Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) and Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR). It may be.
- the sample chamber may be a small miniature chamber. Stable measurement plasma can be generated in a small chamber independent of the large process chamber.
- the total length of the sample chamber may be 1-100 mm and the diameter may be 1-100 mm.
- the total length and diameter may be 5 mm or more, 10 mm or more, 80 mm or less, 50 mm or less, or 30 mm or less.
- Volume of the sample chamber may also be 1 mm 3 or more, may be 10 5 mm 3 or less.
- the capacity of the sample chamber may be 10 mm 3 or more, 30 mm 3 or more, or 100 mm 3 or more.
- the capacity of the sample chamber may be 10 4 mm 3 or less, or 10 3 mm 3 or less.
- the analysis unit may be a luminescence analysis unit that optically detects the luminescence of plasma generated in the sample chamber.
- the luminescence analysis unit may include an optical spectrometer.
- the analysis unit may include a filter unit that filters the ionized gas in the plasma and a detector unit that detects the filtered ions.
- the gas analyzer may further include an energy filter disposed between the filter unit and the sample chamber.
- One of the other aspects of the present invention is a process monitoring device having the above gas analyzer.
- This monitoring device includes a sample chamber different from the process chamber, and can generate a plasma in the sample chamber that is independent of the process plasma generated in the process chamber. Therefore, unlike the conventional process monitor (plasma process monitor) that measures the process plasma generated in the process chamber, it generates plasma under conditions suitable for gas analysis and accurately monitors the state of gas in the process chamber. it can.
- plasma process monitor plasma process monitor
- One of yet different other embodiments of the present invention is a system having the above gas analyzer and a process chamber in which the plasma process is carried out, wherein the sample gas is supplied to the gas analyzer. ..
- the plasma process can be accurately monitored over a long period of time by a gas analyzer that is highly resistant to corrosive gases and generates plasma without using a support gas such as argon gas.
- the system may include a process monitoring device.
- This system may have a process control unit that controls at least one plasma process performed in the process chamber based on the measurement results of the gas analyzer.
- the process control unit may include a unit that determines the endpoint of at least one plasma process based on the measurement results of at least one plasma process by-product by a gas analyzer.
- One of yet different other aspects of the present invention is a method of controlling a system having a process chamber in which a plasma process is carried out.
- the system has a gas analyzer that includes a sample chamber that is different from the process chamber, in which only the sample gas from the process chamber flows in.
- This method of monitoring the plasma formed in the process chamber involves controlling the plasma process performed in the process chamber based on the measurement results of the gas analyzer.
- Controlling the plasma process may include determining the endpoint of at least one plasma process by the measurement of at least one plasma process by-product by a gas analyzer.
- the at least one plasma process may include at least one of etching, film formation, and cleaning.
- the gas analyzer may measure the ions ionized by thermions in the sample chamber.
- This control method may include generating a plasma in the sample chamber that is independent of the process chamber. The condition inside the process chamber can be monitored more continuously and accurately, and stable control becomes possible.
- One of yet different other aspects of the invention is a program that controls a system having a process chamber that carries out a plasma process.
- the program has instructions to control the plasma process performed in the process chamber based on the measurement results of the gas analyzer.
- the program may further have instructions to generate a plasma in the sample chamber that is independent of the process chamber.
- the program or program product may be provided by recording on a suitable recording medium.
- the block diagram which shows an example of a gas analyzer.
- One embodiment of the present invention is a gas analyzer, an example of which is a mass spectrometer.
- a gas analyzer an example of which is a mass spectrometer.
- sensors with high resistance to corrosion are required.
- the outline of the quadrupole mass spectrometer will be described as an example of the gas analyzer with reference to FIG.
- the quadrupole mass spectrometer (mass spectrometer) 99 analyzes an ionizer (ionization unit, ion source) 90 that ionizes the gas (gas sample, sample gas) 9 to be analyzed and the ionized gas 8.
- the gas analysis unit 21 includes a quadrupole portion that is a filter unit 20 and a detector unit (detection unit, for example, a Faraday cup) 30 that collects gas ions 8 that reach between the electrodes of the quadrupole. ..
- the quadrupole portion of the filter unit 20 includes a plurality of vertically extending electrodes, typically four, which are arranged at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction.
- the mass spectrometer 99 includes a vacuum container (housing) 40 for accommodating the ionization device 90 and the gas analysis unit 21, and the gas 9 flowing into the housing 40 is ionized by the ionization device 90.
- the gas analyzer 99 includes an exhaust system 60 that maintains the housing 40 at a negative pressure (vacuum).
- the exhaust system 60 may include a turbo molecular pump (TMP) 61 and a roots pump (RP) 62 as vacuum pumps.
- TMP turbo molecular pump
- RP roots pump
- the ionizing device 90 includes a grid 91 and a filament 92 that functions as a cathode for supplying thermionic (electron flow) 93.
- An example of the grid 91 is constructed by assembling fine metal wires in a grid pattern and a cylindrical shape.
- the filaments 92 are connected to metal support pins installed at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction on the support frame, and are arranged on the outer periphery of the grid 91.
- An example of the filament 92 is a base material made of iridium coated with yttrium oxide by electrodeposition treatment.
- a focus electrode 25 is interposed between the filter unit 20 and the ionizing device 90 so that ions toward the quadrupole portion efficiently converge.
- the focus electrode 25 is, for example, electrically connected to a support pin of the filament 92, and the potential of the filament 92 and the potential of the focus electrode 25 are equal to each other.
- the conventional mass spectrometer 99 is designed to operate under conditions for a pure gas, that is, an environment that is not a corrosive gas.
- the cathode material corresponding to this condition (filament material), Y 2 O 3 / Ir , i.e., the core material is made of iridium Ir
- the electron emission layer may filaments consisting of yttrium oxide (yttria, Y 2 O 3) ..
- yttrium Y of Y 2 O 3 reacts with fluorine F or a fluorine-based gas to become yttrium fluoride YF 3 or yttrium oxyfluoride YOF, which are evaporative.
- the tungsten W material is effective as a filament material (cathode material) for a gas containing fluorocarbon CFx as a component.
- tungsten W has a sufficient life in a gas such as carbon tetrachloride CCl 4 , hydrochloric acid HCl, tungsten fluoride WF 6 , tungsten chloride WCL 6 or the like.
- the filament 92 may be coated with Si, SiO 2 , SiN or the like, and the function may be impaired, particularly when the mass spectrometer 99 is started or stopped. It is also possible to clean with a corrosive gas containing methane fluoride CF 4 , nitrogen trifluoride NF 3, etc., which may further shorten the life of the filament 92.
- Inconel 600 is often used as the grid 91. A part of the gas may be deposited on the grid 91 to form an insulating film, and the correct potential distribution may not be created in the ionizer / ion optical region.
- an electron impact ion source is mainly used as an ionization method for the mass spectrometer 99.
- a thermal filament 92 is required as an electron emitter, and the filament 92 may react with the sample gas 9 and its by-products.
- the filament 92 heats the surrounding parts, which may increase the chemical reaction rate. It can be considered to use a plasma ionization source that does not have a heated portion.
- a support gas such as argon gas
- thermoelectrons When thermoelectrons are used for plasma generation such as glow discharge, a filament (cathode) is required, and there is a problem of resistance to corrosion as well as ionization by thermoelectrons.
- filament evaporations and chemical reactants may be the subject of gas analysis.
- FIG. 2 shows one of the embodiments of the present invention.
- the system 80 shown in FIG. 2 includes a process apparatus 70 including a process chamber 71 in which a plasma process is carried out, and a process monitoring apparatus (process monitor) 50 for monitoring each process carried out in the process chamber 71.
- the process device 70 is a device used for manufacturing and / or processing various products in the processing / manufacturing industry including the chemical industry.
- the process apparatus 70 of this example includes an apparatus for manufacturing or processing a product using a plasma process, typically a step of forming various types of films or layers on a substrate 78, or etching a substrate 78. It is a device that carries out the process of performing.
- An example of the process apparatus 70 is a system that performs CVD (chemical vapor deposition, Chemical Vapor Deposition) or PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition).
- An example of the process apparatus 70 is an apparatus for carrying out a process using a semiconductor as a substrate 78.
- a different example of the process apparatus 70 is an apparatus that carries out a process of laminating various types of thin films using optical components such as lenses and filters as a substrate 78.
- the process apparatus 70 is not limited to these examples.
- the process device 70 includes a chamber (process chamber) 71 in which a substrate to be processed is installed, a gas supply device 72 that supplies a gas for processing to the process chamber 71, and film formation and / or etching in the process chamber 71. It includes a process control unit 75 including a function of controlling the generation of plasma (process plasma) for the purpose. The process control unit 75 may further have a function of controlling to generate a cleaning plasma for cleaning the inside of the process chamber 71.
- the process monitor 50 includes a gas analyzer 1 that analyzes the gas (sample gas) 9 supplied from the process chamber 71, and a monitor control unit 51 that controls the gas analyzer 1 to monitor the internal state of the process chamber 71.
- the gas analyzer 1 includes a plasma generation unit 10 that generates plasma 18 of the sample gas 9 to be measured supplied from the process apparatus 70, and an analysis unit 21 that analyzes the sample gas 9 via the generated plasma 18.
- the plasma generation unit 10 is provided with a dielectric wall structure 12, and is provided by an electric field and / or a magnetic field through a chamber (sample chamber) 11 into which only the sample gas 9 to be measured flows in and the dielectric wall structure 12. Includes a plasma generation mechanism 13 that generates plasma 18 in the depressurized sample chamber 11.
- the gas analyzer 1 of this example is a mass spectrometry type, and the analysis unit 21 is a filter that filters the ionized sample gas (sample gas ion) 8 generated as plasma 18 by the plasma generator 10 by the mass charge ratio.
- the gas analyzer 1 includes an exhaust system 60 that maintains the inside of the housing 40 under appropriate negative pressure conditions (vacuum conditions).
- the exhaust system 60 of this example includes a turbo molecular pump (TMP) 61 and a roots pump 62.
- TMP turbo molecular pump
- the exhaust system 60 also controls the internal pressure of the sample chamber 11 of the plasma generator 10.
- the gas analyzer 1 further includes a gas input unit 19 configured so that only the sample gas 9 from the process device 70 flows into the sample chamber 11 of the plasma generation unit 10. Only the sample gas 9 from the process 70 flows into the sample chamber 11 decompressed by the exhaust system 60, and the plasma 18 is formed inside the sample chamber 11. That is, in the plasma generation unit 10, an assist gas (support gas) such as argon gas is not used, and the plasma 18 for analysis is generated only by the sample gas 9.
- the wall body 12 of the sample chamber 11 is composed of a dielectric member (dielectric material), and an example thereof is plasma such as quartz (Quartz), aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ) and silicon nitride (SiN 3 ). On the other hand, it is a highly durable dielectric.
- the plasma generation mechanism 13 of the plasma generation unit 10 uses an electric field and / or a magnetic field inside the sample chamber 11 through an dielectric wall structure 12 without using an electrode and without using a plasma torch. 18 is generated.
- An example of the plasma generation mechanism 13 is a mechanism that excites the plasma 18 with high frequency (RF, Radio Frequency) power.
- RF plasma include methods such as inductively coupled plasma (ICP, Inductively Coupled Plasma), dielectric barrier discharge (DBD, Dielectric Barrier Discharge), and electron cyclotron resonance (ECR, Electron Cyclotron Resonance).
- ICP inductively coupled plasma
- DBD dielectric barrier discharge
- ECR electron cyclotron resonance
- the plasma generation mechanism 13 of these types includes a high frequency power supply 15 and a coil 14 arranged along the sample chamber 11.
- the internal pressure of the sample chamber (container) 11 is controlled to an appropriate negative pressure by using an exhaust system 60 common to the gas analyzer 1, an independent exhaust system, an exhaust system common to the process device 70, and the like.
- the internal pressure of the sample chamber 11 may be a pressure at which plasma is likely to be generated, for example, in the range of 0.01-1 kPa.
- the internal pressure of the process chamber 71 is controlled to about 1 to several 100 Pa
- the internal pressure of the sample chamber 11 may be controlled to a lower pressure, for example, about 0.1 to several tens of Pa, and is 0.1 Pa or more. Alternatively, it may be managed at 0.5 Pa or more, 10 Pa or less, or 5 Pa or less.
- the inside of the sample chamber 11 may be depressurized to about 1-10 mTorr (0.13-1.3 Pa).
- the sample chamber 11 By maintaining the sample chamber 11 at a reduced pressure of the above degree, it is possible to generate the plasma 18 at a low temperature using only the sample gas 9.
- the monitoring target is the sample gas 9 supplied from the process chamber 71 that carries out the plasma process. Therefore, the plasma 18 can be maintained only by introducing the sample gas 9 by supplying RF power in the sample chamber 11 under appropriate conditions without using an arc discharge or a plasma torch. A magnetic field and an electric field may be used together to generate and confine the plasma 18 in the chamber 11. By ionizing the sample gas 9 by plasma generation that does not require a consumable electrode, it is possible to solve the problem of life due to electrode depletion, and to provide a gas analyzer 1 having a longer measurement life and capable of stable measurement. ..
- the process monitor (process monitoring device) 50 equipped with the gas analyzer 1 the internal state of the process chamber 71 of the process device 70 can be stably and accurately monitored for a long period of time.
- the plasma 18 of the sample gas 9 can be generated by the sample chamber 11 dedicated to gas analysis, which is independent of the process chamber 71. Therefore, plasma 18 can be generated in the sample chamber 11 under conditions different from those of the process chamber 71 and under conditions suitable for sampling and gas analysis. Therefore, even when the process plasma or the cleaning plasma is not generated in the process chamber 71, the internal state of the process chamber 71 can be monitored via the sample gas 9.
- the sample chamber 11 may be a small chamber (miniature chamber) having a size of several mm to several tens of mm so as to be able to generate plasma 18.
- the gas analyzer 1 having excellent real-time performance can be provided.
- gas analysis can be performed by maintaining the plasma 18 having a length of about several mm to several tens of mm. Is.
- the total length of the sample chamber 11 may be 1-100 mm and the diameter may be 1-100 mm.
- the total length and diameter of the sample chamber 11 may be 5 mm or more, 10 mm or more, 80 mm or less, 50 mm or less, or 30 mm or less.
- Volume of the sample chamber 11 may also be 1 mm 3 or more, may be 10 5 mm 3 or less.
- the capacity of the sample chamber 11 may be 10 mm 3 or more, 30 mm 3 or more, or 100 mm 3 or more.
- the capacity of the sample chamber 11 may be 10 4 mm 3 or less, or 10 3 mm 3 or less.
- the monitor control unit 51 of the process monitor 50 includes a plasma control unit (plasma control function) 52 that controls the plasma generation unit 10, a filter control unit (filter control function) 53 that controls the filter unit 20, and a detector unit 30. Includes a detector control unit (detector control function) 54 that controls the above.
- the monitor control unit 51 may include computer resources including a memory and a CPU, and the functions of the monitor control unit 51 may be provided by the program 59.
- the program (program product) 59 may be provided by recording on an appropriate recording medium.
- the plasma control unit 52 has a function of controlling the frequency, voltage, and the like of the high-frequency power source 15 for generating the plasma 18 in the sample chamber 11, and the inflow amount of the sample gas 9 by the flow control valve 19a provided in the gas input unit 19. And a function of controlling the internal pressure of the sample chamber 11 by a pressure control valve 65 provided in the connection line with the exhaust system 60 may be provided. By controlling these factors, plasma 18 can be stably generated in the sample chamber 11 even if the type of process performed in the process chamber 71 changes or the state of the process changes, and the process continues.
- the sample gas 9 can be analyzed and monitored from the process apparatus 70.
- the analysis unit 21 of this example is a mass spectrometric type, particularly a quadrupole mass spectrometric type, and the filter unit 20 is a quadrupole filter. Therefore, the filter control unit 53 includes a function as a drive unit (RF / DC unit) that applies high frequencies and direct currents to the quadrupole.
- the filter unit 20 filters the ionized sample gas 8 by the mass-to-charge ratio.
- the detector control unit 54 detects the components contained in the sample gas 9 by capturing the ion current generated in the detector unit (detection unit, collector unit) 30, for example, the Faraday cup by the ions passing through the filter unit 20. Atoms (molecules) contained in the sample gas 9 are scanned by the filter unit 20 in a predetermined range of amu (atomic mass unit, Atomic Mass Unit) and by obtaining the ion intensity in the scanned range by the detector unit 30. Can be quantitatively measured. Therefore, the monitor control unit 51 can output (display) the gas component and the concentration contained in the sample gas 9 as a measurement result or a monitoring result.
- the monitor control unit 51 includes a unit (function) 55 that displays or outputs these measurement results (monitoring results).
- the process control unit 75 of the process apparatus 70 is a process chamber 71 in which the plasma process is carried out, and at least one plasma process is carried out in the process chamber 71 in which the sample gas 9 is supplied to the gas analyzer 1. Control is performed based on the measurement result of the gas analyzer 1.
- the process control unit 75 includes a function (endpoint control unit) 76 for determining the endpoint of at least one plasma process based on the measurement result of at least one plasma process by-product by the gas analyzer 1.
- the process control unit 75 further has a function of controlling the etching process (etching control unit) 74a, a function of controlling the film formation (film formation) process (deposition control unit) 74b, and a function of controlling the cleaning process (cleaning).
- the endpoint control unit (endpoint control function) 76 controls the end point of each process including the control unit) 74c.
- the process control unit 75 may include computer resources including a memory and a CPU, and the functions of the process control unit 75 may be provided by the program 79.
- the program (program product) 79 may be provided by recording on a suitable recording medium.
- the etching control unit 74a introduces an etching gas such as carbon fluoride CFx, sulfur hexafluoride SF 6 , nitrogen trifluoride NF 3 , and silicon tetrafluoride SiF 4 into the process chamber 71 of the semiconductor substrate 78, for example.
- Process plasma is generated and the substrate 78 is etched.
- the endpoint of the etching process is the measurement result of the gas analyzer 1 for the concentration of the component of the layer to be etched, which is a by-product of the etching process, for example, the silicon oxide SiO 2 in the sample gas 9 in the endpoint control unit 76. Can be judged by.
- the concentration of SiO 2 which is a by-product, has a correlation with the etched area, for example, a proportional relationship, and it can be accurately determined that the etching of a region having a predetermined depth or width is completed.
- the process can be controlled stably and accurately.
- the process monitor 50 can monitor the process status with a plurality of monitoring items including the monitoring of the etching gas status and the monitoring of the endpoint.
- the etching control unit 74a may include a model (artificial intelligence, AI) that is machine-learned to control the progress of the etching process based on a plurality of monitoring items obtained from the process monitor 50. The same applies to each of the following process controls.
- the endpoint of the etching process may be determined by the endpoint control unit 76 that the process monitor 50 has detected the component of the endpoint layer as a by-product on the substrate 78 provided with the endpoint layer.
- the endpoint detection method is not limited to the methods described above.
- Endpoint monitoring using a conventional plasma process monitor optically determines and detects the state of plasma in the process chamber 71.
- the monitoring of the endpoint using the gas analyzer 1 includes monitoring the actual concentration of by-products in real time via a plasma generated separately from the process plasma, and more accurately. Can make endpoint decisions.
- the endpoint can be determined by detecting by-products generated by the plasma for film formation.
- TEOS plasma tetraethyl orthosilicate, tetraethoxysilane, Tetraethyl orthosilicate
- SiO silicon dioxide
- the silicon nitride SiNx layer is formed, plasma containing silane SiH 4 and ammonia NH 3 is generated.
- the endpoint of the film forming process is the measurement of the concentration of by-products in the film forming process, for example, hydride (moisture), hydrocarbon, and carbon oxide in the sample gas 9, in the endpoint control unit 76. It can be judged from the result.
- the concentration of the by-product has a correlation with the formed area or thickness, for example, a proportional relationship, and it can be accurately determined that the formation of the film having a predetermined area or thickness is completed.
- the state of the process plasma during the film forming process can be monitored by the process monitor 50, and the film forming process can be controlled by AI using the monitoring result of the process monitor 50, which is the same as the etching control described above. Further, by monitoring the process using the gas analyzer 1 which is less affected by coating or the like, the film forming process can be controlled stably and accurately.
- the endpoint can be determined by the by-products generated by the cleaning plasma.
- a cleaning plasma containing a corrosive gas such as nitrogen trifluoride NF 3 is generated.
- the endpoint of the cleaning process can be determined by accurately detecting silicon tetrafluoride SiF 4 , which is a by-product of the cleaning plasma in this example, via the sample gas 9 by the gas analyzer 1 in real time.
- FIG. 3 shows an example of control of the system 80 having the process monitor 50 equipped with the gas analyzer 1 of this example by a flowchart.
- step 101 the plasma process in the process apparatus 70 is started.
- step 102 the gas analyzer 1 connected to the process chamber 71 is monitored, and in step 103, the plasma process performed in the process chamber 71 is controlled based on the measurement result of the gas analyzer 1.
- the plasma process is terminated in step 105.
- step 106 if the next plasma process is required in the manufacturing or processing process of the workpiece object such as the semiconductor substrate of the process apparatus 70, the process returns to step 101 to start the next plasma process.
- a manufacturing method or a processing method including such a control method a high-quality product can be produced and provided in a minimum processing time by using the process apparatus 70.
- FIG. 4 shows another example of the embodiment of the present invention.
- the basic configuration of this system 80 is the same as that of the system 80 shown in FIG.
- the gas analyzer 1 includes a plasma generation unit 10.
- the gas analyzer 1 further includes an energy filter 27 between the plasma generation unit 10 and the filter unit (quadrupole unit in this example) 20.
- a Vessel-Box type energy filter energy analyzer
- a CMA Cylindrical Mirror Analyzer
- the energy filter 27 is composed of a cylindrical electrode, a disk-shaped electrode (same potential as the cylindrical electrode) arranged at the center of the cylindrical electrode, and electrodes arranged at both ends of the cylindrical electrode, and the potential difference between the cylindrical electrode and both ends electrodes Vba.
- the structure is such that ions and neutral particles generated inside and outside the ion generation unit and incident parallel to the central axis are not detected.
- the plasma generation unit 10 that generates plasma at a lower pressure than the process, it is not necessary to inject a support gas such as argon plasma, and it is possible to accurately perform quantitative analysis of the sample gas collected from the process. Further, plasma can be continuously generated instead of plasma generated by pulse discharge using electrodes, and fluctuations due to pulse duty or the like can be suppressed. In this respect as well, noise can be reduced and analysis accuracy can be improved. Furthermore, by direct ionization, the ionization current can be reduced and the generation of fragments can be suppressed.
- a support gas such as argon plasma
- the plasma generation unit 10 by operating the plasma generation unit 10 at a low pressure, it is possible to prevent highly reactive components from flowing into the ionization unit and the gas analyzer (mass spectrometer) 1 via the ionization unit, which is corrosive.
- the measurement life including the analysis of the sample gas 9 containing a high component can be extended.
- plasma ionization not only positive ions but also negative ions are formed, so that positive and negative ions can be filtered to detect components in the gas, and more accurate analysis becomes possible.
- the sample gas 9 when the sample gas 9 is ionized, it is in a state of being confined in the sample chamber 11, so that the ionization area can be increased and the ionization efficiency can be improved.
- a large amount of plasma-generated radicals are supplied to the chamber 11 and the gas analyzer 1, and the deposition of oxides and the like can be suppressed.
- the filter unit 20 may be an ion trap type or another type such as a Vienna filter. Further, the filter unit 20 is not limited to the mass spectrometry type, and may be one that filters molecules or atoms of gas by using other physical quantities such as ion mobility. Further, the gas analysis unit may be an optical analyzer such as a light emission analysis unit.
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- 誘電性の壁体構造を備え、測定対象のサンプルガスのみが流入するサンプルチャンバーと、
前記誘電性の壁体構造を介して電場および/または磁場により、減圧された前記サンプルチャンバー内でプラズマを生成するプラズマ生成機構と、
生成された前記プラズマを介して前記サンプルガスを分析する分析ユニットとを有する、ガス分析装置。 - 請求項1において、
前記サンプルチャンバーに、プロセスからの前記サンプルガスのみが流入するように構成されたガス入力ユニットを有する、ガス分析装置。 - 請求項1または2において、
前記誘電性の壁体構造は、石英、酸化アルミニウムおよび窒化ケイ素の少なくともいずれかを含む、ガス分析装置。 - 請求項1ないし3のいずれかにおいて、
前記プラズマ生成機構は、誘電結合プラズマ、誘電体バリア放電および電子サイクロトロン共鳴の少なくともいずれかによりプラズマを発生する機構を含む、ガス分析装置。 - 請求項1ないし4のいずれかにおいて、
前記サンプルチャンバーは全長が1-100mm、直径が1-100mmである、ガス分析装置。 - 請求項1ないし5のいずれかにおいて、
前記分析ユニットは、前記プラズマ中のイオン化したガスをフィルタリングするフィルターユニットと、
フィルタリングされたイオンを検出するディテクタユニットとを含む、ガス分析装置。 - 請求項6において、
前記フィルターユニットと前記サンプルチャンバーとの間に配置されたエネルギーフィルタをさらに有する、ガス分析装置。 - 請求項1ないし7のいずれかに記載のガス分析装置を有する、プロセスモニタリング装置。
- 請求項1ないし7のいずれかに記載のガス分析装置と、
プラズマプロセスが実施されるプロセスチャンバーであって、前記ガス分析装置に前記サンプルガスが供給されるプロセスチャンバーとを有するシステム。 - 請求項9において、
前記プロセスチャンバー内で実施される少なくとも1つのプラズマプロセスを、前記ガス分析装置の測定結果に基づいて制御するプロセス制御ユニットを有する、システム。 - 請求項10において、
前記プロセス制御ユニットは、前記少なくとも1つのプラズマプロセスのエンドポイントを、前記少なくとも1つのプラズマプロセスの副生成物の前記ガス分析装置による測定結果により判断するユニットを含む、システム。 - プラズマプロセスを実施するプロセスチャンバーを有するシステムの制御方法であって、
前記システムは、前記プロセスチャンバーからのサンプルガスのみが流入する、前記プロセスチャンバーとは異なるサンプルチャンバーを含むガス分析装置を有し、
当該方法は、
前記ガス分析装置の測定結果に基づいて前記プロセスチャンバー内で実施されるプラズマプロセスを制御することを有する、方法。 - 請求項12において、
前記プラズマプロセスを制御することは、少なくとも1つのプラズマプロセスのエンドポイントを、前記少なくとも1つのプラズマプロセスの副生成物の前記ガス分析装置による測定結果により判断することを含む、方法。 - 請求項13において、
前記少なくとも1つのプラズマプロセスは、エッチング、膜生成、およびクリーニングの少なくとも1つを含む、方法。 - 請求項12ないし14のいずれかにおいて、
前記サンプルチャンバーにおいて前記プロセスチャンバーとは独立したプラズマを生成することを有する、方法。 - プラズマプロセスを実施するプロセスチャンバーを有するシステムを制御するプログラムであって、
前記システムは、前記プロセスチャンバーからのサンプルガスのみが流入する、前記プロセスチャンバーとは異なるサンプルチャンバーを含むガス分析装置を有し、
当該プログラムは、
前記ガス分析装置の測定結果に基づいて前記プロセスチャンバー内で実施されるプラズマプロセスを制御する命令を有する、プログラム。
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