WO2020256094A1 - プラズマ処理装置およびプラズマ処理方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a plasma processing apparatus and a plasma processing method, and particularly relates to a plasma processing apparatus and a plasma processing method suitable for processing a material to be processed such as a semiconductor substrate.
- the plasma processing apparatus includes a vacuum processing chamber, a gas supply device connected to the vacuum processing chamber, a vacuum exhaust system for maintaining the pressure in the vacuum processing chamber at a desired value, an electrode on which a wafer as a material to be processed is placed, and vacuum processing. It is composed of plasma generating means for generating plasma in a room. By putting the processing gas supplied from the shower plate or the like into the vacuum processing chamber into a plasma state by the plasma generating means, the wafer held on the wafer mounting electrode is etched.
- the processing speed (etching rate) from rapidly increasing.
- a sample table on the outer peripheral side of the substrate so that changes in the thickness of the sheath formed above the top surface of the substrate during substrate processing from the center to the outer periphery of the substrate are suppressed. It has been considered to regulate the electric field in the outer peripheral region of the substrate including the dielectric susceptor ring arranged over the upper surface of the upper part of the substrate.
- Patent Document 1 the one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2016-225376 (Patent Document 1) is known.
- Patent Document 1 the outer peripheral side of the sample is covered with an insulator ring arranged around the outer periphery of the sample on the upper part of the sample table on which a substrate-like sample such as a semiconductor wafer is placed.
- a high-frequency power of a predetermined frequency is applied to a ring made of a conductor arranged around this, and the approach direction of charged particles on the outer peripheral side portion of the upper surface of the sample is brought close to perpendicular to the upper surface of the sample for processing.
- the technology for improving the yield of the sample is disclosed.
- Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-09351
- Patent Document 2 high-frequency power for forming a bias potential is supplied to a focus ring facing the plasma, thereby forming a bias potential on the upper surface of the conductor.
- Patent Document 2 high-frequency power for forming a bias potential is supplied to a focus ring facing the plasma, thereby forming a bias potential on the upper surface of the conductor.
- Patent Document 2 high-frequency power for forming a bias potential is supplied to a focus ring facing the plasma, thereby forming a bias potential on the upper surface of the conductor.
- Disclosed is a technique for suppressing fluctuations in processing performance over time by adjusting the size of the conductor according to the degree of plasma scraping or wear of the conductor.
- Patent Document 1 has the effect of lowering the impedance of the feeding line and allowing a large current to flow by causing series resonance on the feeding line where high-frequency power is supplied to the conductive ring, but a large current. It is not taken into consideration that the amount of heat generated in the power supply path increases due to the flow of electric current. In particular, when a large current flows, a large amount of heat is generated at the connection portion of the two members constituting the path such as the connector of the cable arranged on the power supply path inside the sample table, and the connection portion is damaged. It is not considered that there is a risk of causing it to affect the surrounding members.
- Patent Document 2 since the focus ring faces the plasma, there is a possibility that a high-frequency power current from the feeding line for the focus ring may flow into the plasma due to contact with the plasma. The same problem as in 1 occurs.
- heat is generated at a connection portion on the feeding path inside the sample table, and the feeding path is damaged to impair the reliability of the apparatus, or the upper surface of the sample table or above the sample table.
- the point that the shape after processing deviates significantly from the desired one is not considered.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a plasma processing apparatus or plasma processing method capable of improving reliability or yield.
- the plasma processing apparatus is a sample provided with a vacuum container having a processing chamber in which plasma is formed, and a mounting surface arranged in the lower part of the processing chamber on which a semiconductor wafer to be processed is placed. It has a table and an electric field forming portion for forming an electric field for plasma formation using the gas supplied to the processing chamber. Further, the first electrode that constitutes the sample table and is supplied with the first high-frequency power from the first high-frequency power source while the plasma is being formed, and the outer peripheral portion of the upper surface of the sample table. A second high-frequency power source is supplied from a second high-frequency power source, which is arranged inside the ring-shaped member and the ring-shaped member which covers the surface of the sample table and is made of a dielectric.
- the power supply connector is a conductive cylindrical member arranged inside an insulating cylindrical member arranged in a through hole penetrating the inside of a portion of the sample table covered by the ring-shaped member. Of both ends that are in contact and face each other in the longitudinal direction, one end that the conductive cylindrical member does not have is fixed, and elasticity that can be flexed and deformed in the vertical direction in conjunction with the downward stretching of the conductive cylindrical member. It is provided with a conductive member having.
- the plasma treatment method in one embodiment includes (a) a step of placing a semiconductor wafer on a sample table provided in a vacuum vessel in which plasma treatment is performed, and (b) a step of placing the semiconductor wafer on the sample table.
- the second high-frequency power is supplied from the second high-frequency power source to the electrodes arranged on the upper portion of the outer peripheral portion of the sample table via the power feeding connector provided on the sample table.
- the conductive cylinder is in contact with the conductive cylindrical member arranged in the through hole penetrating the inside of the portion covered by the ring-shaped member of the sample table and is opposed to each other in the longitudinal direction.
- the first via the power supply connector, the one end of which the member is not connected is fixed, and the conductive member has elasticity that can be flexed and deformed in the vertical direction in conjunction with the downward extension of the conductive cylindrical member.
- the reliability of the plasma processing device can be improved, and the yield in plasma processing can be improved.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an enlarged configuration of another portion of the susceptoring of the plasma processing apparatus of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an enlarged configuration of a susceptoring portion of a sample table of a plasma processing apparatus according to a modified example of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an enlarged configuration of a susceptoring portion of a sample table of a plasma processing apparatus according to another modification of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an enlarged configuration of a susceptoring portion of a sample table of a plasma processing apparatus according to still another modification of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2.
- a wafer mounting electrode placed in a processing chamber and on which a wafer is placed on the upper surface thereof is subjected to heat transferred from plasma formed in the processing chamber during wafer processing and the surface of the wafer. It is heated by receiving the heat generated by the interaction between the plasma and the film formed and placed on the wafer.
- the base material made of a conductive material such as metal and the base material below the base material are fastened and connected with screws or bolts.
- the dimensions and shape obtained as a result of the expansion that occurs as the temperature rises are different from those of the insulating plate that is integrally arranged with the insulating material or the dielectric material.
- the shape of the upper part of the electrode for mounting the wafer, which is integrally connected is distorted or fluctuated from the initial one such as bending or unevenness.
- the through-holes that penetrate the base material of the wafer mounting electrode and the upper part of the insulating plate, etc., in which such distortion occurs have dimensions such as length and the angle and direction of the central axis change.
- the positions of the members arranged inside the through holes or the members placed on the upper part of the wafer mounting electrodes and their relative distances change.
- the above-mentioned distortion and deformation become large on the outer peripheral side of the upper member of the wafer mounting electrode having a disk or cylindrical shape.
- the wafer mounting electrode has a configuration in which a ring made of a conductor to which high-frequency power is supplied is arranged on the outer peripheral side of the upper portion thereof, the wafer mounting electrode is arranged inside the ring and the wafer mounting electrode 120.
- the distance from the end of the power supply path to which the high-frequency power supplied to the ring is energized changes with the occurrence of the above deformation and distortion, and the connector portion connecting between these rings and the end
- an external force that tries to deform or displace will act.
- the connector will be damaged. Further, even if the magnitude of deformation or distortion that occurs is within the allowable range of the connector, when a plurality of wafers are continuously processed, the wafer mounting electrode and the connector portion mounted on the wafer mounting electrode are used. In this case, heating for each treatment using plasma, cooling after the treatment is completed, and deformation, displacement, or strain due to expansion and contraction associated therewith occur repeatedly. Then, when sliding occurs in the portion where the two members of the connector portion are connected due to the repetition of such deformation, displacement and strain, as a result of this sliding, the reaction product due to the interaction generated by wear and heat generation. There is a risk that formation, as well as contamination, deterioration of conduction performance, and damage to members may occur, and as a result, the reliability of the plasma processing apparatus over a long period of time may be impaired.
- the invention of the present application was conceived to solve the above problems.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an outline of the configuration of the plasma processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- a microwave electric field is used as an electric field for forming a plasma
- an ECR Electro Cyclotron Response
- a plasma etching apparatus for etching a substrate-like sample such as a semiconductor wafer is shown.
- the plasma etching apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 will be described.
- the plasma etching apparatus 100 has a vacuum vessel 101 having a processing chamber 104 in which plasma is formed.
- a disk-shaped dielectric window 103 (for example, made of quartz) is placed as a lid member above the upper end of the upper side wall of the vacuum vessel 101 having a cylindrical shape to form a part of the vacuum vessel 101.
- a sealing member such as an O-ring is sandwiched between the back surface of the peripheral edge of the dielectric window 103 and the upper end of the cylindrical side wall of the vacuum vessel 101 in a state of being placed above the side wall of the cylindrical vacuum vessel 101.
- the inside of the processing chamber 104 inside the vacuum vessel 101 is exhausted and depressurized, and the dielectric window 103 is pressed against the vacuum vessel 101 to deform the sealing member, whereby the vacuum vessel 101 or the processing chamber 104 is arranged.
- the inside and outside of the vacuum are airtightly separated.
- a vacuum exhaust port 110 having a circular opening facing the processing chamber 104 is arranged in the lower part of the vacuum container 101, and a vacuum exhaust device (not shown) arranged and connected below the vacuum container 101. It is communicated.
- a shower plate 102 that forms a circular ceiling surface of the processing chamber 104 and faces the processing chamber 104 is provided below the lower surface of the dielectric window 103 that constitutes the upper lid member of the vacuum vessel 101.
- the shower plate 102 has a disk shape having a plurality of gas introduction holes 102a arranged so as to penetrate the central portion, and a gas for etching treatment is introduced into the treatment chamber 104 from above through the gas introduction holes 102a. be introduced.
- the shower plate 102 of this embodiment is made of a dielectric material such as quartz.
- An electric field / magnetic field forming portion 160 for forming an electric field and a magnetic field for generating the plasma 116 inside the processing chamber 104 is arranged at a portion on the outer upper side of the upper part of the vacuum vessel 101.
- the electric / magnetic field forming unit 160 is provided in the plasma etching apparatus 100 including the following configurations. That is, the electric / magnetic field forming unit 160 is arranged above the dielectric window 103 and introduces a high-frequency electric field having a predetermined frequency for generating the plasma 116 into the processing chamber 104, so that the electric field is transmitted inside.
- the waveguide 105 is arranged, and the cylindrical portion constituting the lower portion has an axis in the vertical direction, and the lower end portion of the cylinder having a diameter smaller than that of the dielectric window 103 is arranged above the central portion of the upper surface of the dielectric window 103. Has been done. Further, the other end of the waveguide 105 is provided with an electric field generating power supply 106 formed by transmitting a high frequency electric field transmitted inside the waveguide 105.
- the predetermined frequency of the electric field is not particularly limited, but in the present embodiment, a microwave of 2.45 GHz is used.
- a magnetic field is generated at the lower end of the cylindrical portion of the waveguide 105 above the dielectric window 103 of the processing chamber 104 and around the outer peripheral side of the side wall of the vacuum vessel 101 constituting the cylindrical portion of the processing chamber 104.
- the coils 107 are arranged so as to surround them.
- the magnetic field generation coil 107 is composed of electromagnets and yokes arranged in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction in which a direct current is supplied to form a magnetic field.
- the electric field of the microwave oscillated from the electric field generating power source 106 in the state where the processing gas is introduced into the processing chamber 104 from the gas introduction hole 102a of the shower plate 102 is the electric field of the waveguide 105. It propagates inside, passes through the dielectric window 103 and the shower plate 102, and is supplied to the processing chamber 104 from above to below. Further, the magnetic field generated by the direct current supplied to the magnetic field generation coil 107 is supplied into the processing chamber 104 to cause an interaction with the microwave electric field, and ECR (Electron Cyclotron Resonance) is generated. The ECR excites, dissociates, or ionizes the atoms or molecules of the processing gas, producing a high-density plasma 116 in the processing chamber 104.
- ECR Electro Cyclotron Resonance
- a wafer mounting electrode (first electrode) 120 constituting a sample table is arranged in the lower part of the processing chamber 104 below the space where the plasma 116 is formed.
- the wafer mounting electrode 120 has a cylindrical protrusion (convex) portion whose upper surface is higher than the outer peripheral side at the center of the upper portion thereof, and a semiconductor wafer (process target) which is a sample (process target) is provided on the upper surface of the convex upper portion.
- a mounting surface 120a on which 109 also referred to simply as a wafer
- the mounting surface 120a is arranged so as to face the shower plate 102 or the dielectric window 103.
- the upper surface 120b of the convex portion of the electrode base material 108 constituting the upper part of the wafer mounting electrode 120 is covered with the dielectric film 140, and the dielectric film 140 constitutes the mounting surface 120a.
- a conductor film 111 which is a film made of a plurality of conductors for electrostatic adsorption connected to the DC power supply 126 via the high frequency filter 125 shown in FIG. 1, is arranged.
- the conductor film 111 is in the form of a film for forming static electricity for adsorbing the wafer 109 by sandwiching the upper part of the dielectric film 140 covering the conductive film 111 to which DC power for adsorbing the semiconductor wafer by static electricity is supplied to the inside. It is an electrode for electrostatic adsorption.
- the conductor film 111 of this embodiment is a plurality of insulated films having a shape similar to a circle or a shape that can be regarded as a circle when viewed from above, and arranged at a distance of a predetermined distance from each other.
- One of the film-like electrodes of the above may be a bipolar type to which different polarities are given, or a unipolar type to which the same polarity is given.
- a single conductor film 111 is disclosed in FIG. 1, in this embodiment, a plurality of conductor films 111 to which different polarities are given as bipolar electrostatic adsorption electrodes are provided inside the dielectric film 140. Be placed.
- the electrode base material 108 having a circular or cylindrical shape made of a conductor arranged inside the wafer mounting electrode 120 is connected via a high frequency power supply 124 and a matching device 129 through a feeding path including wiring such as a coaxial cable.
- the high frequency power supply (first high frequency power supply) 124 and the matching unit 129 are arranged at a position closer than the distance between the high frequency filter 125 and the conductor film 111. Further, the high frequency power supply 124 is connected to the ground 112.
- high-frequency power of a predetermined frequency (first high-frequency power) is supplied from the high-frequency power supply 124 and is placed on the upper surface of the dielectric film 140 of the wafer mounting electrode 120.
- a bias potential having a distribution corresponding to the difference from the potential of the plasma 116 is formed above the wafer 109 that is attracted and held.
- the sample table has a wafer mounting electrode (first electrode) 120 to which high frequency power (first high frequency power) is supplied from the high frequency power supply 124 while the plasma 116 is formed. There is.
- a spiral shape is formed around the vertical central axis of the electrode base material 108 or the wafer mounting electrode 120.
- a refrigerant flow path 152 is provided, which is concentrically arranged multiple times and through which a refrigerant whose temperature is adjusted to a predetermined range flows.
- the inlet and outlet of the refrigerant flow path 152 to the wafer mounting electrode 120 are connected by a conduit to a temperature controller which is provided with a refrigeration cycle (not shown) and which adjusts the temperature of the refrigerant within a predetermined range by heat transfer.
- the electrode base material 108 is surrounded by the wafer mounting electrode 120 and arranged in a ring shape when viewed from above.
- the recessed portion 120d is arranged.
- a susceptor ring which is a ring-shaped member made of a dielectric material such as ceramics such as quartz or alumina, is formed on a ring-shaped upper surface of the recessed portion 120d having a height lower than the mounting surface 120a of the sample table.
- the 113 is placed so that the bottom surface of the recessed portion 120d or the cylindrical side wall surface of the convex portion is covered with respect to the plasma 116.
- the cylindrical side wall portion forming the outer peripheral edge of the ring-shaped portion is placed on the recessed portion 120d, and the lower end of the side wall portion extends below the recessed portion 120d. It has a dimension that covers the electrode base material 108 of the wafer mounting electrode 120 or the cylindrical side wall surface of the insulating plate 150 described later. Further, in the susceptor ring 113, the susceptor ring 113 is placed on the recessed portion 120d, and the bottom surface of the ring-shaped portion is in contact with the recessed portion 120d or the upper surface of the protective dielectric coating covering the recessed portion 120d. Has a dimension in which the flat upper surface of the above surface is higher than the mounting surface 120a.
- Each of the devices for adjusting the operation of the plasma etching apparatus 100 including the system or the apparatus constituting the pressure adjusting system such as the vacuum exhaust device and the mass flow controller for adjusting the gas supply amount, which will be described later, operates the output, the flow rate, the pressure, and the like. It is provided with a detector for detecting the state of the above, and is connected to the controller 170 so as to be communicable via wire or wireless.
- the arithmetic unit of the controller 170 is stored in the storage device inside the controller 170.
- the software is read out, the amount of the state is detected from the signal from the detector received based on the algorithm, and the command signal for adjusting this to an appropriate value is calculated and transmitted.
- the device included in the electric field / magnetic field adjustment system or the pressure adjustment system that received the command signal adjusts the operation according to the command signal.
- the wafer transfer arranged in the vacuum transfer chamber reduced to the same pressure as the processing chamber 104 inside the vacuum transfer container, which is another vacuum container connected to the side wall of the vacuum container 101.
- the gate valve in which the gate of the unprocessed wafer 109 placed on the tip of the arm of the robot for communication between the vacuum transfer chamber and the processing chamber 104 is arranged in the vacuum transfer chamber is opened, and the arm is opened. Is carried into the processing chamber 104 in a state where it passes through the gate and is placed on the tip of the arm.
- the wafer 109 conveyed above the mounting surface 120a of the wafer mounting electrode 120 in the processing chamber 104 is delivered onto the lift pin by moving the lift pin up and down, and further mounted on the mounting surface 120a. After that, it is attracted to and held on the mounting surface 120a of the wafer mounting electrode 120 by the electrostatic force formed by the DC power applied from the DC power supply 126.
- the gate valve airtightly closes the gate from the vacuum transfer chamber to seal the inside of the processing chamber 104.
- the gas for etching processing is supplied into the processing chamber 104 through a gas supply pipeline composed of a pipe connecting the gas source and the vacuum vessel 101.
- a mass flow controller (not shown), which is a controller, is arranged so that the flow rate or speed of the controller is adjusted so that the dielectric window 103 and the shower plate made of quartz are arranged from the flow path in the vacuum vessel 101 connected to the end of the pipe. It is introduced into the gap space between 102. The introduced gas is diffused in this space and then introduced into the processing chamber 104 through the gas introduction hole 102a of the shower plate 102.
- gas and particles inside are exhausted through the vacuum exhaust port 110 by the operation of the vacuum exhaust device connected to the vacuum exhaust port 110.
- the inside of the processing chamber 104 is adjusted to a predetermined value within a range suitable for processing the wafer 109 according to the balance between the amount of gas supplied from the gas introduction hole 102a of the shower plate 102 and the amount of exhaust gas from the vacuum exhaust port 110. Will be done.
- a gas having heat transferability such as He (helium) is supplied from the opening that does not exist, thereby promoting heat transfer between the wafer 109 and the wafer mounting electrode 120.
- the refrigerant adjusted to a temperature within a predetermined range flows through the refrigerant flow path 152 arranged in the electrode base material 108 of the wafer mounting electrode 120 and circulates through the wafer mounting electrode 120.
- the temperature of the electrode base material 108 is adjusted in advance before the wafer 109 is placed.
- the temperature of the wafer 109 is adjusted to be close to these temperatures before the treatment, and the treatment is started. After that, the heat from the wafer 109 is transferred to adjust the temperature of the wafer 109.
- a microwave electric field and a magnetic field are supplied to the processing chamber 104, and plasma 116 is generated using gas.
- high-frequency (RF) power is supplied to the electrode base material 108 from the high-frequency power supply 124, and a bias potential is formed above the upper surface of the wafer 109 according to the potential difference from the potential of the plasma 116.
- charged particles such as ions in the plasma 116 are attracted to the upper surface of the wafer 109.
- the charged particles collide with the surface of the film layer to be processed, which is a film structure including a mask and a film layer to be processed, which are arranged in advance on the upper surface of the wafer 109, and the etching process is performed.
- the processing gas introduced into the processing chamber 104 and the particles of the reaction product generated during the processing are exhausted from the vacuum exhaust port 110.
- the high frequency power supply 124 The supply of high-frequency power is stopped, the supply of power to the electric field generation power supply 106 and the magnetic field generation coil 107 is stopped, the plasma 116 is extinguished, and the etching process is stopped.
- the processing chamber 104 A rare gas is introduced inside to replace the gas for processing, the wafer 109 is lifted from the mounting surface 120a of the wafer mounting electrode 120 by a lift pin, and then the processing chamber 104 passes through a gate opened by the gate valve. It is delivered to the tip of the arm of the transfer robot that has entered the inside, and is carried out of the processing chamber 104 by the contraction of the arm.
- the wafer 109 is carried in by the transfer robot and processed in the same manner as above, and if there is no other wafer 109, the gate valve is airtight. The gate is closed, the processing chamber 104 is sealed, and the processing in the processing chamber 104 is completed.
- the conductor ring 131 arranged between the recessed portion 120d on the outer periphery of the mounting surface 120a of the wafer mounting electrode 120 and the susceptor ring 113 is formed.
- the second high-frequency power is supplied from the high-frequency power supply 127, which is the second high-frequency power supply.
- the conductor ring 131 constitutes a second high-frequency power supply path and is arranged in a through hole penetrating the inside of the outer peripheral portion of the electrode base material 108 of the wafer mounting electrode 120, and is arranged below the conductor ring 131. It is connected to the power supply connector 161 which is pressed upward and held.
- the high-frequency power output from the high-frequency power supply 127 is passed through a load matching unit 128 and a load impedance variable box 130 arranged on a power supply path that electrically connects the high-frequency power supply 127 and the conductor ring 131. It is supplied to a conductor ring 131 made of a conductor arranged inside the susceptor ring 113. At this time, the impedance on the feeding path is adjusted to a value within a suitable range in the load impedance variable box 130, so that the high-frequency power supply 127 electrodes the electrode to the relatively high impedance portion above the susceptor ring 113.
- the value of impedance with respect to the first high frequency power through the base material 108 to the outer peripheral edge of the wafer 109 is relatively low.
- high-frequency power is effectively supplied to the outer peripheral side portion and the outer peripheral edge portion of the wafer 109, the concentration of the electric field on the outer peripheral side portion or the outer peripheral edge portion of the wafer 109 is relaxed, and the bias potential above these regions is increased.
- the height distribution of the equipotential surface is set within the desired range in which the incident direction of charged particles such as ions in the plasma is allowed to vary on the upper surface of the wafer 109, and the processing yield is improved.
- the high frequency power supply 127 is electrically connected to the grounding point 112.
- the frequency of the second high-frequency power supplied to the conductor ring 131 from the high-frequency power supply 127 is appropriately selected according to the processing conditions of the wafer 109, but is preferably the same as or constant as the high-frequency power supply 124. It is doubled.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an enlarged configuration of a susceptoring portion of the sample table of the plasma processing apparatus shown in FIG.
- the wafer mounting electrode 120 of this embodiment is arranged by connecting the electrode base material 108 having a cylindrical or disk shape and the electrode base material 108 below the lower surface of the electrode base material 108.
- a ground plate 150 having a shape and a disc-shaped conductor member arranged in contact with the heat insulating plate 150 below the lower surface of the heat insulating plate 150 and having a ground potential. ing. Further, in the wafer mounting electrode 120, the electrode base material 108, the insulating plate 150, and the grounding plate 151 are fastened together with bolts (not shown) or the like.
- the grounding plate 151 is placed on the upper end surface of the cylindrical portion of the electrode base 146 having a cylindrical lower surface at the outer peripheral end thereof with a seal member 145 such as an O-ring sandwiched between them, and is shown in this state. Not fastened with bolts.
- the space 149 below the grounding plate 151 and on the central side of the electrode base 146 is airtightly sealed with respect to the processing chamber 104 outside the wafer mounting electrode 120, and a connecting path (not shown) is provided. It communicates with the outside of the vacuum vessel 101 via the above, and is maintained at atmospheric pressure or a pressure close to this during processing of the wafer.
- the power supply connector 161 is formed in a through hole 120c penetrating the electrode base material 108, the insulating plate 150 below the electrode base material 108, and the grounding plate 151, and a ring-shaped insulating ring 139 made of an insulator or a dielectric. It is arranged so as to be fitted inside the through hole 139a.
- the through hole 120c is a cylindrical hole having an opening on the upper surface of the recessed portion 120d arranged in a ring shape on the outer peripheral side of the cylindrical convex portion in the central portion on which the wafer 109 is placed on the upper portion of the electrode base material 108. is there.
- the through hole 139a is a cylindrical hole formed in a ring-shaped insulating ring 139 made of an insulator or a dielectric material constituting the susceptor ring 113 mounted on the recessed portion 120d, and is a through hole 120c.
- the axes are placed at positions that are concentric or close to each other.
- the insulating ring 139 is a ring-shaped member having a predetermined thickness and a flat upper surface, and is concentric with or concentric with a cylindrical convex portion having a mounting surface 120a at the center of the electrode base material 108. It has dimensions and shapes that are arranged at positions that are close to each other.
- the conductor ring 131 is a ring-shaped member composed of a conductor such as a metal such as aluminum or an alloy thereof, having a flat upper and lower surfaces and having a predetermined thickness, and is similar to the insulating ring 139. It is a member that surrounds a cylindrical convex portion at the center of the electrode base material 108.
- the conductor ring 131 may be a member composed of a conductor having an insulating film on its surface. In this embodiment, the conductor ring 131 will be described assuming that a titanium member is used as a base material and the surface thereof is coated with a material having high plasma resistance such as ceramics by a method such as thermal spraying.
- the conductor ring 131 is a recess 120d arranged in a ring shape on the outer peripheral side portion of the upper portion of the electrode base material 108 having a cylindrical or disk shape so as to surround the central side portion of the upper portion, and a susceptor ring placed on the recess portion 120d.
- the susceptor ring 113 is arranged so as to be surrounded by the upper side, the inner circumference, and the outer peripheral side surface. Further, it is connected to the high frequency power supply 127 via the matching unit 128 and the load impedance variable box 130 by the feeding path passing through the inside of the electrode base material 108, and the second high frequency power is supplied from the high frequency power supply 127 during the processing of the wafer 109.
- a distribution corresponding to the difference from the potential of the plasma 116 inside the processing chamber 104 is provided above the upper surface of the wafer 109 and the upper surface of the susceptor ring 113 formed parallel to or flat enough to be regarded as parallel to the upper surface of the wafer 109.
- the generated electric field and the equipotential surface formed by this are formed.
- the conductor ring 131 is made of a conductor and is arranged below the conductor ring 131 so as to vertically penetrate the wafer mounting electrode 120.
- a power supply connector 161 is provided by connecting to the lower surface of the conductor ring 131.
- the power feeding boss 133 and the conductor ring 131 having a cylindrical shape forming the upper end portion of the power feeding connector 161 pass through the through hole formed in the conductor ring 131 from above the conductor ring 131, and the cylinder at the upper end portion of the feeding boss 133.
- a fastening screw 132 which is a screw or bolt screwed into a female screw hole arranged on the upper surface of the portion.
- the power supply connector 161 has a power supply boss 133 which is a rod-shaped member whose axis extends in the vertical direction and has a cylindrical shape made of a conductor such as metal, and a fastening screw made of a conductive member at the lower end of the power supply boss 133.
- a beam-shaped member 135 having a rectangular planar shape composed of a conductor fastened by 163 and having its upper surface connected to the lower surface of the lower end, and a cylinder connected to the lower surface below the other end of the beam-shaped member 135.
- Fastening screw 162 which is a male screw or bolt screwed into the female screw holes arranged on the lower surface of the connecting column 147 and the connecting column 147 having a shape, sandwiching a metal terminal constituting the end of a cable for supplying high-frequency power. And have.
- the beam-shaped member 135 one end of the plate-shaped portion having a rectangular flat shape is on the lower surface of the lower end portion of the feeding boss 133 having a cylindrical shape, and the other end of the plate-shaped portion is made of aluminum, copper, or the like. It is connected to the upper surface of the cylindrical portion of the connecting column 147, which is a metal member, by a fastening screw 163 which is a screw or a bolt (the fastening screw 163 at the other end is not shown).
- the terminal of the cable for supplying high-frequency power is electrically connected to the conductor ring 131 through the connecting column 147, the beam-shaped member 135, the power supply connector 161 provided with the power supply boss 133, and the fastening screw 132.
- the power feeding boss 133 in a state of being connected to the conductor ring 131 has an upper end portion arranged in a through hole penetrating the insulating ring 139 up and down, an electrode base material 108, and an insulating plate 150 arranged below the lower surface thereof.
- the space 149 (or this) below the insulating boss 144, which is arranged so as to penetrate the inside of the cylindrical insulating boss 144 inside the through hole arranged through the grounding plate 151 below the lower surface thereof. It is exposed in the space that communicates with.
- the position of the power feeding boss 133 is held at the upper end by the conductor ring 131 connected by the fastening screw 132 at the upper end abutting against the upper surface of the insulating ring 139, and is suspended and held inside the through hole. ing.
- connection between the beam-shaped member 135 composed of the plate-shaped part and the power supply boss 133 and the connection with the connecting column 147 may be electrically connected by welding or the like in addition to fastening with screws or bolts. good.
- the height position of the upper surface of one end of the beam-shaped member 135 is lower than the upper surface of the other end of the beam-shaped member 135 connected to the upper end of the connecting column 147 and fixed at least in the vertical direction. It is held so that it is located at. Therefore, the beam-shaped member 135 is held in a state where one end side of the plate-shaped portion extending horizontally from the other end is bent downward, and the reaction force sends the one end upward to the lower end of the power feeding boss 133.
- the power supply connector 161 is attached to the lower part of the wafer mounting electrode 120 so as to operate as a leaf spring pressed against the wafer.
- the power feeding boss 133 connected to one end is deformed by expansion, contraction, etc. with a change in temperature, and the vertical displacement of the lower end due to this (at least one of these is shown by P in the figure).
- the position of one end can be displaced without contacting the guide member 148 to apply a repulsive force to the power feeding boss 133. That is, at least the plate-shaped portion of the beam-shaped member 135 is a plate-shaped member having elasticity or rigidity sufficient to exert the above action.
- the lower end of the power feeding boss 133, the beam-shaped member 135, the connecting column 147, and the fastening screws 162 and 163 are arranged in the space inside the guide member 148.
- the guide member 148 is arranged in the space 149 below the ground plate 151 with the ground plate 151 mounted above the upper end of the electrode base 146, and is recessed upward in the drawing on the lower surface of the ground plate 151 to reduce its thickness. The position is fixed by being attached to the recessed portion, and the beam-shaped member 135 does not come into contact with the inner wall surface of the space in the space inside the metal member whose vertical cross section is inverted L-shaped in the drawing.
- a gap of a predetermined distance is opened from the inner wall surface as much as the deformation is allowed, and the first space having a rectangular planar shape when viewed from above the wafer mounting electrode 120 and the beam-shaped member 135 are stored.
- it is provided with a second cylindrical space in which the connecting column 147 and the fastening screw 162 are arranged inside, extending in the vertical direction below the other end portion.
- the beam-shaped member 135 is housed inside the first space, and the beam-shaped member 135 is connected to the lower end of the power feeding boss 133 in the vertical direction below the other end of the beam-shaped member 135.
- a cylindrical through hole extending and communicating with the space 149 is provided, and the fastening screw 163 is attached to the power supply connector 161 and faces the space 149 through the through hole, and is below the space 149. It is configured so that an existing worker can remove the fastening screw 163 from the power feeding connector 161 or conversely attach it to the power feeding connector 161.
- the lower end of the cylindrical second space inside the guide member 148 has an opening at the lower end of the guide member 148, and the opening is closed by attaching the lid member 164 to the lower end of the guide member 148.
- the lid member 164 is connected to the guide member 148 using screws or bolts.
- the central portion of the lid member 164 has a through hole through which the end or terminal of a cable forming a power supply path for high-frequency power from the high-frequency power supply 127 connected to the connecting column 147 by a fastening screw 162 passes.
- the lower surface of the fastening screw 162 fastened to the lower end of the connecting column 147 connected to the other end of the beam-shaped member 135 while the lid member 164 is attached to the guide member 148 faces the second space. It is in contact with (upper surface on the figure). That is, the power supply connector 161 is fastened to the conductor ring 131 by the fastening screw 132, and is housed in the first and second spaces inside the guide member 148 closed by the lid member 164, and is connected to the fastening screw 162.
- the upper surface of the other end of the beam-shaped member 135 in which the column 147 is in contact with the lid member 164 and is supported upward from the lower side and connected to the upper end of the connecting column 147 is connected to the lower end of the feeding boss 133. It is set to be higher than the upper surface of one end.
- the beam-shaped member 135 is higher than the state in which one end of the plate-shaped portion connected to the lower end of the power feeding boss 133 by the fastening screw 163 is not acted on by an external force other than gravity before being attached. It is bent so as to be located below the vertical direction, and the reaction force due to the bending of the beam-shaped member 135 as a leaf spring acts on the conductor ring 131 in the upward pressing direction. As a reaction to this, the lower end of the connecting column 147 and the fastening screw 162 integrally connected to the other end of the beam-shaped member 135 integrally connected to the fastening screw 162 are covered by the reaction force from the beam-shaped member 135. This is the result of acting in the direction of being pressed downward against the member 164.
- the beam-shaped member 135 operates as a plate or a beam-shaped spring whose other end is fixed in position with respect to the fixed other end.
- An upward reaction force is applied to the conductor ring 131 from one end where the position is pushed down by being bent downward from the position where no external force is applied.
- the deformation of one end of the beam-shaped member 135 and the upward spring force due to the deformation always occur to the conductor ring 131.
- the shape, size, and material of the power feeding boss 133 and the beam-shaped member 135 are selected so that the electrical connection with the power feeding boss 133 is maintained.
- a cylindrical insulating boss (cylindrical member) 144 made of an insulating material is formed on the outer circumference thereof.
- the wall surface of the through hole 120c is brought into contact with the peripheral wall surface of the through hole 120c and fitted.
- the power feeding boss 133 is inserted and stored in the space 141 inside the insulating boss 144 with a gap, and is insulated between the electrode base material 108 outside the insulating boss 144 and the grounding plate 151. There is.
- the O-ring is arranged between the outer peripheral side wall of the power feeding boss 133 and the inner peripheral side wall of the insulating boss 144, and seals between the space 141 inside the lower power feeding boss 133 and the space above.
- the ring 134 is arranged.
- the diameter of the intermediate portion between the upper end portion and the lower end portion having a cylindrical shape is smaller than these, and the gap is increased from the insulating boss 144.
- the power feeding boss 133 is placed on the insulating ring 139 and the position is fixed to the electrode base material 108 to be attached to assemble the power feeding connector 161 and the lid member 164 is attached to the lower end of the guide member 148.
- the beam-shaped member 135 connected to the connecting column 147 and the feeding boss 133 is bent downward, and an upward force acts on the feeding boss 133.
- the lower end of the fastening screw 162 is in contact with the lid member 164 in a state where the lid member 164 is attached to the guide member 148 in the process of assembling the power supply connector 161 and attaching it to the electrode base material 108.
- the power supply connector 161 is positioned with respect to the electrode base material 108, is held at the upper end portion inside the through hole 120c, and is suspended, and the electrode base material 108 is hung by the heat generated during the processing of the semiconductor wafer 109.
- the wafer mounting electrode 120 including the wafer is deformed or the power feeding boss 133 is heated and expanded, the beam-shaped member 135 and the connecting column 147 move downward as a result of contacting the lid member 164 and moving downward.
- the position of the lower end of the power supply connector 161 may be fixed so that the displacement of the power supply connector 161 is hindered.
- the O-ring 134 which is the sealing portion, is the space communicated with the insulating boss 144 or the processing chamber 104 above the O-ring 134 above the through hole 120c, and the inside of the insulating boss 144.
- the space 141 between this and the power feeding boss 133 is hermetically sealed.
- the feeding boss 133, the thin plate 135, and the connecting boss 133 are connected in the space 141 which is communicated with the space 149 at the lower part of the insulating boss 144 or the feeding boss 133 and maintained at the same atmospheric pressure or a pressure close to this.
- the parts where the members constituting the power supply connector 161 such as the column 147 come into contact with each other are arranged inside the airtight space, and highly reactive particles in the processing chamber 104 enter the space to corrode these members. Alternatively, it is possible to prevent the generation of reactants and the deterioration of the performance of the electrical connection due to the alteration of these members.
- the heat from the conductor ring 131 to be heated by being supplied with high frequency power is promoted to be transferred to the inside of the spaces 141 and 149, and the temperature of the susceptor ring 113 rises more than necessary at the outer peripheral portion of the wafer 109. It is suppressed that the result of the processing of is out of the allowable range from the expected one.
- the power supply connector 161 of this embodiment is arranged in the space below the grounding plate 151 below the through hole 120c, and one end of a plate-shaped or beam-shaped portion extending in the horizontal direction is conductive.
- the beam-shaped member 135 is fed as a beam-shaped member having a fixed end connected to the lower end of the body-made power feeding boss 133 and having the position of the other end fixed to the ground plate 151 or the electrode 120 for mounting the wafer. Prepared for part of the route.
- the beam-shaped member 135 is a plate-shaped member having a rectangular shape when viewed from above the wafer mounting electrode 120, and is in the vertical direction (arrow P in FIG. 2) according to an external force received at one end. It bends and deforms.
- a connecting column 147 made of a conductor is connected and arranged below the lower surface of the other end of the beam-shaped member 135 facing in the longitudinal direction. Due to the change in the shape of the through hole 120c due to the distortion of the wafer mounting electrode 120 due to the processing of the wafer 109, particularly the change in the length of the power feeding path in the vertical direction in the through hole 120c, the upper surface of the recessed portion 120d One end of the beam-shaped member 135 having elasticity with respect to the fluctuation of the position of the lower end of the feeding boss 133 suspended and held from the upper end whose position is fixed with respect to the upper surface is the feeding boss 133.
- the member temperature itself rises due to high-frequency induction heating due to the high-frequency power applied to the power-feeding connector 161 and thermally expands, which may damage the power-feeding connector 161 itself and the structure adjacent to the power-feeding connector 161.
- the beam-shaped member 135 and the connecting column 147 are arranged in a space communicated with the space 149, and the resistance of the conductor is applied by applying a film made of a conductor such as gold plating in consideration of a metal member having a low resistivity and a skin effect. It becomes possible to suppress the temperature rise.
- the power supply boss 133 is supplied with high-frequency power and is in contact with both the space 141 at atmospheric pressure and the processing chamber 104. Therefore, in order to suppress contamination caused by interaction from the treatment chamber 104, a base material having high plasma resistance while maintaining conductivity and a material for a film formed on the base material should be appropriately selected. However, the options for such materials are limited. Therefore, it may be difficult for the power feeding boss 133 to reduce the resistivity, which may cause a large thermal expansion.
- the beam-shaped member 135 having one end connected to the lower end of the power feeding boss 133 has a connecting column connected to the other end.
- the fastening screw 162 at the lower end of 147 comes into contact with the lid member 164 to hinder the movement in the height direction, so that the position in the vertical direction is fixed, while the beam shape as one end is displaced downward.
- the rectangular plate-shaped portion of the member 135 bends downward and deforms, and the upper end portion of the power feeding boss 133 is pressed against the conductor ring 131 to maintain the connection between them.
- the guide member 148 in which the beam-shaped member 135 is housed inside the first space has a sufficient distance from the surface of the beam-shaped member 135 so that contact between the beam-shaped member 135 deformed in this way and the inner side wall is unlikely to occur. It has dimensions. As a result, it is possible to prevent the power supply connector 161 itself and the structure adjacent to the power supply connector 161 from coming into contact with the power supply connector 161 and damaging any of them.
- the material of the power feeding boss 133 is SUS304, and the length between the upper and lower ends having a cylindrical shape whose diameter is larger than that of the middle portion at the upper and lower ends is 100 mm, and the temperature is raised by supplying high frequency power.
- the temperature reaches 200 ° C.
- the upper end of the feeding boss 133 is connected to the conductor ring 131 and the vertical position is fixed, so that the lower end of the feeding boss 133 extends downward by about 0.5 mm.
- the beam-shaped member 135 housed in the first space of the guide member 148 the lower surface and the upper surface of the inner wall surface can be separated from the upper and lower surfaces of the beam-shaped member 135 by 0.5 mm or more.
- a high-frequency power feeding path to the conductor ring 131 via the feeding connector 161, particularly inside the wafer mounting electrode 120, is an appropriate distance between the members. It is provided with a configuration in which a gap is provided to open a gap to increase the distance through which high-frequency current flows and suppress the occurrence of a short circuit. Further, the power feeding boss 133, the thin plate 135, the conductive member 147, etc. inside the space 141 at atmospheric pressure promote heat transfer to the electrode base material 108 via the gas at atmospheric pressure, and the power feeding connector 161 or It is possible to suppress an excessive increase in temperature of the conductor ring 131 and the susceptor ring 113.
- the beam-shaped member 135 uses, for example, brass as a material, and the surface of the plate material is gold-plated in order to reduce the skin resistance of high-frequency current.
- General stainless steel, titanium, or aluminum that can maintain elasticity may be used.
- the thickness of the beam-shaped member 135 is set to the size of the skin depth ⁇ 2 with respect to the high frequency current of a predetermined frequency, the efficiency of transmitting the current can be maximized.
- the dielectric susceptor ring 113 of this embodiment may be composed of at least two plurality of members.
- the susceptor ring 113 is placed on the recessed portion 120d on the outer peripheral side of the convex portion of the electrode base material 108, and is arranged so as to cover the upper surface of the conductor ring 131 with a gap from the inner and outer peripheral surfaces.
- It is configured to include a dielectric upper susceptor ring 137 and a dielectric insulating ring 139 that is covered and arranged below the upper susceptor ring 137 and on which a conductor ring 131 rests. ing.
- the upper surface and the side wall surfaces of the inner peripheral side and the outer peripheral side thereof are the upper portion, the inner peripheral side portion and the outer peripheral side portion of the upper susceptor ring 137, respectively. Covered by and built inside it.
- the susceptor ring 113 may be a member that is not divided into a plurality of members but is integrally connected, and the conductor ring 131 may be arranged inside the integrated susceptor ring 113.
- diffusion bonding or integral sintering of quartz may be used with the conductor ring 131 sandwiched between two quartz members.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an enlarged configuration of another portion of the susceptoring of the plasma processing apparatus of the present embodiment shown in FIG.
- the conductor ring 131 has a through hole 131b arranged inside the conductor ring 131 and a through hole 131b arranged inside the conductor ring 131 in order to place it on the recessed portion 120d of the upper peripheral side portion of the electrode base material 108 and fix the position. It is fastened to the electrode base material 108 by an insulating screw 136 inserted through both through holes 139d arranged inside the insulating ring 139. Further, the through hole 131b of the conductor ring 131 is formed by an insulating sleeve 142 arranged inside the conductor ring 131. The upper and lower surfaces of the insulating sleeve 142 are in continuous contact with the insulating film 143 applied to the outer surface of the conductor ring.
- the conductor ring 131 and the through hole 131b are electrically insulated, and there is no creepage distance electrically connected between the conductor ring 131 and the electrode base material 108, so that creepage discharge is prevented. be able to.
- the insulating sleeve 142 is formed by using a conventional technique for forming a film such as a sintered body made of ceramic or a thermal spraying method.
- the bottom surface of the portion forming the inner peripheral side wall having the cylindrical shape of the upper susceptor ring 137 is formed on the surface of the ring-shaped recessed portion 120d in which the portion surrounds the mounting surface 120a of the electrode base material 108. It has a contact surface 138 that comes into contact with and comes into contact with.
- the contact surface 138 of the upper susceptor ring 137 and the upper surface of the recessed portion 120d of the electrode base material 108 come into contact with each other, the surface of the conductor ring 131 housed inside the upper susceptor ring 137 is partitioned from the processing chamber 104.
- the power supply connector 161 is provided in the power supply path of the high frequency power connected to the conductor ring 131, the conductor ring 131 is arranged inside the susceptor ring 113 and the high frequency power is supplied.
- the impedance of the high-frequency power feeding path can be lowered, and the feeding path, particularly the feeding connector 161 inside the electrode base material 108 can be efficiently cooled.
- the deformation of the power supply connector 161 caused by the deformation of the wafer mounting electrode 120 or the electrode base material 108 due to heat, and the sliding and pulling with the members arranged in contact with the power supply connector 161 around the wafer are caused by these.
- the progress of failure and wear is reduced.
- the reliability and yield of the plasma etching apparatus 100 can be maintained high for a long period of time.
- the conductor ring 131 When replacing the conductor ring 131 and the insulating ring 139 for maintenance, the conductor ring 131, by removing the conductive screw 132 for fastening the power feeding boss 133 shown in FIG. 2 and the insulating screw 136 shown in FIG.
- the insulating ring 139 can be removed from the recessed portion 120d of the electrode base material 108. Therefore, the power feeding boss 133, the insulating boss 144, and the O-ring 134 shown in FIG. 2 remain arranged in the through hole 120c, and the minimum number of parts can be replaced.
- FIGS. 1 to 3 above have a configuration in which high-frequency power from the high-frequency power supply 124 is supplied to the electrode base material 108.
- a configuration is provided in which a high-frequency power supply 124 is electrically connected to the conductor film 111 inside the dielectric film 140 via a matching unit 129 to supply high-frequency power. Is also good.
- FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an enlarged configuration of a susceptoring portion of a sample table of a plasma processing apparatus according to a modified example of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.
- the conductor film 111 arranged inside the dielectric film 140 and the high-frequency power supply 124 are electrically connected via the matching unit 129, and the electrode base material 108 is electrically connected to the grounding point.
- the point is that the configuration is different from that of the embodiment shown in FIG.
- the other configurations shown in FIG. 4 are the same as those of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, and the description of the parts with the same reference numerals will be omitted. Even in such a configuration, if the withstand voltage to the grounded portion is guaranteed, the same operation and effect as in the embodiment can be obtained.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an enlarged configuration of a susceptoring portion of a sample table of a plasma processing apparatus according to another modification of the embodiment shown in FIG.
- the description of the parts with the same reference numerals as those in the embodiment will be omitted unless otherwise required.
- the modification shown in this figure is different from the example shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, in that a plurality of cables made of a conductive material such as metal are twisted together instead of the beam-shaped member 135 provided in the power supply connector 161.
- the formed stranded wire conductive member 153 is arranged so as to be connected between the upper end portion of the connecting column 147 and the lower end portion of the power feeding boss 133.
- the configurations other than the stranded wire 153 of this example are the same as those of the embodiment shown in FIG.
- austenitic SUS304-CSP is used as the material of the stranded wire 153 of this modified example, and the surface of each lead wire is tin-plated in order to reduce the skin resistance to high-frequency power.
- the material may be general stainless steel, titanium, aluminum or copper.
- the diameter of the aggregated wire of the stranded wire 153 is most efficient when the skin depth x 2.
- the assembly diameter of the stranded wire 153 is preferably about 0.6 to 10 mm.
- the assembled diameter of the stranded wire 153 represents the diameter of the portion of the assembled stranded wire 153 having the largest diameter.
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an enlarged configuration of a susceptoring portion of a sample table of a plasma processing apparatus according to still another modification of the embodiment shown in FIG.
- the stranded wire conductive member 153 formed by twisting a plurality of cables made of a conductive material such as metal into the power supply connector 161 feeds the upper end of the connecting column 147. It has a configuration in which it is arranged so as to be connected to the lower end portion of the boss 133.
- the high frequency power supply 124 is electrically connected to the electrode base material 108 via the matching unit 129, and the first high frequency power is supplied to the electrode base material 108.
- FIG. 6 similarly to the modified example shown in FIG.
- the conductor film 111 arranged inside the dielectric film 140 and the high frequency power supply 124 are electrically connected via the matching unit 129, and
- the difference from the modified example of FIG. 5 is that the electrode base material 108 is electrically connected to the ground contact portion. Even in the configuration of this example, if the withstand voltage up to the grounding point is guaranteed, it is possible to obtain the same operation and effect as in the form of FIG.
- the power feeding boss 133 and the O-ring 134 fitted around the feeding boss 133 are inserted into the inside of the insulating boss 144 having a cylindrical shape inserted into the through hole 120c, and the upper end portion of the feeding boss 133 is insulated. It is fastened to the conductor ring 131 above the ring 139 and its position is fixed in the vertical and horizontal directions.
- the power feeding boss 133 and the O-ring 134 are inserted into the insulating boss 144 at the time of assembly, and the insulating boss 144 in which the O-ring 134 and the inner peripheral wall surface are in contact with each other can be easily moved in the vertical direction in the through hole 120c. The position will move.
- a gap larger than necessary is generated between the upper surface of the electrode base material 108 on which the insulating ring 139 is placed and the upper end of the insulating boss 144 inserted inside the through hole 120c.
- the processing of the semiconductor wafer 109 which is performed by supplying an electric field into the processing chamber 104 to form plasma and supplying high-frequency power to the electrode base material 108, the lower surface of the insulating ring 139 and the upper end surface of the insulating boss 144 are formed. Unexpected discharge may occur in the gap between them.
- Such an abnormal discharge changes the distribution of the plasma 116 above the upper surface of the semiconductor wafer 109 from the intended one, which may adversely affect the result of the treatment, which is not preferable. Therefore, the above-mentioned abnormal discharge is suppressed.
- a configuration is required to keep the gap within the permissible range.
- FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an enlarged configuration of a susceptoring portion of a sample table of a plasma processing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention. It should be noted that the parts having the same reference numerals as those shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 in this figure are omitted unless necessary.
- a configuration different from the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 is a spacer 165 made of an insulating material or a dielectric having a cylindrical or ring shape between the upper end of the insulating boss 144 and the lower surface of the insulating ring 139. It is a point that has.
- the upper end portion of the insulating boss 144 having a cylindrical shape has a recessed portion recessed by a length in a predetermined height direction over the entire circumference of the outer peripheral side portion.
- the insulating ring 139 is provided with a recessed portion at the lower end portion of the through hole 139a, which is recessed by a length in a predetermined height direction over the entire circumference of the inner peripheral wall surface.
- the recessed portion of the insulating boss 144 and the insulating ring 139 has a ring shape having an inner diameter equal to or close to the inner diameter of the inner diameter of the insulating boss 144 and the diameter of the through hole 139a.
- the spacer 165 is fitted. That is, the cylindrical spacer 165 of the present embodiment has a value on the outer diameter equal to or close to the diameter of the lower part of the insulating boss 144 at the lower end portion of the inner peripheral wall. Is provided with a recess having a length equal to or similar to that of the recess at the upper end of the insulating boss 144 in the height direction, and the outer peripheral side portion of the recess at the lower end of the spacer 165 is from the recess.
- the convex portion is inserted into a ring-shaped gap between the concave portion at the upper end of the insulating boss 144 and the inner peripheral wall surface at the upper end of the cylindrical through hole 120c of the electrode base material 108, and the convex portion and the recess are formed.
- the spacer 165 is placed and supported above the upper end of the insulating boss 144 in a state where the portion is fitted and the spacer 165 is inserted into the through hole 120c.
- the cylindrical inner peripheral surface of the spacer 165 has a value whose diameter is equal to or close to the diameter of the upper portion of the through hole 139a, and the upper end portion thereof is the entire circumference of the outer peripheral side portion. It has a recess having a length equal to or similar to that of the insulating ring 139 in the height direction.
- the inner peripheral side of the recessed portion at the upper end of the spacer 165 is a ring-shaped convex portion that protrudes upward when viewed from the recessed portion.
- the upper end of the spacer 165 placed above the upper end of the insulating boss 144 is inserted into the through hole 139a, and the ring-shaped convex of the spacer 165.
- the portion is inserted and fitted into the gap between the outer peripheral side wall surface of the upper end of the cylindrical power feeding boss 133 and the cylindrical inner peripheral side wall surface of the ring-shaped recess at the lower end of the through hole 139a of the insulating ring 139.
- the gap is a space having a stepped bend in the radial direction (horizontal direction) when viewed in the vertical cross section.
- the so-called total surface distance is increased, and the distance between the insulating ring 139 and the insulating boss 144 is required. Even if it becomes larger than this, the occurrence of abnormal discharge in the gap is suppressed.
- the spacer 165 of this example can use a simple substance of ceramics such as aluminum oxide, yttrium oxide, or quartz, or a mixture thereof as a material.
- spacers 165 are arranged between the insulating ring 139 and the insulating boss 144, and these have ring-shaped recesses, and the upper and lower members in which the convex portions and the concave portions are fitted to each other have ring-shaped recesses.
- a gap having a plurality of steps is formed, and the total surface distance of the discharge due to the electric field generated in the gap is increased.
- the insulating ring 139 and the insulating boss 144 are each provided with a convex portion or a concave portion and fitted to each other. It may have a configuration to be combined. An example of such a configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9.
- FIG. 8 and 9 are cross-sectional views schematically showing an enlarged configuration of a susceptoring portion of a sample table of a plasma processing apparatus according to a modification of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 7.
- the difference in configuration from the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 is that the recessed portion 144a at the upper end of the insulating boss 144 and the recessed portion 139b at the lower end of the through hole 139a of the insulating ring 139 are fitted together.
- the point is that a gap bent like a step is formed between the surfaces in a vertical cross section.
- the upper end portion of the insulating boss 144 inserted into the through hole 120c is higher than the upper surface of the recessed portion 120d of the electrode base material 108 and penetrates as compared with the examples shown in FIGS. It protrudes upward from the hole 120c.
- a recessed portion 144a is formed on the outer peripheral side wall over the entire outer circumference of the protruding upper end portion.
- the inner peripheral side of the recessed portion 144a at the upper end of the insulating boss 144 is a ring-shaped convex portion protruding upward when viewed from the recessed portion 144a.
- the convex portion When the insulating ring 139 is placed on the recessed portion 120d, the convex portion includes the inner peripheral side wall surface of the recessed portion at the lower end of the through hole 139a of the insulating ring 139 and the outer peripheral wall surface of the upper end portion of the cylindrical power feeding boss 133. It is inserted into the ring-shaped gap between them and fitted.
- the insulating ring 139 has a ring-shaped convex portion 139c protruding downward from the bottom surface, and the inner peripheral wall surface of the ring-shaped convex portion 139c is equal to or equal to the through hole 139a. It has a diameter that is close to the value that can be regarded as. Further, the convex portion 139c is provided with a recessed portion 139b over the entire circumference at the lower end of the inner peripheral wall surface, and the insulating ring 139 is placed in the recessed portion 120d of the electrode base material 108 in the through hole 120c. Will be inserted.
- the outer peripheral side of the recessed portion 139b at the lower end of the ring-shaped convex portion 139c is a ring-shaped convex portion protruding downward when viewed from the recessed portion 139b, and has a ring shape at the upper end of the internal insulating boss 144. It is inserted into a ring-shaped gap between the outer peripheral side wall surface of the recessed portion 144a and the inner peripheral side wall surface of the through hole 120c.
- the plasma processing apparatus 100 of this example has the same operation as the examples shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 in that the total surface distance of the discharge due to the high frequency electric field is increased.
- FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an enlarged configuration of a susceptoring portion of a sample table of a plasma processing apparatus according to another modification of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 7.
- the convex portion 133a formed on the side wall of the feeding boss 133 and the inner peripheral side wall of the insulating boss 144 are formed inside the insulating boss 144. It has a convex portion 144b. Further, in a state where the power feeding connector 161 is attached to the wafer mounting electrode 120, the power feeding boss 133 is inserted into the through hole 120c, and the upper end portion is positioned, the convex portions 133a and 144b are engaged and the convex portion 133a is engaged. The convex portion 144b is placed on the upper portion, the upper end portion is fastened to the conductor ring 131, and the feeding boss 133 suspended in the through hole 120c supports the insulating boss 144 upward from below.
- the power feeding boss 133 of this example has a cylindrical shape having different diameters at the upper end portion, the lower end portion, and the intermediate portion between them, and has a shape in which these are arranged concentrically in the vertical direction.
- the lower end and the upper end have dimensions with larger diameters in this order.
- a convex portion 133a protruding over an angle range below this.
- the distance from the center of the tip of the convex portion 133a protruding toward the outer periphery when viewed from above the central axis is smaller than the radius of the upper end portion (that is, the radius of the inner peripheral side wall of the insulating boss 144) and larger than the radius of the lower end portion. ing.
- a convex portion 144b protruding toward the center is provided at a predetermined distance from the upper end or the lower end on the inner peripheral side wall surface of the insulating boss 144 having a cylindrical shape.
- the distance from the center of the tip of the convex portion 144b protruding toward the center when viewed from above the central axis is larger than the radius of the lower end of the feeding boss 133, and is from the center of the tip of the convex portion 133a of the feeding boss 133. It is smaller than the distance of.
- the convex portion 144b is arranged over an angle range smaller than the entire circumference of the inner peripheral side wall of the insulating boss 144.
- the insulating boss 144 is inserted into the through hole 120c, the insulating ring 139 is placed on the recessed portion 120d, and the power feeding boss 133 is inserted into the through hole 139a and the insulating boss 144 with the O-ring 134 interposed therebetween.
- the heights of the upper surface of the convex portion 133a and the lower surface of the convex portion 144b are the same or the former is slightly lower in the state where the position is fixed to the electrode base material 108 by being connected to the 131 by the fastening screw 132. As described above, these convex portions 133a and 144b are arranged.
- the insulating boss 144 is supported upward from below by the feeding boss 133. Then, in this example, in this state, the upper end surface of the insulating boss 144 is arranged at a position that matches the upper surface of the recessed portion 120d or is close to the upper surface thereof. Further, the size of the gap between the lower surface of the insulating ring 139 and the upper end surface of the insulating boss 144 is set to a value within an allowable range capable of suppressing the occurrence of electric discharge in the gap.
- the feeding boss 133 is insulated together with the O-ring 134 with the insulating boss 144 inserted in the through hole 120c. It is inserted into the boss 144.
- the convex portion 133a of the power feeding boss 133 is fitted downward toward the inner peripheral wall surface of the insulating boss 144 in which the convex portion 144b is not arranged around the central axis, and the convex portion 133a is fitted in the vertical direction of the central axis.
- the convex portion 144b is supported by the convex portion 133a from below, it is prevented that the vertical position of the insulating boss 144 relatively moves downward from the feeding boss 133 by a predetermined distance or more. As a result, it is possible to prevent the distance and the size of the gap between the upper end of the insulating boss 144 and the lower end surface of the insulating ring 139 placed above the upper end of the insulating boss 144 from becoming larger than the expected size during assembly. The increase in the distance and the gap is suppressed by displacement and deformation such as expansion and contraction caused by the temperature change of the wafer mounting electrode 120 during the operation period of the plasma processing apparatus 100.
- the convex portions 133a and 144b are notched portions so that the one having a notch portion in a part of the ring shape protruding in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical shape and having a notch portion and the convex portion 133a and 144b are fitted inside the notch portion and can pass up and down. It may be composed of a combination with a shape having a shape slightly smaller than the size of. Further, it is desirable that the upper surface of the convex portion 133a and the lower surface of the convex portion 144b have a shape forming a flat surface having small irregularities in the horizontal direction. 7 to 10 have described a modification of the embodiment of FIG.
- the material to be etched of the film layer to be processed included in the film structure previously arranged on the upper surface of the wafer 109 before processing is a silicon oxide film, which is supplied to the processing chamber 104.
- the treatment gas for etching the film to be treated and the cleaning gas for cleaning methane tetrafluoride gas, oxygen gas, and trifluoromethane gas are used.
- the material of the film layer to be treated not only the silicon oxide film but also the polysilicon film, the photoresist film, the antireflection organic film, the antireflection inorganic film, the organic material, the inorganic material, the silicon oxide film, and silicon nitride.
- An oxide film, a silicon nitride film, a Low-k material, a High-k material, an amorphous carbon film, a Si substrate, a metal material, or the like can be used, and the same effect can be obtained in these cases as well.
- the processing gas for etching includes chlorine gas, hydrogen bromide gas, methane tetrafluoride gas, methane trifluoride gas, methane difluoride gas, argon gas, helium gas, oxygen gas, nitrogen gas, carbon dioxide gas, and one. Carbon oxide gas, hydrogen gas, etc. can be used. Further, as the processing gas for etching, ammonia gas, propane gas octafluoride, nitrogen trifluoride gas, sulfur hexafluoride gas, methane gas, silicon tetrafluoride gas, silicon tetrachloride gas, neon gas, krypton gas, xenone. Gas, radon gas, etc. can be used.
- the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and includes various modifications.
- the above-described embodiment has been described in detail in order to explain the present invention in an easy-to-understand manner, and is not necessarily limited to the one including all the described configurations.
- the wafer mounting electrode 120 is provided with a heater inside the dielectric film 140 or inside the electrode base material 108 to heat the wafer 109 mounted on these or the wafer 109 by supplying an electric current.
- the controller 170 may adjust the temperature of the wafer 109 by heating.
- at least one temperature sensor that is communicably arranged inside the electrode base material 108 and detects the temperature may be provided.
- a configuration has been described in which a microwave electric field having a frequency of 2.45 GHz and a magnetic field capable of forming an ECR are supplied into the processing chamber 104, and a processing gas is discharged to form plasma. ..
- the configuration described in the above embodiment uses other discharges (magnetic field UHF discharge, capacitively coupled discharge, inductively coupled discharge, magnetron discharge, surface wave excitation discharge, transfer coupled discharge) to generate plasma. Even in the case of forming, it is possible to obtain the same actions and effects as those described in the above-described embodiment and the like.
- Plasma etching apparatus 101 ... Vacuum container 102 ... shower plate 102a ... Gas introduction hole 103 ... Insulator window 104 ... Processing room 105 ... Waveguide tube 106 ... Electric field generation power supply 107 ... Magnetic field generation coil 108 ... Electrode base material 109 ... Semiconductor wafer 110 ... Vacuum exhaust port 111 ... Conductor film 112 ... Grounding point 113 ... Suceptoring 116 ... Plasma 120 ... Wafer mounting electrode 120a ... Mounting surface 120b ... Top surface 120c ... Through hole 120d ... Recessed portion 124 ... High frequency power supply 125 ... High frequency filter 126 ... DC power supply 127 ... High frequency power supply 128, 129 ...
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101…真空容器
102…シャワープレート
102a…ガス導入孔
103…誘電体窓
104…処理室
105…導波管
106…電界発生用電源
107…磁場発生コイル
108…電極基材
109…半導体ウエハ
110…真空排気口
111…導電体膜
112…接地箇所
113…サセプタリング
116…プラズマ
120…ウエハ載置用電極
120a…載置面
120b…上面
120c…貫通孔
120d…凹み部
124…高周波電源
125…高周波フィルタ
126…直流電源
127…高周波電源
128,129…整合器
130…負荷インピーダンス可変ボックス
131…導体リング
132…締結ネジ
133…給電ボス
134…Oリング
135…梁状部材
136…絶縁性ネジ
137…上部サセプタリング
138…当たり面
139…絶縁リング
139a,139d…貫通孔
140…誘電体膜
141…空間
142…絶縁性スリーブ
143…絶縁性皮膜
144…絶縁ボス
145…シール部材
146…電極ベース
147…連結コラム
148…案内部材
149…空間
150…絶縁プレート
151…接地プレート
152…冷媒流路
153…撚り線
160…電界・磁界形成部
161…給電コネクタ
162,163…締結ネジ
164…蓋部材。
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- 真空容器内部に配置された処理室と、当該処理室内部に配置されその上面に処理対象のウエハが載置される試料台と、当該試料台の前記上面の外周側でこれを囲んで配置され高周波電力が供給される導体製のリング状電極と、当該リング状電極の上方で載せられてこれを覆う誘電体製のカバーと、前記試料台を構成して円板または円筒形状を有した基材と、当該基材の外周側部分に配置された貫通孔内に吊り下げられて配置されその上端部に前記リング状電極と接続されてこれに位置決めされたコネクタ部を有した棒状部材と、前記貫通孔の下方の前記試料台下方で隙間を空けて配置された水平方向に延在する梁状の部材であってその一端が前記棒状部材の下端部と連結され他端が前記試料台に対して位置決めされ前記棒状部材を前記他端について前記リング状電極に対して上向きに付勢する梁状の部材と、給電経路を介して前記棒状部材に接続され前記リング状電極に高周波電力を供給する高周波電源とを備えたプラズマ処理装置。
- 請求項1に記載のプラズマ処理装置であって、
前記梁状の部材の前記他端が前記基材の中央部の下方で前記試料台に対して位置決めされたプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項1または2に記載のプラズマ処理装置であって、
前記棒状部材が前記給電経路を構成するプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項1乃至3の何れかに記載のプラズマ処理装置であって、
前記梁状の部材が前記棒状部材を上向きに付勢する板バネであるプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項1乃至4の何れかに記載のプラズマ処理装置であって、
金属製の前記梁状の部材が前記給電経路を構成するプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項1乃至5の何れかに記載のプラズマ処理装置であって、
前記試料台の前記上面を覆って前記ウエハが載せられる誘電体製の膜とこの誘電体製の膜内部に配置され前記ウエハの処理中に高周波電力が供給される膜状の電極とを備え、前記基材が接地電位と電気的に接続されたプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項1乃至6の何れかに記載のプラズマ処理装置であって、
前記試料台内部に配置され前記ウエハを加熱するヒータを備えたプラズマ処理装置。 - 真空容器内部の処理室内に配置された試料台上に処理対象のウエハを配置し、前記処理室内にプラズマを形成して前記ウエハを処理するプラズマ処理方法であって、
前記処理中に前記試料台の内部に配置された電極に第1の高周波電力を供給しつつ、前記試料台の前記ウエハの外周側に配置された誘電体製のリング状カバーの下方で当該リング状カバーに覆われたリング状の電極に第2の高周波電力を供給する工程を備え、
前記試料台の内部を貫通する貫通孔の内部に配置され前記リング状の電極と接続された導電体製の棒状の部材およびその一端部が当該棒状の部材の下端部と接続され他端部前記試料台に対して位置が固定された導電体製の板状のバネ部材を通して前記高周波電力を前記リング状の電極に供給するプラズマ処理方法。
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