WO2023286142A1 - 診断装置及び診断方法並びにプラズマ処理装置及び半導体装置製造システム - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a diagnostic apparatus and diagnostic method for a plasma processing apparatus that processes semiconductor wafers with plasma, a plasma processing apparatus, and a semiconductor device manufacturing system.
- Plasma processing equipment is a device that converts substances into plasma and removes substances on the wafer by the action of the substances in order to form fine shapes on semiconductor wafers.
- maintenance such as cleaning of the inside of the apparatus and replacement of parts is normally performed periodically based on the number of processed wafers or the like.
- unplanned maintenance work may occur due to deterioration of parts due to aging and accumulation of reaction by-products depending on usage.
- it is necessary to continuously monitor the deterioration state of parts and take early countermeasures such as cleaning or replacement according to the deterioration state.
- the plasma processing apparatus diagnostic apparatus uses sensor values, which are time-series signals composed of multiple sensor items sequentially obtained from multiple state sensors attached to the plasma processing apparatus, to Generally, a deterioration state is diagnosed from the degree of deviation from the normal state, and an alarm is issued by comparing with a preset threshold value.
- sensor values which are time-series signals composed of multiple sensor items sequentially obtained from multiple state sensors attached to the plasma processing apparatus.
- an alarm is issued by comparing with a preset threshold value.
- Patent Document 1 an anomaly detection device removes noise from summary values by applying statistical modeling to summary values that summarize observation values. is estimated, and based on the estimation, a predicted value is generated by predicting the summary value one term ahead. The anomaly detection device detects whether or not there is an abnormality in the monitored device based on the predicted value.”
- Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2020-31096
- a first characteristic quantity indicating the state of the plasma processing apparatus is obtained from the monitored data of the plasma processing apparatus in a normal state, and the monitored plasma processing apparatus is A second feature amount indicating the state of the plasma processing apparatus is obtained from the data, the obtained second feature amount is calculated using the first feature amount, and the calculated second feature amount is calculated.
- Feature values selected in order from the largest one are selected in order from the largest one”.
- Patent Document 1 describes a method for detecting abnormalities during equipment operation using summary values of sensor values, but does not describe a method for diagnosing the state of deterioration for each component.
- the signs of deterioration that is, the way sensor values change, differ for each part
- the signs of deterioration for each part can be identified from the sensor values of multiple sensor items. It is necessary to define the conditions for calculating the degree of deterioration shown well.
- Patent Document 2 it is not assumed that the defined deterioration degree calculation conditions are applied to a plurality of plasma processing apparatuses. In the case of the above purpose, it is necessary to have the property (hereinafter referred to as robustness) that the deterioration degree calculation condition defined for each component can be applied to a plurality of plasma processing apparatuses.
- the present invention solves the above-described problems of the prior art, and provides a diagnostic apparatus and method, a plasma processing apparatus, and a semiconductor device manufacturing system that enable determination of highly robust deterioration degree calculation conditions for each component. intended to provide
- a diagnostic device for diagnosing the state of deterioration of parts of a plasma processing apparatus is provided with robustness for each part under a plurality of calculation conditions for calculating the degree of deterioration of the part,
- An analysis unit that selects one calculation condition from a plurality of calculation conditions for each part based on the obtained robustness, and diagnoses the deterioration state of each part using this selected calculation condition. prepared and configured.
- the present invention includes a processing chamber in which a sample is plasma-processed, a high-frequency power source that supplies high-frequency power for generating plasma, and a sample stage on which the sample is placed.
- a plasma processing apparatus the robustness for each component is obtained under a plurality of calculation conditions for calculating the deterioration degree of the component, and based on the obtained robustness, one calculation is performed from the plurality of calculation conditions for each component.
- a condition is selected, and a diagnosis device is further provided for diagnosing the state of deterioration of each component using the selected calculation condition.
- the present invention includes a processing chamber in which a sample is plasma-processed, a high-frequency power supply that supplies high-frequency power for generating plasma, and a sample stage on which the sample is placed.
- a plasma processing apparatus the robustness for each component is obtained under a plurality of calculation conditions for calculating the deterioration degree of the component, and based on the obtained robustness, one calculation is performed from the plurality of calculation conditions for each component. It is characterized by being connected to a diagnostic device for selecting conditions and diagnosing the state of deterioration of each component using the selected calculation conditions.
- the present invention provides a diagnostic method for diagnosing the state of deterioration of parts of a plasma processing apparatus, in which robustness for each part is obtained under a plurality of calculation conditions for calculating the degree of deterioration of the parts. a step of selecting one calculation condition from a plurality of calculation conditions for each component based on the obtained robustness; and a step of diagnosing the deterioration state of each component using the selected calculation condition. It is characterized by having
- the present invention provides a semiconductor device manufacturing system including a platform connected to a semiconductor manufacturing device via a network and executing diagnostic processing for diagnosing deterioration states of components of the semiconductor manufacturing device.
- the diagnostic processing includes a step of determining the robustness of each component under a plurality of computing conditions for computing the degree of deterioration of the component, and a step of calculating one computation from the plurality of computing conditions for each component based on the determined robustness.
- the method is characterized by comprising a step of selecting a condition and a step of diagnosing the state of deterioration of each part using the selected calculation condition.
- a user of a plasma processing apparatus and its diagnostic apparatus can obtain highly robust deterioration degree calculation conditions for each part, and can diagnose the deterioration state of parts in a group of plasma processing apparatuses. .
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing schematic configurations of a plasma processing apparatus and a diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. It is the figure which showed the example of the data stored in the maintenance log storage part which concerns on the Example of this invention in the tabular form. It is the figure which showed the example of the data stored in the sensor value memory
- FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the flow of processing for determining the degree of deterioration of a component to be diagnosed in the degree-of-degradation calculator according to the embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a flow diagram showing the flow of processing in the analysis section according to the embodiment of the present invention;
- FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a flow of processing for setting a deterioration degree calculation condition group of the diagnostic device according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is the figure which showed the data stored in the area extraction condition memory
- (a) is a diagram showing an example of processing for extracting a time interval of sensor values by setting a trigger in a graph showing the relationship between sensor values and time for each sensor, and
- (b) is the relationship between sensor values and time for each sensor.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of processing for extracting a time interval of sensor values by moving a window in a graph showing .
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of deterioration degree calculation condition determination processing of the diagnostic device according to the embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a front view of a display screen for outputting calculation results of a deterioration degree robustness calculator in the diagnostic apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the flow of maintenance timing calculation processing of the diagnostic device according to the embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 10 is a front view of a display screen displaying a result of processing by the maintenance timing calculation unit of the diagnostic device according to the embodiment of the present invention
- the present invention provides a diagnostic apparatus and method for a plasma processing apparatus that obtains time-series sensor values of a target part of the plasma processing apparatus and diagnoses the state of deterioration.
- Deterioration degree calculation conditions to be applied to target parts are determined from among the degree calculation conditions based on the deterioration degree robustness calculated by comparison calculation between multiple maintenance cases of the deterioration degree, and the deterioration degree calculation conditions are determined in the plasma processing apparatus group.
- a maintenance alarm is issued on the basis of the degree of deterioration of the target part that is sequentially calculated in .
- the plasma processing apparatus includes a diagnostic apparatus that determines deterioration degree calculation conditions applied to the plasma processing apparatus group and issues a maintenance alarm based on the deterioration degrees of the target parts that are sequentially calculated under the deterioration degree calculation conditions in the plasma processing apparatus group.
- a diagnostic device for a plasma processing apparatus acquires the deterioration degrees of a target component calculated under multiple deterioration degree calculation conditions for a plurality of maintenance cases, and calculates the deterioration degree robustness predefined for each calculation condition.
- Multiple time intervals (step time intervals) for the target part in the deterioration degree robustness calculation unit that outputs the calculation conditions ranked based on the robustness and the extraction condition setting unit for each part Section for each part that sets the extraction conditions It comprises an extraction condition setting unit and a deterioration degree arithmetic expression registration unit for registering a plurality of deterioration degree arithmetic expressions for capturing various signs of deterioration.
- the present invention provides a diagnostic apparatus for acquiring sensor values of a plurality of items from status sensors such as pressure and current of a plasma processing apparatus and diagnosing the state of deterioration of target maintenance parts constituting the plasma processing apparatus.
- a target part based on the deterioration robustness calculated by comparing the deterioration levels of multiple cases of maintenance of the target part in the plasma processing equipment from the deterioration calculation condition group consisting of a combination of multiple deterioration calculation formulas.
- the deterioration degree calculation conditions to be applied to the plasma processing equipment are determined in advance, and the deterioration degree calculation conditions are applied to the group of plasma processing equipment to be diagnosed. is presented, it is possible to determine a highly robust deterioration degree calculation condition applicable to a plurality of plasma processing apparatuses for each part.
- the plasma processing apparatus group 1 in this embodiment generates plasma 100 to process a wafer (sample 101) according to preset processing conditions. It also has a state sensor group 102, and can acquire measured values of sensor values (for example, temperature and pressure) during wafer processing or idling as time-series data.
- sensor values for example, temperature and pressure
- the diagnostic apparatus includes a plasma processing apparatus user-side diagnostic apparatus 2 (hereinafter simply referred to as diagnostic apparatus 2) that includes an execution unit 20 that executes processing for each plasma processing apparatus of the plasma processing apparatus group 1. ), and a plasma processing apparatus manufacturer-side diagnostic device 3 (hereinafter simply referred to as diagnostic device 3 ) having an analysis unit 30 that analyzes the plasma processing device group 1 .
- the diagnostic device 2 is connected to the plasma processing device group 1 directly or via a network, and the diagnostic device 3 is connected to the diagnostic device 2 via a network.
- the diagnostic apparatus 2 is connected directly or via a network to the plasma processing apparatus user server 4, for example, and transmits the output result to be displayed on the display unit 42, or receives the information of the maintenance history storage unit 41. It is possible.
- FIG. 2 is an example of data 210 stored in the maintenance history storage unit 41.
- FIG. For example, it stores a Tool ID 211, a part ID 212, and a work ID 213 that respectively identify a device or part to be maintained and work (replacement, cleaning, etc.).
- the date and time 214 when the maintenance work was performed and the work time 215 are also stored.
- the diagnostic device 2 is owned by the user of the plasma processing device group 1, and the diagnostic device 3 is owned by the plasma processing device maker, for example.
- the diagnostic apparatus 2 can be installed adjacent to the plasma processing apparatus group 1, and the acquisition of sensor values obtained from the state sensor group 102 and the calculation of the degree of deterioration can be executed with low delay.
- the equipment manufacturer sets the deterioration degree calculation conditions, and the equipment user can obtain the deterioration degree diagnosis result of the diagnosis target part without setting the deterioration degree calculation conditions.
- the present embodiment can also be implemented by transmitting the deterioration degree calculation result from the diagnostic device 2 to the diagnostic device 3 without transmitting all the sensor values. can be suppressed.
- the execution unit 20 of the diagnostic device 2 has a storage unit 202 having a sensor value storage unit 203 and a deterioration degree storage unit 204, and further has a section extraction unit 200 and a deterioration degree calculation unit 201.
- the analysis unit 30 of the diagnostic device 3 has a storage unit 305 having a section extraction condition storage unit 306, a deterioration degree calculation formula storage unit 307, and a deterioration degree calculation condition storage unit 308, and further includes a section extraction condition setting unit 301, It has a deterioration degree calculation formula registration unit 302 , a deterioration degree robustness calculation unit 303 , and a maintenance timing calculation unit 304 .
- the sensor value storage unit 203 in the storage unit 202 of the diagnostic device 2 stores sensor values acquired from the state sensor group 102 .
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of in-process data 310 stored in the sensor value storage unit 203.
- Measured values of sensor values for each sensor item 314 are stored as time-series data together with their acquisition dates and times 313 .
- identification information such as a wafer ID 311 and a processing condition ID 312 that identifies a process or a process target.
- the wafer ID 311 is information for identifying the processed wafer (specimen 101).
- the processing condition ID 312 is information for identifying the setting of the plasma processing apparatus and the process steps when performing processing.
- Fig. 4 shows the flow of processing for obtaining the degree of deterioration of the diagnosis target component in the degree of deterioration calculation unit 201.
- the deterioration degree calculation unit 201 first stores the sensor values of the state sensor group 102 when the wafer (specimen 101) group is processed when the diagnosis target component is normal (for example, for a certain period immediately after maintenance) from the sensor value storage unit 203. (S401), and acquires the sensor values of the state sensor group 102 when the wafer (sample 101) at the time of diagnosis is processed (S402).
- the deterioration degree calculation unit 201 sets a deterioration degree calculation condition composed of a deterioration degree calculation expression and a time interval extracted from the sensor values within the processing conditions set for each diagnosis target component stored in the deterioration degree calculation condition storage unit 308. Acquire (S403).
- the deterioration degree calculation unit 201 extracts the data of the time interval set from the sensor values according to the deterioration degree calculation condition by the interval extraction unit 200 (S404), and uses the deterioration degree calculation formula of the deterioration degree calculation condition acquired in S403. to calculate the degree of deterioration of the component to be diagnosed (S405), and store the calculation result in the deterioration degree storage unit 204 (S406).
- a processing condition ID 312 for identifying the used deterioration degree calculation condition and a wafer ID 311 at the time of diagnosis corresponding to the deterioration degree on a one-to-one basis are also stored in the deterioration degree storage unit 204 .
- the analysis unit 30 first sets a deterioration degree calculation condition group (S510), determines a deterioration degree calculation condition from the set deterioration degree calculation condition group (S520), and uses the determined deterioration degree calculation condition. Arithmetic processing is performed to obtain the degree of deterioration of the equipment parts during maintenance (S530).
- Processing for setting deterioration degree calculation condition group S510 An example of setting processing of the deterioration degree calculation condition group performed by the analysis unit 30 of the diagnostic device 3 will be described with reference to FIG. 6 .
- the processing conditions are, for example, the processing conditions commonly performed in the plasma processing apparatus group 1, such as aging processing for adjusting the plasma state of the plasma processing apparatus and processing for apparatus diagnosis. It is desirable to specify.
- FIG. 7 shows an example of the time interval extraction condition 500 when the component ID 510 stored in the interval extraction condition storage unit 306 is C1.
- the section ID 501 is information for identifying a time section extraction condition.
- the specified processing condition ID is stored in the processing condition ID 502 .
- the time interval extraction condition 500 when the interval ID 501 in the figure is 1 is the trigger 1 (t1 ): 505, trigger 2 (t2): 506 when the sensor whose sensor item 314 is x0 exceeds 0.0, and 0.0 starting from the time when the condition of t1 and t2 in the extraction conditional expression 503 is satisfied
- the time interval extraction condition is to extract a time interval 504 of 5.0 sec from .
- the time interval extraction condition 500 may be set individually for trigger settings such as trigger 1 (t1): 505 and trigger 2 (t2): 506, or the time interval 0.0.
- a plurality of time interval extraction conditions may be automatically set while gradually moving the window from 0 to 10.0 sec, 1.0 to 11.0 sec, and so on.
- FIG. 8 shows an example of processing in which the interval extracting unit 200 extracts time intervals of sensor values according to the time interval extracting conditions of the interval extracting condition storage unit 306 .
- FIG. 8(a) is an example of extracting a sensor value time interval under the interval extraction condition in which the interval ID 501 of the time interval extraction condition 500 shown in FIG.
- a graph 620 is a graph showing the time change of the output 621 of the sensor x0
- a graph 630 is a graph showing the time change of the output 631 of the sensor x1.
- a time interval 601 is extracted according to the sensor value x5 and sensor x0 set as trigger 1: 505 and trigger 2: 506, respectively.
- FIG. 8(b) is an example of extracting a time interval 602 of the sensor value under the time interval extraction conditions automatically set by moving the window.
- Graph 650 is a graph showing the time change of the output 651 of the sensor x5, similar to the graph 610.
- Graph 660 is a graph showing the time change of the output 661 of the sensor x0 like the graph 620
- the graph 670 is a graph showing the time change of the output 671 of the sensor x1 like the graph 630. be.
- the deterioration degree calculation formula registration unit 302 registers a plurality of deterioration degree calculation formulas for capturing signs of deterioration and stores them in the deterioration degree calculation formula storage unit 307 (S512).
- a formula ID which is information for identifying the registered deterioration degree calculation formula, is also stored in the deterioration degree calculation formula storage unit 307 .
- the deterioration degree calculation formula is a calculation formula that inputs the sensor value after extracting the time interval at the time of normal and diagnosis, and outputs the degree of divergence of the sensor value at the time of diagnosis from the sensor value at the time of normal as the degree of deterioration. It's a program.
- a k-nearest neighbor method or a singular spectrum transform method which is a machine learning method, or a method utilizing a state space model, which is a statistical modeling method, can be used.
- the combination of the plurality of time interval extraction conditions (segment ID 501) set for the target part and the plurality of deterioration degree calculation expressions (expression IDs) stored in the deterioration degree calculation expression storage unit 307 is used as the deterioration degree calculation condition. It is stored in the deterioration degree calculation condition storage unit 308 as a group. A deterioration degree calculation condition ID for uniquely identifying each deterioration degree calculation condition is also stored together (S513).
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of signs of deterioration.
- a sign of deterioration is a change in the sensor waveform between the normal state shown in FIG. 9(a) and the deterioration state shown in FIG. 9(b).
- Graphs 710, 730 and 720, 740 are examples of time-series waveforms of sensor values under the same processing conditions for the same sensor item, respectively.
- a waveform 731 of 730 and a waveform 741 of graph 740 are examples of waveforms at the time of deterioration.
- signs of deterioration are captured for each part, such as extracting a time interval of several seconds starting from the time when the plasma was generated.
- You can set a time interval suitable for By setting a plurality of time-segment extraction conditions through exhaustive time-segment extraction by window movement and time-segment extraction with a high possibility of exhibiting signs of deterioration for each component in this way, degradation diagnosis sensitivity can be prevented from deteriorating.
- the sensor values of the target part stored in the sensor value storage unit 203 from the normal state immediately after maintenance to maintenance (hereinafter referred to as maintenance cases) and the deterioration degree calculation condition group stored in the deterioration degree calculation condition storage unit 308 are stored.
- the deterioration degree is calculated by the deterioration degree calculation unit 201 and stored in the deterioration degree storage unit 204 to obtain the transition of the deterioration degree when each deterioration degree calculation condition is applied to the maintenance case (S521).
- S521 is performed for a plurality of maintenance cases of the target part, and the deterioration degree (transition) stored in the deterioration degree storage unit 204 is obtained by calculating the sensor values of the multiple maintenance cases (S522).
- sensor values of multiple maintenance cases a plurality of maintenance cases may be collected from a plurality of plasma processing apparatuses 10, 11, . You may Also, each maintenance case is given a case ID that can be uniquely identified.
- the deterioration robustness calculation unit 303 calculates the deterioration robustness for each deterioration degree calculation condition (S523).
- the degree of deterioration robustness is calculated using the degree of deterioration under the same deterioration degree calculation conditions for multiple maintenance cases, and is an index that indicates the degree of commonality in the tendency of the deterioration degree calculated under the deterioration degree calculation conditions. be.
- the method of calculating the deterioration robustness in the deterioration robustness calculation unit 303 is not uniquely limited. Since it is desirable that the correlation coefficient between the number of processed wafers and the degree of deterioration is high, the average value of the correlation coefficients calculated for each maintenance case over a plurality of maintenance cases is calculated as the degree of deterioration robustness.
- the reciprocal of the standard deviation of the degree of deterioration during maintenance over a plurality of maintenance cases may be calculated as the degree of deterioration robustness. You may combine the calculation method of degree robustness.
- the calculated deterioration degree robustness is stored in the deterioration degree calculation condition storage unit 308 in association with the deterioration degree calculation condition ID and the case ID of the sensor value used for the calculation.
- the deterioration degree calculation formula registration unit 302 ranks the deterioration degree calculation conditions in descending order of the deterioration degree robustness calculated for each deterioration degree calculation condition (S524).
- FIG. 11 shows an example of a display screen 900 for the output of the deterioration degree robustness calculation unit 303.
- FIG. A display screen 900 displays a deterioration degree comparison area 910 for each deterioration degree calculation condition and a normal/diagnosed sensor value comparison area 920 .
- each deterioration degree calculation condition (deterioration Graphs 915, 916, 918, and 919 display the changes in the degree of deterioration calculated for the sensor values (case ID) 914 and 917 of each maintenance case using the degree calculation condition ID). is displayed (D1).
- the deterioration degree calculation condition ID: 50 3131 on the left side has a higher deterioration degree robustness than the deterioration degree calculation condition ID: 2 3132 on the right side.
- Graphs 915, 916, 918, and 919 can be used to confirm the transition of the degree of deterioration with respect to , and the user can determine a condition for calculating the degree of deterioration with a high degree of robustness by looking at these graphs.
- normal/diagnosed sensor value comparison area 920 displays the normal/diagnosed sensor value comparison area 920 in the extraction section 926 corresponding to the selected component ID 921 and case ID 922.
- a sensor value 924 at time 923 and a sensor value 928 at diagnosis time 927 can be compared. The user can see this and, for example, determine the reason why the degree of deterioration is high from changes in the peak waveforms 925 and 929 of the sensor values.
- a deterioration degree calculation condition with a high degree of deterioration robustness can be obtained as a deterioration degree calculation condition with a high degree of robustness in the deterioration diagnosis of the target part, and is stored in the deterioration degree calculation condition storage unit 308 .
- the deterioration degree calculation condition used for diagnosis is determined based on the degree of deterioration robustness for each component (S531).
- the deterioration degree robustness may be determined as the maximum deterioration degree calculation condition, or the sensor value 924 at the time of normal 923 and the sensor value 927 at the time of diagnosis displayed in the sensor value comparison area 920 at the time of diagnosis on the display screen 900 of FIG.
- a more convincing deterioration degree calculation condition may be determined from the deterioration degree calculation conditions with higher deterioration degree robustness in comparison with the part knowledge.
- the threshold of the degree of deterioration for issuing an alarm for each part is set in advance (S532).
- the deterioration degree values at the time of maintenance in multiple maintenance cases or at a time point before the time of maintenance are collected, and the 95th percentile value is used.
- percentile values and the value of "95" are examples and are not limiting.
- the deterioration degree calculation condition for each component stored in the deterioration degree calculation condition storage unit 308 is applied to the plasma processing apparatus group 1, and the deterioration degree is calculated using the sensor values and the deterioration degree calculation conditions that are sequentially acquired.
- the computing unit 201 sequentially computes the degree of deterioration for each component (S533).
- FIG. 13 shows an example of a display screen 1100 for the output of calculation processing for maintenance timing.
- Sequential calculation results 1105, 1106, 1110 and 1111 of deterioration degrees calculated according to deterioration degree calculation conditions 1104 and 1109 determined for each part are collectively displayed over a plurality of plasma processing apparatuses 1101 and 1102.
- the threshold value 1107 set in S31 is displayed for each set of component IDs 1103 and 1108 and deterioration degree calculation condition IDs 1104 and 1109 .
- the user can view this display screen 1100 and centrally manage the deterioration state of each maintenance target component of the plasma processing apparatus group 1.
- unscheduled maintenance can be performed. This can lead to a reduction in non-operating time of the plasma processing apparatus group 1 due to maintenance.
- the method of issuing an alarm to the area 1120 based on the threshold value 1107 has been described. It is also possible to display it. By viewing this, the user can, for example, prepare maintenance parts in advance, which can lead to shortening of the lead time for parts replacement.
- the diagnostic apparatus for diagnosing the state of deterioration of the target part of the plasma processing apparatus that performs the sample processing described in the present embodiment has time-series sensors from the state sensor group of the target part of the plasma processing apparatus. A value is obtained, the degree of deterioration is calculated by a degree of deterioration calculation formula using the sensor values in the normal state and the diagnosis, a plurality of cases of sensor values during maintenance are obtained from the plasma processing apparatus, and a plurality of time intervals of the sensor values are obtained.
- the diagnostic apparatus is composed of a plasma processing apparatus manufacturer side diagnostic apparatus and the user side diagnostic apparatus.
- the user side diagnostic device receives the deterioration degree calculated by the diagnostic device, transmits the determined deterioration degree calculation condition to the user side diagnostic device, and transmits the deterioration degree calculated using the deterioration degree calculation condition to the server of the plasma processing apparatus user. configured to send to
- the time interval to be set for the time-series sensor values is obtained by automatically obtaining an arbitrary interval width starting from the threshold judgment of the sensor value set for each target part, or by obtaining the entire time interval. It was automatically acquired by moving a window with a preset fixed section width from .
- the degree of deterioration robustness is an index indicating the degree of commonality of tendencies among multiple maintenance cases of the degree of deterioration.
- the average value of the correlation coefficients over multiple maintenance cases is calculated as the deterioration robustness, or the statistic of the deterioration at the time of maintenance in multiple maintenance cases is calculated as the deterioration robustness.
- the diagnosis apparatus when the deterioration degree calculated using the deterioration degree calculation condition is specified, the sensor value at normal time and the sensor value at the time of diagnosis are combined with the time interval set as the time-series sensor value. displayed for comparison.
- the deterioration degree calculation conditions for calculating the deterioration degree of the parts constituting the plasma processing apparatus are stored in the deterioration degree calculation formula storage unit based on the information on the robustness obtained by the deterioration degree robustness calculation unit. Since it is now possible to select from among multiple calculation formulas, maintenance timing can be determined with a higher degree of reliability.
- a semiconductor device manufacturing system in which an application for operating and managing a line including semiconductor manufacturing devices is executed on a platform.
- an application for operating and managing a line including semiconductor manufacturing devices is executed on a platform.
- the function of the diagnostic device 3 on the side of the plasma processing apparatus manufacturer is used as an application on the platform to execute the processing, thereby making it possible to carry out the present embodiment in the semiconductor device manufacturing system.
- the application may have the functions of the plasma processing apparatus user side diagnostic apparatus 2 and the plasma processing apparatus user server 4 functions in addition to the functions of the plasma processing apparatus manufacturer side diagnostic apparatus 3 .
- Plasma processing apparatus group 2 Plasma processing apparatus user side diagnosis apparatus 3
- Plasma processing apparatus manufacturer side diagnosis apparatus 4 Plasma processing apparatus user server 20
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- Section extraction condition setting unit 302 Degradation degree arithmetic expression registration unit 303
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図1の構成図に示すように、本実施例におけるプラズマ処理装置群1は、予め設定した処理条件に従い、プラズマ100を発生させてウェハ(試料101)を処理する。また、状態センサ群102を有し、ウェハ加工中あるいはアイドル中のセンサ値(例えば、温度や圧力)の測定値を時系列データとして取得することができる。
図1の構成図に示すように、診断装置は、プラズマ処理装置群1の各プラズマ処理装置に対する処理を実行する実行部20を備えるプラズマ処理装置ユーザ側診断装置2(以下、単に診断装置2と記す)と、プラズマ処理装置群1に対する分析を行う分析部30を備えるプラズマ処理装置メーカ側診断装置3(以下、単に診断装置3と記す)で構成される。診断装置2は、プラズマ処理装置群1と直接あるいはネットワークを介して接続されており、診断装置3は診断装置2とネットワークを介して接続されている。
次に、分析部30の各部で行う処理の流れを、図5のフロー図に示す。分析部30では、先ず劣化度演算条件群を設定し(S510)、この設定した劣化度演算条件群の中から劣化度演算条件を決定し(S520)、この決定した劣化度演算条件を用いて保守時の装置部品の劣化度を求める演算処理を行う(S530)。
図6を参照して、診断装置3の分析部30が行う劣化度演算条件群の設定処理の例について説明する。
図10に示したフロー図を参照して、診断装置3の分析部30が行う劣化度演算条件決定処理の例について説明する。
図12のフロー図を参照して、診断装置3の保守時期の演算処理の例について説明する。
まず、各部品で劣化度頑健度に基づき診断に用いる劣化度演算条件を決定する(S531)。劣化度頑健度が最大の劣化度演算条件に決定してもよいし、図11の表示画面900で診断時のセンサ値比較領域920に標示された正常時923のセンサ値924と診断時927のセンサ値928とを確認した結果、劣化度頑健度上位の劣化度演算条件の中から、部品知識と照らし合わせてより納得感の高い劣化度演算条件を決定してもよい。
2 プラズマ処理装置ユーザ側診断装置
3 プラズマ処理装置メーカ側診断装置
4 プラズマ処理装置ユーザサーバ
20 実行部
30 分析部
200 区間抽出部
301 区間抽出条件設定部
302 劣化度演算式登録部
303 劣化度頑健度演算部
304 保守時期演算部
42 表示部
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- プラズマ処理装置の部品の劣化状態が診断される診断装置において、
前記部品の劣化度を演算する複数の演算条件における各々の前記部品に対する頑健度が求められ、前記求められた頑健度を基に各々の前記部品に対して前記複数の演算条件から一つの演算条件が選択され、前記選択された演算条件を用いて各々の前記部品の劣化状態が診断される分析部を備えることを特徴とする診断装置。 - 請求項1に記載の診断装置において、
プラズマ処理された試料の枚数と前記劣化度との相関係数の平均値を前記頑健度として求めることを特徴とする診断装置。 - 請求項1に記載の診断装置において、
保守対象部品の劣化度に関する時系列データとともに前記プラズマ処理装置の保守時期に関するアラーム情報を表示する表示部を更に備えることを特徴とする診断装置。 - 試料がプラズマ処理される処理室と、プラズマを生成するための高周波電力を供給する高周波電源と、前記試料が載置される試料台とを備えるプラズマ処理装置において、
部品の劣化度を演算する複数の演算条件における各々の前記部品に対する頑健度が求められ、前記求められた頑健度を基に各々の前記部品に対して前記複数の演算条件から一つの演算条件が選択され、前記選択された演算条件を用いて各々の前記部品の劣化状態が診断される診断装置をさらに備えることを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項4に記載のプラズマ処理装置において、
プラズマ処理された前記試料の枚数と前記劣化度との相関係数の平均値を前記頑健度として求めることを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。 - 請求項4に記載のプラズマ処理装置において、
保守対象部品の劣化度に関する時系列データとともに保守時期に関するアラーム情報を表示する表示部を更に備えることを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。 - 試料がプラズマ処理される処理室と、プラズマを生成するための高周波電力を供給する高周波電源と、前記試料が載置される試料台とを備えるプラズマ処理装置において、
部品の劣化度を演算する複数の演算条件における各々の前記部品に対する頑健度が求められ、前記求められた頑健度を基に各々の前記部品に対して前記複数の演算条件から一つの演算条件が選択され、前記選択された演算条件を用いて各々の前記部品の劣化状態が診断される診断装置に接続されていることを特徴とするプラズマ処理装置。 - プラズマ処理装置の部品の劣化状態を診断する診断方法において、
前記部品の劣化度を演算する複数の演算条件における各々の前記部品に対する頑健度を求める工程と、
前記求められた頑健度を基に各々の前記部品に対して前記複数の演算条件から一つの演算条件を選択する工程と、
前記選択された演算条件を用いて各々の前記部品の劣化状態を診断する工程と有することを特徴とする診断方法。 - 請求項8に記載の診断方法において、
プラズマ処理された試料の枚数と前記劣化度との相関係数の平均値を前記頑健度として求めることを特徴とする診断方法。 - 請求項8に記載の診断方法において、
保守対象部品の劣化度に関する時系列データとともに保守時期に関するアラーム情報を表示する工程をさらに有することを特徴とする診断方法。 - ネットワークを介して半導体製造装置に接続され、前記半導体製造装置の部品の劣化状態を診断する診断処理が実行されるプラットフォームを備える半導体装置製造システムにおいて、
前記診断処理は、
前記部品の劣化度を演算する複数の演算条件における各々の前記部品に対する頑健度を求めるステップと、
前記求められた頑健度を基に各々の前記部品に対して前記複数の演算条件から一つの演算条件を選択するステップと、
前記選択された演算条件を用いて各々の前記部品の劣化状態を診断するステップとを有することを特徴とする半導体装置製造システム。 - 請求項11に記載の半導体装置製造システムにおいて、
前記診断処理は、前記プラットフォームに備えられたアプリケーションとして実行されることを特徴とする半導体装置製造システム。
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