# US 12,217,946 B2 · Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and substrate treatment apparatus using ether-CAT

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- Number: US 12,217,946 B2
- Document ID: US12217946B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/499,790
- Filed: 2021-10-12
- Published: 2022-04-21
- Granted: 2025-02-04
- Earliest claimed: 2020-10-15
- Assignees: ASM IP Holding B.V.
- Applicants: ASM IP Holding B.V.
- Inventors: Taku Omori
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12217946B2

## CPC

- H01J 37/3299: {Feedback systems}
- H01J 37/32082: {Radio frequency generated discharge (H01J37/32357, H01J37/32366, H01J37/32394 and H01J37/32403 take precedence)}
- H01J 2237/332: Coating
- H01J: ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; electric arc lamps H05B31/00; particle accelerators H05H)

## Abstract

Examples of a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes, in treatment of a substrate with the use of a plasma, acquiring an RF waveform from a reactor through an Ether CAT in real time, the RF waveform being a waveform relating to an electric power to be applied to an RF plate, and adjusting, by using the RF waveform, the electric power to be applied to the RF plate.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:
in treatment of a substrate with the use of a plasma, acquiring an RF waveform from a reactor through an Ether CAT in real time, the RF waveform being a waveform relating to an electric power to be applied to an RF plate; and
adjusting, by using the RF waveform, the electric power to be applied to the RF plate.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition of the RF waveform includes acquiring RF waveforms through the Ether CAT in real time, the RF waveforms being RF waveforms applied to the RF plate up to a first time determined beforehand from start of the application of the electric power to the RF plate; and
the adjustment includes comparing the RF waveform with a target waveform determined beforehand, and when a power value of the RF waveform is smaller than a power value of the target waveform, increasing the electric power applied to the RF plate so that the electric power applied to the RF plate after the first time approaches the target.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition of the RF waveform and the adjustment are performed each time the electric power is applied to the RF plate in a PEALD process.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the RF waveform is acquired with a time resolution shorter than 50 msec.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 1, further comprising issuing an alarm when the RF waveform acquired from the reactor through the Ether CAT in real time exceeds a range determined beforehand.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 2, further comprising associating data of the RF waveform up to an end from start of the application of the electric power to the RF plate, with trend data of a Unique Platform Controller (UPC).

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment includes determining a stabilization time that is a time period between start of application of the electric power and the time when the electric power applied to the RF plate becomes stable; and determining a necessary power application time period that is a time period during which the electric power is to be applied to the RF plate in succeeding times, from the stabilization time.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 7, wherein the stabilization time ends when a time period during which the RF waveform transits between an upper limit threshold and a lower limit threshold reaches a threshold time determined beforehand.