Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsToshio Masuda, Kazue Takahashi, Ryoji Fukuyama, Tomoyuki Tamura
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Abstract
In a plasma processing apparatus that has a vacuum chamber, a process gas supply means of supply gas to a processing chamber, an electrode to hold a sample inside said vacuum chamber, a plasma generator installed in said vacuum chamber opposite to said sample, and a vacuum exhaust system to decrease pressure of said vacuum chamber, a bias voltage of Vdc=−300 to −50 V is applied and the surface temperature of said plate ranges from 100° to 200° C. In addition, the surface temperature fluctuation of the silicon-made plate in said plasma processing apparatus is kept within ±25° C.
Claims7
A plasma processing apparatus comprising;
- a vacuum chamber, a process gas supply means to supply gas to said vacuum chamber, an electrode to hold a sample processed inside said vacuum chamber, a plasma generator installed in said vacuum chamber opposite to said sample, and a vacuum exhaust system to decrease pressure of said vacuum chamber;
- wherein said plasma generator is installed a silicon-made plate inside the vacuum chamber, bias voltage of Vdc=−300 to −50 V is applied to said silicon-made plate, and the surface temperature of said plate is kept in the range from 100° to 200° C.
A plasma processing method for processing a sample using a plasma processing apparatus comprising;
- a vacuum chamber, a process gas supply means to supply gas to said vacuum chamber, an electrode to hold a sample processed inside said vacuum chamber, a plasma generator installed in said vacuum chamber opposite to said sample, and a vacuum exhaust system to decrease pressure of said vacuum chamber;
- wherein said plasma processing method comprising steps of;
- biasing voltage of Vdc=−300 to −50 V (−300 V≦Vdc≦−50 V) is applied to said silicon-made plate,
- controlling the surface temperature of said plate in the range from 100° to 200° C., and
- processing said sample by plasma generated from said plasma generator.
A plasma processing method for processing a sample by means of plasma generated inside said vacuum chamber by interaction between the electromagnetic wave radiated from the UHF band antenna installed inside the vacuum chamber and magnetic field produced by the magnetic field forming means installed around said vacuum chamber;
- wherein said plasma processing method comprising steps of;
- applying bias Vdc=−300 to −50 V to a silicon-made plate installed on said antenna opposite to said sample,
- controlling the resistivity of said silicon-made plate 1 to 10 Ωcm,
- raising the temperature by self-heat generation caused by internal resistance,
- controlling the temperature of said plate within ±25° C. in the range of said plate temperature from 100° to 200° C.
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