Microwave plasma processing apparatus, dielectric window for use in the microwave plasma processing apparatus, and method for manufacturing the dielectric window
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C23C-016/00
C23F-001/00
H01L-021/306
B05D-005/06
B05D-003/02
출원번호
US-0393724
(2009-02-26)
등록번호
US-8573151
(2013-11-05)
우선권정보
JP-2008-048063 (2008-02-28)
발명자
/ 주소
Ohmi, Tadahiro
Hirayama, Masaki
Goto, Tetsuya
Shirai, Yasuyuki
Kitano, Masafumi
Watanuki, Kohei
Matsuoka, Takaaki
Murakawa, Shigemi
출원인 / 주소
Tokyo Electron Limited
대리인 / 주소
Cantor Colburn LLP
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초록▼
A conventional microwave plasma processing apparatus, even when krypton (Kr) is used as a plasma-generation gas, can only obtain an oxide film or a nitride film having the same level of characteristics as those obtained when a rare gas such as argon (Ar) is used as a plasma-generation gas. According
A conventional microwave plasma processing apparatus, even when krypton (Kr) is used as a plasma-generation gas, can only obtain an oxide film or a nitride film having the same level of characteristics as those obtained when a rare gas such as argon (Ar) is used as a plasma-generation gas. Accordingly, instead of forming a dielectric window of a microwave plasma processing apparatus with only a ceramic member, a planarization film capable of obtaining a stoichiometric SiO2 composition by thermal treatment is coated on one of a plurality of surfaces of the ceramic member, the surface facing a process space, and then thermally-treated, thereby forming a planarization insulation film having a very flat and dense surface. A corrosion-resistant film is formed on the planarization insulation film.
대표청구항▼
1. A microwave plasma processing apparatus comprising: a process chamber defining a process space in which an object can be plasma-processed; a gas supply unit for supplying a predetermined gas into the process chamber;an antenna for supplying microwaves into the process chamber; anda dielectric win
1. A microwave plasma processing apparatus comprising: a process chamber defining a process space in which an object can be plasma-processed; a gas supply unit for supplying a predetermined gas into the process chamber;an antenna for supplying microwaves into the process chamber; anda dielectric window which maintains the process chamber to be airtight and propagates the microwaves supplied through the antenna,wherein:the dielectric window comprises a ceramic member of which surface has irregularities, the irregularities being represented as a peak-to-valley value, the ceramic member being formed of alumina; anda planarization insulation film formed on the surface of the ceramic member and planarizing the surface of the ceramic member by filling up the irregularities, the planarization insulation film facing the process space;wherein the planarization insulation film is formed by baking a SiO containing film. 2. The microwave plasma processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the planarization insulation film comprises a plurality of films. 3. The microwave plasma processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein a Y2O3 film which is corrosion-resistant film is formed on the planarization insulation film. 4. The microwave plasma processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the ceramic member comprises a plurality of tile-shaped members. 5. The microwave plasma processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the microwaves have a frequency of 2.45 GHz or 915 MHz. 6. The microwave plasma processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the planarization insulation film is obtained by baking a SiCO film which contains Si, C, and, O, the SiCO film having an atomic ratio of 0>Si>½C. 7. The microwave plasma processing apparatus of claim 6, wherein the SiCO film, whose backbone is an SiO repeating unit, comprises an oxide of a single type or oxides of at least two types so as to have a composition expressed as a general formula of ((CH3)nSiO2-n/2)x(SiO2)1-x where n=1˜3 and x≦1. 8. The microwave plasma processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the planarization insulation film comprises a SiO2 film. 9. The microwave plasma processing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the SiO2 film is thicker than a roughness of the surface of the ceramic member, wherein the roughness is represented as a peak-to-valley value. 10. The microwave plasma processing apparatus of claim 9, wherein the thickness of the SiO2 film is in the range of 1 μm to 5 μm. 11. A dielectric window which is used in microwave plasma processing apparatuses and transmits microwaves, the dielectric window comprising: a ceramic member of which surface has irregularities, the irregularities being represented as a peak-to-valley value, the ceramic member being formed of alumina; anda planarization insulation film formed on the surface of the ceramic member and planarizing the surface of the ceramic member by filling up the irregularities, the planarization insulation film facing a plasma processing space in the plasma processing apparatuses;wherein the planarization insulation film is formed by baking an SiO containing film. 12. The dielectric window of claim 11, further comprising a corrosion-resistant film formed on the planarization insulation film, wherein the corrosion-resistant film is a Y2O3 film. 13. The dielectric window of claim 11, wherein the planarization insulation film is obtained by baking a SiCO film which contains Si, C, and, O, the SiCO film having an atomic ratio of 0>Si>½C. 14. The dielectric window of claim 13, wherein the SiCO film, whose backbone is an SiO repeating unit, comprises an oxide of a single type or oxides of at least two types so as to have a composition expressed as a general formula of ((CH3)nSiO2-n/2)x(SiO2)1-x where n=1˜3 and x≦1. 15. A method of manufacturing an electronic device, the method using a microwave plasma processing apparatus of claim 1. 16. The dielectric window of claim 11, wherein the planarization insulation film comprises a plurality of films. 17. The dielectric window of claim 11, wherein the planarization insulation film comprises a SiO2 film. 18. The dielectric window of claim 17, wherein the SiO2 film is thicker than a roughness of the surface of the ceramic member, wherein the roughness is represented as a peak-to-valley value.
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