IP Library Patent Application 14073870
Patent Application
App. No. 14/073,870

NON-PLASMA DRY ETCHING APPARATUS

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14/073,870
Abstract

A non-plasma dry etching apparatus is capable of forming textures uniformly only on one side of a silicon substrate. The non-plasma dry etching apparatus includes a stage on which a silicon substrate is placed is used as a base including plural layers. The plural layers include an electrostatic chuck layer, a heat-resistant glass layer and a space layer from the side on which the silicon substrate is placed.

Claims (31)

1 . A non-plasma dry etching apparatus comprising:

a processing container;

a nozzle spraying gas into the processing container;

a gas cylinder connected to the nozzle;

a pump discharging gas inside the processing container;

a regulating valve controlling an inside of the processing container to a given pressure; and

a stage arranged inside the processing container and on which a silicon substrate is placed,

wherein the stage is a base formed by plural layers, including an electrostatic chuck layer, a heat-resistant glass layer and a space layer from the side on which the silicon substrate is placed.

2 . The non-plasma dry etching apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the base is arranged on a bottom face of the processing container.

3 . The non-plasma dry etching apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein a thickness of the heat-resistant glass layer is 0.5 mm or more and a thickness of the space layer is 0.01 mm or more.

4 . The non-plasma dry etching apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein a thickness of the heat-resistant glass layer is 2 mm or more and a thickness of the space layer is 2 mm or more.

5 . The non-plasma dry etching apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the space layer is formed by a member made of Teflon (registered trademark).

6 . The non-plasma dry etching apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the space layer is a thermal contact resistance portion of the base and the heat-resistant glass layer,

7 . The non-plasma dry etching apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein the thermal contact resistance portion is the heat-resistant glass layer or the base, in which a surface roughness thereof is Ra=6.3 or more in JIS notation.

8 . The non-plasma dry etching apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the heat-resistant glass layer is formed by plural layers including Teflon (registered trademark).

9 . The non-plasma dry etching apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the total thermal resistance value of the electrostatic chuck layer, the heat-resistant glass layer and the space layer is 0.7 K/W or more.

10 . The non-plasma dry etching apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the total thermal resistance value of the electrostatic chuck layer, the heat-resistant glass layer and the space layer is 5 K/W or more.

11 . A non-plasma dry etching apparatus comprising:

a tray having frames;

heat-resistant glass placed on the frames; and

electrostatic adsorption stages bonded on the heat-resistance glass,

wherein plural substrates are placed on stages formed by the above components to be exposed, to chlorine trifluoride gas and etched.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRONEOUSLY FILED APPLICATION NUMBERS 13/384239, 13/498734, 14/116681 AND 14/301144 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034194 FRAME 0143. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056788/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0143 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2014
From: YAMAGUCHI, NAOSHI; TANABE, HIROSHI; NAKAYAMA, ICHIRO
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032249/0951 →