IP Library Granted Patent US 9,988,702
Granted Patent B2
US 9,988,702 · App. 14/402,523 · Granted Jun 5, 2018

Component for plasma processing apparatus and method for manufacturing component for plasma processing apparatus

Inventors: Michio Sato (Kanagawa, JP); Takashi Hino (Kanagawa, JP); Masashi Nakatani (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
C23C4/12C23C24/04C23C28/042H01J37/32477Y10T428/24413Y10T428/26
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Patent No.
US 9,988,702
App. No.
14/402,523
Granted
Jun 5, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a component for a plasma processing apparatus, the component comprising: a base material; an underlayer covering a surface of the base material; and an yttrium oxide film covering a surface of the underlayer, wherein the underlayer comprises a metal oxide film having a thermal conductivity of 35 W/m·K or less, the yttrium oxide film contains at least either particulate portions made of yttrium oxide or non-particulate portions made of yttrium oxide, the particulate portions being portions where a grain boundary demarcating an outer portion of the grain boundary is observed under a microscope, and the non-particulate portions being portions where the grain boundary is not observed under a microscope, the yttrium oxide film has a film thickness of 10 μm or more and a film density of 96% or more, and when a surface of the yttrium oxide film is observed under a microscope, an area coverage ratio of the particulate portions is 0 to 20% in an observation range of 20 μm×20 μm and an area coverage ratio of the non-particulate portions is 80 to 100% in the observation range.

Claims (14)

1. A component for a plasma processing apparatus, the component comprising:

a base material;

an underlayer covering a surface of the base material, and the underlayer comprising at least one selected from yttrium oxide, aluminum oxide, rare earth oxides, zirconium oxide, hafnium oxide, niobium oxide, and tantalum oxide; and

an yttrium oxide film covering a surface of the underlayer, the yttrium oxide film being formed by spraying an unmolten yttrium oxide base powder at a surface of the underlayer, and by sintering and bonding the yttrium oxide base powder thereby to deposit the sintered and bonded particles on the underlayer,

wherein the underlayer comprises a metal oxide film having a thermal conductivity of 35 W/m·K or less,

the yttrium oxide film contains at least either particulate portions made of yttrium oxide or non-particulate portions made of yttrium oxide, the particulate portions being portions where a grain boundary demarcating an outer portion of the grain boundary is observed under a microscope, and the non-particulate portions being portions where the grain boundary is not observed under a microscope,

the yttrium oxide film has a film thickness of 10 μm or more and a film density of 96% or more,

the yttrium oxide film has a surface roughness of 3 μm or less in terms of arithmetic average surface roughness Ra, and

the yttrium oxide film has a peak value ratio Im/Ic of 0.2 to 0.6, where a peak value of the strongest peak of a cubic crystal is denoted by Ic and a peak value of the strongest peak of a monoclinic crystal is denoted by Im, each obtained by XRD analysis, and

wherein a surface of the yttrium oxide film has an area coverage ratio of the particulate portions that is 0 to 20% in an observation range of 20 μm×20 μm and an area coverage ratio of the non-particulate portions that is 80 to 100% in the observation range.

2. The component for a plasma processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the underlayer has a film density within a range of 85 to 98%.

3. The component for a plasma processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the underlayer has a film thickness within a range of 40 to 300 μm.

4. The component for a plasma processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the yttrium oxide film has a film thickness of 10 to 200 μm and a film density of 99 to 100%.

5. The component for a plasma processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the yttrium oxide film has an area coverage ratio of the non-particulate portions of the yttrium oxide film is 95 to 100%.

Assignments (6)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 19, 2026
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 074940/0511 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 19, 2026
From: TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO. LTD.
To: NITERRA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074941/0803 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 19, 2026
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 074941/0846 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2015
From: SATO, MICHIO; HINO, TAKASHI; NAKATANI, MASASHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 034650/0494 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2015
From: SATO, MICHIO; HINO, TAKASHI; NAKATANI, MASASHI
To: TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034650/0682 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2015
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
To: TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.; KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 034650/0788 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-117028 · May 22, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150152540A1 · Jun 4, 2015