IP Library Granted Patent US 10,056,236
Granted Patent B2
US 10,056,236 · App. 15/443,488 · Granted Aug 21, 2018

Plasma processing method

Inventors: Hayato Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Masahito Mori (Tokyo, JP); Takao Arase (Tokyo, JP); Taku Iwase (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
H01J37/32853B08B7/0035B08B9/46H01J37/32009H01J37/3244H01L21/3065H01L21/67069H01J2237/334
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Patent No.
US 10,056,236
App. No.
15/443,488
Granted
Aug 21, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A plasma processing method for plasma-etching a sample in a metallic processing chamber includes etching the sample with a plasma; plasma-cleaning the processing chamber with a fluorine-containing gas after etching the sample; and plasma-processing the processing chamber with a gas containing sulfur and oxygen after plasma cleaning the processing chamber.

Claims (16)

1. A plasma processing method for plasma etching a sample in a metallic processing chamber, the method comprising:

etching the sample with a plasma;

plasma-cleaning the metallic processing chamber using a fluorine-containing gas after etching the sample; and

plasma-processing the metallic processing chamber using a gas mixture of a Carbonyl Sulfide (COS) gas and oxygen gas after plasma-cleaning the metallic processing chamber.

2. A plasma processing method for plasma etching a sample in a metallic processing chamber, the method comprising:

etching the sample with a plasma;

plasma-cleaning the metallic processing chamber using a fluorine-containing gas after etching the sample; and

plasma-processing the metallic processing chamber using a gas mixture of a Sulfur Dioxide (SO 2 ) gas and oxygen gas after plasma-cleaning the metallic processing chamber.

3. The plasma processing method of claim 1 , further comprising plasma-processing the metallic processing chamber using a gas mixture of a Carbonyl Sulfide (COS) gas and oxygen gas or a gas mixture of a Sulfur Dioxide (SO 2 ) gas and oxygen gas before etching the sample.

4. A plasma processing method for plasma-etching a sample in a metallic processing chamber, the method comprising:

etching the sample with a plasma;

plasma-cleaning the metallic processing chamber after etching the sample; and

plasma-processing the metallic processing chamber using a gas mixture of a Carbonyl Sulfide (COS) gas and oxygen gas or a gas mixture of a Sulfur Dioxide (SO 2 ) pas and oxygen gas after plasma cleaning the metallic processing chamber,

wherein said plasma-cleaning of the metallic processing chamber comprises removing a silicon-containing film using a fluorine-containing gas through plasma cleaning, removing a carbon-containing film through plasma cleaning, and removing a metal-containing film through plasma cleaning.

5. The plasma processing method of claim 2 , further comprising:

plasma-processing the metallic processing chamber using a gas mixture of a Carbonyl Sulfide (COS) gas and oxygen gas or a gas mixture of a Sulfur Dioxide (SO 2 ) gas and oxygen gas before etching the sample.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Mar 30, 2020
From: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052259/0227 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2017
From: WATANABE, HAYATO; MORI, MASAHITO; ARASE, TAKAO; IWASE, TAKU
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041438/0178 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-183621 · Sep 21, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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